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$MMY Heap Leach Production Potential of Murchison;
$Kentor has done a decent analysis of the heap leaching potential of the lower grade ores at Murchison.
As far as I know, we have the necessary heap leach equipment on hand at $Burnakura for 2 million tons per year.
I used to own GGD which heap leaches very low grade tailings .....less than 1 gm per ton Agglomeration was necessary, as recoveries were greater once the head grade ore was agglomerated with concrete. However, agglomeration seems to be not needed very much for Burnakura ore.
The other parameter is leach cycle time......the time required for the gold to be leached out of the ore once placed on the heap pad. I used 2 cycles per year.....ie about 150 days to maximize recovery of gold.
However, Kentor shows about 24 days which I think must mean something else , as that cycle is quite rapid.
So I use 2 cycles per year Of 500,000 tons of auriferous ore which means 1 million tons per year.
I will use an average of 0.9 gms per ton as head grade of the ore placed on the heap leach pads.
So, that means 900,000 grams of contained gold on the heap leach pads per year.
Recovery rates is about 90% for this grade of ore, so we end up recovering about 800,000 grams of gold per year, which divided by 31 gms per ounce means an annual production of about 25,000 ounces per year .
This is quite close to the 30,000 ounces recovered/ year by Indee gold which used this same leach equipment which was acquired by Kentor.
So, combining 40,000 ounces of high grade production from underground ore through the Burnakura mill @ 300,000 tons per year.....see my previous post..and 25,000 ounces of the lower grades from heap leach, we have about 65,000 ounces of production per year .
Heap leach is cheaper than milling for obvious reasons .
So an AISC of $1000 per ounce for the two combined production methods seems quite reasonable . @$1800 POG, we are excess cash flowing about $50 million per year .
Our neighbour KRR ( which I own ) free cash flows $80 million per year on 95,000 ounces .
This is good agreement . KRR trades at 5.5 times its free cash flow.
This would imply..but degraded 4,5 times , for lower production ..a fair value of about $225 million for our Murchison production, employing fully our current milling and heap leach facilities .
But, we have in addition , that rich gold copper resource at the Yagahong deposit of Gabathinia along with its other 6 pits none of which have been fully explored or the possibility of finding supergene ore.
So, our Murchison assets have superb value at current POG.
It's my analytical opinion, that the Greatest value of our Murchison assets would accrue to us shareholders by spinning it out to us as a new public listing, including the Tuckanara seed capital and JV , allocated perhaps 80% to shareholders and 20 % to our parent company.
Its a win win situation By nozzpack
$MMY- $70 mil in assets and only a $42 mil market cap? NO DEBT! :-) )
Way undervalued and oversold - 5 bagger + + + + ? or more - :-))
$Monument Mining (TSXV:MMY) Photo Gallery - well they growing with new great discovery of plenty more gold ore to increase the ore reserve with good drilling results to be mined many future years the weather is good no curtain needed - :-))
$1,000th Gold Bar Pour Produced by MMY; Photo Gallery :-)) It's a great Mother ore start;
News Releases Monument Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 (“Q1 2021”) Results November 16, 2020 View PDF Gross Revenue of $5.92 Million and Cash Cost of US$923/Oz
Vancouver, B.C., November 16, 2020,
Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) “Monument” or the “Company” today announced its first quarter production and financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2020. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars (“US$”) unless otherwise indicated (refer to www.sedar.com for full financial results).
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented: “Fiscal 2021 started with new challenging as a global COVID-19 pandemic carried forward from fiscal 2020. The Company has fully resumed its production in the first quarter from eight-week’s mining ban at Selinsing in the first quarter, the Selinsing Sulphide gold plant upgrade is however still pending for financing.
“On the other hand, gold price surged to record high and the gold mining sector was very active in Western Australia, gold mining producers enjoyed high production margins, and investment is flowing into that region for gold explorations.
The Company continues try hard to access to financing, and it is very closely monitoring the market and looking for divesting of base metal portfolio to focus on primary gold assets, as well as new corporate development opportunities to lift up market value for the best interest of its shareholders.”
First Quarter Highlights:
3,504 ounces (“oz”) of gold produced (Q1 2020:
4,852oz) with 3,100oz of gold sold for gross revenue of $5.92 million (Q1 2020: 4,323oz of gold sold for revenue of $6.34 million);
Gross margin of $3.06 million (Q1 2020: $2.65 million);
Average realized price per ounce, excluding prepaid gold sales, of $1,909/oz (Q1 2020: $1,475/oz);
Cash cost per ounce of $923/oz (Q1 2020: $855/oz);
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (“AISC”) of $1,055/oz (Q1 2020: $1,158/oz);
Peranggih grade control drilling after positive trial mining results identified 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au materials;
Production resumed at Selinsing after lifting eight weeks mining ban in last quarter during COVID-19 pandemic Entering into a Tuckanarra JV arrangement with Odyssey subsequent to the quarter opens corporate development opportunities in WA region.
RE:Substantial Increase in Gold ...Stage 1 open pit Peranghi nozzpack @ sth. wrote:
Based on the 2017 GC drilling program which identified a high grade zone measuring 150 m by 80 m in P North ( see Fig 1 in link below ) management estimated this this GC zone contained 20,000 to 30,000 ounces....see link to 2017 NR below.
The recently completed 5002 m GC drilling of this Zone elicited this statement from management..
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
So in just this small zone, we now have at least 31,000 to 47,000 ounces of even higher grade gold within a lesser volume of ore.
I had earlier missed this implication .
They are now telling us that we have a significant new gold deposit at Peranghi whose size will eventually describe a substantially new oxide resource once P North and the other 3 high grade zones are fully explored.
My earlier analyses of these 4 zones showed in excess of 120,000 ounces.
This discovery completely alters the future perspective for mining at Selinsing.....no rush to fund Biox as we have new and substantial sources of high grade oxides for years to come
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
A further GC drill program was planned;
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a; total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates; 54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
The recent 2017 close spaced RAB drilling program was carried out at an historic mining site to test 150m strike length x 80m width of the mineralization.
This allowed the accurate identification of several high grade gold (HG) zones surrounded by a main low grade (LG) halo.
The significant drill intersections; (Au >2.0 g/t & >5m length) within a more consistent high grade gold area are presented in Table 1.
The full set of drill results for the holes intercepting this HG gold mineralization occurrence are listed in
Appendix A and Appendix B.
Previous activities plus more recent exploration works, totaling 1,700m for 21 trenches, 2,900m of Diamond Drilling (DD) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling for 35 drill holes, and 2,800m of close spaced RAB drilling for approximately 300 drill holes (completed in 2017) have been used to outline an exploration target of 20,000 to 30,000 oz Au contained within 1 to 2 Mt @ 0.3 to 2.0 g/t Au. The potential tonnages and grades are con
Gold & Silver bulls starting to break out > ^ > ^ > ^
$Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) (“Monument” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its corporate strategy following consultation with the Company’s board, management and advisors.
Newly appointed chairman of the Company, Graham Dickson, stated: “I am honored to be the successor to Robert Baldock as chairman of the board. Mr. Baldock has created a strong legacy for Monument and its shareholders and the board has always been aligned with his philosophy that shareholders’ value be realized through growth in the Company’s asset value. I will diligently progress this culture, stand by our stakeholders, and continue to strengthen the Company’s gold resource base, which is the best way to increase shareholders’ return.”
Strategy Highlights
$To establish the Murchison Gold Project as a cornerstone gold development project;
To place the Selinsing Sulphide Project into production by implementing a two stage approach;
To build the production profile of the Company through additional targeted acquisitions in the gold sector.
The board has reviewed and accepted the corporate development strategies proposed by management.
In the past two years, the Company has increased its resources and reserves, updated the economic valuation of each of it’s wholly- owned projects, and streamlined the gold portfolio by spinning out the Mengapur base metal project.
Given the current market appetite for gold and gold assets, especially in stable jurisdictions, upon closing the Mengapur transaction, proceeds will be used to advance our gold portfolio in Western Australia and Malaysia, and to support further corporate development.
CEO and President Cathy Zhai commented:
“Our overall strategy is to build incremental gold resources and reserves through exploration, expansion and disciplined acquisitions, and to locate resources as well as build up market awareness in order for the market to reflect the Company’s value thus transforming the Company’s upside potential to benefit our shareholders.”
With cash and cash equivalents on hand and additional upon closing of the Mengapur transaction, the Company is ready to implement and fund its preferred development strategy.
Alternative sources of capital remain an option and are progressing, especially for the development of the Selinsing sulphide project.
DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES
$Murchison Gold Project
$The Company will seek to develop the Murchison gold project into a cornerstone asset through an aggressive two-year exploration program to delineate additional ounces, alongside concluding a preliminary economic assessment of the restart of the existing plant to build out an early-stage production story.
The Murchison project represents a significant opportunity for the Company to generate near term cash flows from the restart of gold production using the existing well maintained 260k tpa mill.
Further extension drilling and step out exploration programs have the potential to delineate additional resources, which could justify expanding the current mill capacity up to 750k tpa for production of 25,000oz to 50,000oz per annum depending on exploration success in areas which have historically been underexplored.
The Company’s strategy is to focus on an aggressive exploration plan to increase the existing 380koz NI 43-101 compliant Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources over the next two years on a combined quality, and quantity basis as feed to the already permitted plant and infrastructure at Burnakura. The potential for treating third party ore is also being considered.
$Selinsing Gold Mine
The Company plans to develop the Selinsing Sulphide Project into production through a two stage de-risking process, in order to reduce the initial upfront investment required.
Step 1 proposes the construction of a flotation plant producing gold concentrates for sale to a third party, with cash generated from these sales to be used as construction funding for the planned stage 2 BIOX plant.
Selinsing has been the flagship project for Monument over the last decade, with low operating costs, a dedicated operations team and resources to underpin an additional six-year life of mine.
The completion of the plant upgrade and startup of production for the new life of mine will provide significant future cash flows which can be used to fund the second stage of development as well as further exploration to increase the current resource base and support growth in other areas of the business.
Selinsing is invaluable to de-risked cash resources to support Monument’s corporate development and operations.
Cash would be generated at Selinsing from
(1) Gold production cash flow from Selinsing Gold Mine,
(2) Development of a niche market through bio-leaching process with third party sulphide concentrates, and
(3) Potential underground mining.
The Company will examine the justification of the above stated opportunity to open a niche market to procure third parties’ sulphide gold concentrates as a rationale for financing the Biox® plant that will provide sustainable cash resources to the Company.
Further Acquisitions
The Company will seek to augment current and future production via a suitable acquisition strategy that can either supplement future production from the Murchison project and its possible expansion, or enhance overall gold production via a large-scale standalone project.
Our mission statement from the very beginning has been to become a mid- tier gold producer.
By achieving better quality and larger reserves and resources, a potential acquisition would fundamentally change the Company’s production profile and its position in the mining industry.
Any acquisition would need to show significant potential to add value to the current resource base and future cash flows.
IMPLEMENTATION AND MILESTONES
Management will devote its best effort to upgrade and establish a first class asset base to increase the Company’s value.
Further the Company will allocate resources to build up market awareness and transparency so that the Company’s long term share value fully reflects the underlying real value of the portfolio and improve overall shareholders’ long-term interests, through sustainable long- term production.
Milestones and Timelines
Selinsing Flotation Production: two stage construction with flotation completed within 15 months for an estimated $20M, utilizing debt financing and/or funding partners where appropriate to preserve cash position for second stage Biox® plant.
This includes completion of flotation plant optimization and engineering, procurement, construction and securing off-take agreements.
Murchison Exploration: Murchison two-year exploration program estimated to cost A$10M to delineate new resources to increase the current ounces, increase the mine life and improve the cash flows of the project.
The program is expected to start subject to closing the Mengapur Transaction in April 2021.
Murchison Production: Usage of the current plant to generate cash flow through processing existing gold mineralized materials or third party ores subject to
(1) completion of SRK review and their recommended follow up works, and (2) obtaining road access licenses.
Acquisition target generation:
Continuing internal and external appraisal of potential acquisitions already underway. Monument will regularly keep the market updated on its progress.
$About Monument
$Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY, FSE:D7Q1) is an established Canadian gold producer that owns and operates;
$The Selinsing Gold Mine in Malaysia.
Its experienced management team is committed to growth and is advancing several exploration and development projects including
$The Mengapur Copper and Iron Project, in Pahang State of Malaysia, and $The Murchison Gold Mines Projects comprising;
$Burnakura Gold Mine project, $Gabanintha Gold Mine project and $Tuckanarra Gold Mine project in the Murchison area of Western Australia.
The Company employs approximately 205 people in both regions and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities.
Cathy Zhai, President and CEO Monument Mining Limited Suite 1580 -1100 Melville Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION visit the company web site at
Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: +1-604-638-1661 x102 rcushing@monumentmining.com
“Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”
$MMY Heap Leach Production Potential of Murchison;
$Kentor has done a decent analysis of the heap leaching potential of the lower grade ores at Murchison.
As far as I know, we have the necessary heap leach equipment on hand at $Burnakura for 2 million tons per year.
I used to own GGD which heap leaches very low grade tailings .....less than 1 gm per ton Agglomeration was necessary, as recoveries were greater once the head grade ore was agglomerated with concrete. However, agglomeration seems to be not needed very much for Burnakura ore.
The other parameter is leach cycle time......the time required for the gold to be leached out of the ore once placed on the heap pad. I used 2 cycles per year.....ie about 150 days to maximize recovery of gold.
However, Kentor shows about 24 days which I think must mean something else , as that cycle is quite rapid.
So I use 2 cycles per year Of 500,000 tons of auriferous ore which means 1 million tons per year.
I will use an average of 0.9 gms per ton as head grade of the ore placed on the heap leach pads.
So, that means 900,000 grams of contained gold on the heap leach pads per year.
Recovery rates is about 90% for this grade of ore, so we end up recovering about 800,000 grams of gold per year, which divided by 31 gms per ounce means an annual production of about 25,000 ounces per year .
This is quite close to the 30,000 ounces recovered/ year by Indee gold which used this same leach equipment which was acquired by Kentor.
So, combining 40,000 ounces of high grade production from underground ore through the Burnakura mill @ 300,000 tons per year.....see my previous post..and 25,000 ounces of the lower grades from heap leach, we have about 65,000 ounces of production per year .
Heap leach is cheaper than milling for obvious reasons .
So an AISC of $1000 per ounce for the two combined production methods seems quite reasonable . @$1800 POG, we are excess cash flowing about $50 million per year .
Our neighbour KRR ( which I own ) free cash flows $80 million per year on 95,000 ounces .
This is good agreement . KRR trades at 5.5 times its free cash flow.
This would imply..but degraded 4,5 times , for lower production ..a fair value of about $225 million for our Murchison production, employing fully our current milling and heap leach facilities .
But, we have in addition , that rich gold copper resource at the Yagahong deposit of Gabathinia along with its other 6 pits none of which have been fully explored or the possibility of finding supergene ore.
So, our Murchison assets have superb value at current POG.
It's my analytical opinion, that the Greatest value of our Murchison assets would accrue to us shareholders by spinning it out to us as a new public listing, including the Tuckanara seed capital and JV , allocated perhaps 80% to shareholders and 20 % to our parent company.
Its a win win situation By nozzpack
$MMY- $70 mil in assets and only a $42 mil market cap? NO DEBT! :-) )
Way undervalued and oversold - 5 bagger + + + + ? or more - :-))
$Monument Mining (TSXV:MMY) Photo Gallery - well they growing with new great discovery of plenty more gold ore to increase the ore reserve with good drilling results to be mined many future years the weather is good no curtain needed - :-))
$1,000th Gold Bar Pour Produced by MMY; Photo Gallery :-)) It's a great Mother ore start;
News Releases Monument Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 (“Q1 2021”) Results November 16, 2020 View PDF Gross Revenue of $5.92 Million and Cash Cost of US$923/Oz
Vancouver, B.C., November 16, 2020,
Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) “Monument” or the “Company” today announced its first quarter production and financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2020. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars (“US$”) unless otherwise indicated (refer to www.sedar.com for full financial results).
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented: “Fiscal 2021 started with new challenging as a global COVID-19 pandemic carried forward from fiscal 2020. The Company has fully resumed its production in the first quarter from eight-week’s mining ban at Selinsing in the first quarter, the Selinsing Sulphide gold plant upgrade is however still pending for financing.
“On the other hand, gold price surged to record high and the gold mining sector was very active in Western Australia, gold mining producers enjoyed high production margins, and investment is flowing into that region for gold explorations.
The Company continues try hard to access to financing, and it is very closely monitoring the market and looking for divesting of base metal portfolio to focus on primary gold assets, as well as new corporate development opportunities to lift up market value for the best interest of its shareholders.”
First Quarter Highlights:
3,504 ounces (“oz”) of gold produced (Q1 2020:
4,852oz) with 3,100oz of gold sold for gross revenue of $5.92 million (Q1 2020: 4,323oz of gold sold for revenue of $6.34 million);
Gross margin of $3.06 million (Q1 2020: $2.65 million);
Average realized price per ounce, excluding prepaid gold sales, of $1,909/oz (Q1 2020: $1,475/oz);
Cash cost per ounce of $923/oz (Q1 2020: $855/oz);
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (“AISC”) of $1,055/oz (Q1 2020: $1,158/oz);
Peranggih grade control drilling after positive trial mining results identified 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au materials;
Production resumed at Selinsing after lifting eight weeks mining ban in last quarter during COVID-19 pandemic Entering into a Tuckanarra JV arrangement with Odyssey subsequent to the quarter opens corporate development opportunities in WA region.
RE:Substantial Increase in Gold ...Stage 1 open pit Peranghi nozzpack @ sth. wrote:
Based on the 2017 GC drilling program which identified a high grade zone measuring 150 m by 80 m in P North ( see Fig 1 in link below ) management estimated this this GC zone contained 20,000 to 30,000 ounces....see link to 2017 NR below.
The recently completed 5002 m GC drilling of this Zone elicited this statement from management..
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
So in just this small zone, we now have at least 31,000 to 47,000 ounces of even higher grade gold within a lesser volume of ore.
I had earlier missed this implication .
They are now telling us that we have a significant new gold deposit at Peranghi whose size will eventually describe a substantially new oxide resource once P North and the other 3 high grade zones are fully explored.
My earlier analyses of these 4 zones showed in excess of 120,000 ounces.
This discovery completely alters the future perspective for mining at Selinsing.....no rush to fund Biox as we have new and substantial sources of high grade oxides for years to come
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
A further GC drill program was planned;
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a; total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates; 54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
The recent 2017 close spaced RAB drilling program was carried out at an historic mining site to test 150m strike length x 80m width of the mineralization.
This allowed the accurate identification of several high grade gold (HG) zones surrounded by a main low grade (LG) halo.
The significant drill intersections; (Au >2.0 g/t & >5m length) within a more consistent high grade gold area are presented in Table 1.
The full set of drill results for the holes intercepting this HG gold mineralization occurrence are listed in
Appendix A and Appendix B.
Previous activities plus more recent exploration works, totaling 1,700m for 21 trenches, 2,900m of Diamond Drilling (DD) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling for 35 drill holes, and 2,800m of close spaced RAB drilling for approximately 300 drill holes (completed in 2017) have been used to outline an exploration target of 20,000 to 30,000 oz Au contained within 1 to 2 Mt @ 0.3 to 2.0 g/t Au. The potential tonnages and grades are con
Gold & Silver bulls starting to break out > ^ > ^ > ^
$Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) (“Monument” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its corporate strategy following consultation with the Company’s board, management and advisors.
Newly appointed chairman of the Company, Graham Dickson, stated: “I am honored to be the successor to Robert Baldock as chairman of the board. Mr. Baldock has created a strong legacy for Monument and its shareholders and the board has always been aligned with his philosophy that shareholders’ value be realized through growth in the Company’s asset value. I will diligently progress this culture, stand by our stakeholders, and continue to strengthen the Company’s gold resource base, which is the best way to increase shareholders’ return.”
Strategy Highlights
$To establish the Murchison Gold Project as a cornerstone gold development project;
To place the Selinsing Sulphide Project into production by implementing a two stage approach;
To build the production profile of the Company through additional targeted acquisitions in the gold sector.
The board has reviewed and accepted the corporate development strategies proposed by management.
In the past two years, the Company has increased its resources and reserves, updated the economic valuation of each of it’s wholly- owned projects, and streamlined the gold portfolio by spinning out the Mengapur base metal project.
Given the current market appetite for gold and gold assets, especially in stable jurisdictions, upon closing the Mengapur transaction, proceeds will be used to advance our gold portfolio in Western Australia and Malaysia, and to support further corporate development.
CEO and President Cathy Zhai commented:
“Our overall strategy is to build incremental gold resources and reserves through exploration, expansion and disciplined acquisitions, and to locate resources as well as build up market awareness in order for the market to reflect the Company’s value thus transforming the Company’s upside potential to benefit our shareholders.”
With cash and cash equivalents on hand and additional upon closing of the Mengapur transaction, the Company is ready to implement and fund its preferred development strategy.
Alternative sources of capital remain an option and are progressing, especially for the development of the Selinsing sulphide project.
DISCUSSION OF STRATEGIES
$Murchison Gold Project
$The Company will seek to develop the Murchison gold project into a cornerstone asset through an aggressive two-year exploration program to delineate additional ounces, alongside concluding a preliminary economic assessment of the restart of the existing plant to build out an early-stage production story.
The Murchison project represents a significant opportunity for the Company to generate near term cash flows from the restart of gold production using the existing well maintained 260k tpa mill.
Further extension drilling and step out exploration programs have the potential to delineate additional resources, which could justify expanding the current mill capacity up to 750k tpa for production of 25,000oz to 50,000oz per annum depending on exploration success in areas which have historically been underexplored.
The Company’s strategy is to focus on an aggressive exploration plan to increase the existing 380koz NI 43-101 compliant Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources over the next two years on a combined quality, and quantity basis as feed to the already permitted plant and infrastructure at Burnakura. The potential for treating third party ore is also being considered.
$Selinsing Gold Mine
The Company plans to develop the Selinsing Sulphide Project into production through a two stage de-risking process, in order to reduce the initial upfront investment required.
Step 1 proposes the construction of a flotation plant producing gold concentrates for sale to a third party, with cash generated from these sales to be used as construction funding for the planned stage 2 BIOX plant.
Selinsing has been the flagship project for Monument over the last decade, with low operating costs, a dedicated operations team and resources to underpin an additional six-year life of mine.
The completion of the plant upgrade and startup of production for the new life of mine will provide significant future cash flows which can be used to fund the second stage of development as well as further exploration to increase the current resource base and support growth in other areas of the business.
Selinsing is invaluable to de-risked cash resources to support Monument’s corporate development and operations.
Cash would be generated at Selinsing from
(1) Gold production cash flow from Selinsing Gold Mine,
(2) Development of a niche market through bio-leaching process with third party sulphide concentrates, and
(3) Potential underground mining.
The Company will examine the justification of the above stated opportunity to open a niche market to procure third parties’ sulphide gold concentrates as a rationale for financing the Biox® plant that will provide sustainable cash resources to the Company.
Further Acquisitions
The Company will seek to augment current and future production via a suitable acquisition strategy that can either supplement future production from the Murchison project and its possible expansion, or enhance overall gold production via a large-scale standalone project.
Our mission statement from the very beginning has been to become a mid- tier gold producer.
By achieving better quality and larger reserves and resources, a potential acquisition would fundamentally change the Company’s production profile and its position in the mining industry.
Any acquisition would need to show significant potential to add value to the current resource base and future cash flows.
IMPLEMENTATION AND MILESTONES
Management will devote its best effort to upgrade and establish a first class asset base to increase the Company’s value.
Further the Company will allocate resources to build up market awareness and transparency so that the Company’s long term share value fully reflects the underlying real value of the portfolio and improve overall shareholders’ long-term interests, through sustainable long- term production.
Milestones and Timelines
Selinsing Flotation Production: two stage construction with flotation completed within 15 months for an estimated $20M, utilizing debt financing and/or funding partners where appropriate to preserve cash position for second stage Biox® plant.
This includes completion of flotation plant optimization and engineering, procurement, construction and securing off-take agreements.
Murchison Exploration: Murchison two-year exploration program estimated to cost A$10M to delineate new resources to increase the current ounces, increase the mine life and improve the cash flows of the project.
The program is expected to start subject to closing the Mengapur Transaction in April 2021.
Murchison Production: Usage of the current plant to generate cash flow through processing existing gold mineralized materials or third party ores subject to
(1) completion of SRK review and their recommended follow up works, and (2) obtaining road access licenses.
Acquisition target generation:
Continuing internal and external appraisal of potential acquisitions already underway. Monument will regularly keep the market updated on its progress.
$About Monument
$Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY, FSE:D7Q1) is an established Canadian gold producer that owns and operates;
$The Selinsing Gold Mine in Malaysia.
Its experienced management team is committed to growth and is advancing several exploration and development projects including
$The Mengapur Copper and Iron Project, in Pahang State of Malaysia, and $The Murchison Gold Mines Projects comprising;
$Burnakura Gold Mine project, $Gabanintha Gold Mine project and $Tuckanarra Gold Mine project in the Murchison area of Western Australia.
The Company employs approximately 205 people in both regions and is committed to the highest standards of environmental management, social responsibility, and health and safety for its employees and neighboring communities.
Cathy Zhai, President and CEO Monument Mining Limited Suite 1580 -1100 Melville Street Vancouver, BC V6E 4A6
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION visit the company web site at
Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: +1-604-638-1661 x102 rcushing@monumentmining.com
“Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.”
$MMY Heap Leach Production Potential of Murchison;
$Kentor has done a decent analysis of the heap leaching potential of the lower grade ores at Murchison.
As far as I know, we have the necessary heap leach equipment on hand at $Burnakura for 2 million tons per year.
I used to own GGD which heap leaches very low grade tailings .....less than 1 gm per ton Agglomeration was necessary, as recoveries were greater once the head grade ore was agglomerated with concrete. However, agglomeration seems to be not needed very much for Burnakura ore.
The other parameter is leach cycle time......the time required for the gold to be leached out of the ore once placed on the heap pad. I used 2 cycles per year.....ie about 150 days to maximize recovery of gold.
However, Kentor shows about 24 days which I think must mean something else , as that cycle is quite rapid.
So I use 2 cycles per year Of 500,000 tons of auriferous ore which means 1 million tons per year.
I will use an average of 0.9 gms per ton as head grade of the ore placed on the heap leach pads.
So, that means 900,000 grams of contained gold on the heap leach pads per year.
Recovery rates is about 90% for this grade of ore, so we end up recovering about 800,000 grams of gold per year, which divided by 31 gms per ounce means an annual production of about 25,000 ounces per year .
This is quite close to the 30,000 ounces recovered/ year by Indee gold which used this same leach equipment which was acquired by Kentor.
So, combining 40,000 ounces of high grade production from underground ore through the Burnakura mill @ 300,000 tons per year.....see my previous post..and 25,000 ounces of the lower grades from heap leach, we have about 65,000 ounces of production per year .
Heap leach is cheaper than milling for obvious reasons .
So an AISC of $1000 per ounce for the two combined production methods seems quite reasonable . @$1800 POG, we are excess cash flowing about $50 million per year .
Our neighbour KRR ( which I own ) free cash flows $80 million per year on 95,000 ounces .
This is good agreement . KRR trades at 5.5 times its free cash flow.
This would imply..but degraded 4,5 times , for lower production ..a fair value of about $225 million for our Murchison production, employing fully our current milling and heap leach facilities .
But, we have in addition , that rich gold copper resource at the Yagahong deposit of Gabathinia along with its other 6 pits none of which have been fully explored or the possibility of finding supergene ore.
So, our Murchison assets have superb value at current POG.
It's my analytical opinion, that the Greatest value of our Murchison assets would accrue to us shareholders by spinning it out to us as a new public listing, including the Tuckanara seed capital and JV , allocated perhaps 80% to shareholders and 20 % to our parent company.
Its a win win situation By nozzpack
$MMY- $70 mil in assets and only a $42 mil market cap? NO DEBT! :-) )
Way undervalued and oversold - 5 bagger + + + + ? or more - :-))
$Monument Mining (TSXV:MMY) Photo Gallery - well they growing with new great discovery of plenty more gold ore to increase the ore reserve with good drilling results to be mined many future years the weather is good no curtain needed - :-))
$1,000th Gold Bar Pour Produced by MMY; Photo Gallery :-)) It's a great Mother ore start;
News Releases Monument Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 (“Q1 2021”) Results November 16, 2020 View PDF Gross Revenue of $5.92 Million and Cash Cost of US$923/Oz
Vancouver, B.C., November 16, 2020,
Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) “Monument” or the “Company” today announced its first quarter production and financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2020. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars (“US$”) unless otherwise indicated (refer to www.sedar.com for full financial results).
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented: “Fiscal 2021 started with new challenging as a global COVID-19 pandemic carried forward from fiscal 2020. The Company has fully resumed its production in the first quarter from eight-week’s mining ban at Selinsing in the first quarter, the Selinsing Sulphide gold plant upgrade is however still pending for financing.
“On the other hand, gold price surged to record high and the gold mining sector was very active in Western Australia, gold mining producers enjoyed high production margins, and investment is flowing into that region for gold explorations.
The Company continues try hard to access to financing, and it is very closely monitoring the market and looking for divesting of base metal portfolio to focus on primary gold assets, as well as new corporate development opportunities to lift up market value for the best interest of its shareholders.”
First Quarter Highlights:
3,504 ounces (“oz”) of gold produced (Q1 2020:
4,852oz) with 3,100oz of gold sold for gross revenue of $5.92 million (Q1 2020: 4,323oz of gold sold for revenue of $6.34 million);
Gross margin of $3.06 million (Q1 2020: $2.65 million);
Average realized price per ounce, excluding prepaid gold sales, of $1,909/oz (Q1 2020: $1,475/oz);
Cash cost per ounce of $923/oz (Q1 2020: $855/oz);
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (“AISC”) of $1,055/oz (Q1 2020: $1,158/oz);
Peranggih grade control drilling after positive trial mining results identified 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au materials;
Production resumed at Selinsing after lifting eight weeks mining ban in last quarter during COVID-19 pandemic Entering into a Tuckanarra JV arrangement with Odyssey subsequent to the quarter opens corporate development opportunities in WA region.
RE:Substantial Increase in Gold ...Stage 1 open pit Peranghi nozzpack @ sth. wrote:
Based on the 2017 GC drilling program which identified a high grade zone measuring 150 m by 80 m in P North ( see Fig 1 in link below ) management estimated this this GC zone contained 20,000 to 30,000 ounces....see link to 2017 NR below.
The recently completed 5002 m GC drilling of this Zone elicited this statement from management..
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
So in just this small zone, we now have at least 31,000 to 47,000 ounces of even higher grade gold within a lesser volume of ore.
I had earlier missed this implication .
They are now telling us that we have a significant new gold deposit at Peranghi whose size will eventually describe a substantially new oxide resource once P North and the other 3 high grade zones are fully explored.
My earlier analyses of these 4 zones showed in excess of 120,000 ounces.
This discovery completely alters the future perspective for mining at Selinsing.....no rush to fund Biox as we have new and substantial sources of high grade oxides for years to come
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
A further GC drill program was planned;
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a; total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates; 54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
The recent 2017 close spaced RAB drilling program was carried out at an historic mining site to test 150m strike length x 80m width of the mineralization.
This allowed the accurate identification of several high grade gold (HG) zones surrounded by a main low grade (LG) halo.
The significant drill intersections; (Au >2.0 g/t & >5m length) within a more consistent high grade gold area are presented in Table 1.
The full set of drill results for the holes intercepting this HG gold mineralization occurrence are listed in
Appendix A and Appendix B.
Previous activities plus more recent exploration works, totaling 1,700m for 21 trenches, 2,900m of Diamond Drilling (DD) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling for 35 drill holes, and 2,800m of close spaced RAB drilling for approximately 300 drill holes (completed in 2017) have been used to outline an exploration target of 20,000 to 30,000 oz Au contained within 1 to 2 Mt @ 0.3 to 2.0 g/t Au. The potential tonnages and grades are con
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Announces Participation in Red Cloud's 2021 Pre-PDAC Mining Show case T.GCM | Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - March 1, 2021) -
$Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) is pleased to announce that the company will be presenting at Red Cloud’s 2021 Pre-PDAC Mining Showcase. We invite our shareholders and all interested parties to join us there.
The annual conference will be a virtual event this year and will take place from March 3-5, 2021.
Mike Davies - Chief Financial Officer will be presenting on March 4th at 3:00PM Eastern Standard time.
For more information and/or to register for the conference please visit
$Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF): One of the Top, Highest Grade Underground Global Gold Mines, Significant Exploration Future, Exciting Times Ahead; Mike Davies Interviewed By Dr. Allen Alper, PhD Economic Geology and Petrology, Columbia University, NYC, USA on 2/2/2021
$Gran Colombia Gold Provides Exploration Update for Its Segovia Operations February 23, 2021
$Announces multiple high-grade gold and silver intercepts from the initial drill holes at its Vera brownfield target
Plans to drill 60,000 meters at its Segovia Operations in 2021 at an estimated total cost of approximately US$14 million TORONTO, Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
$Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM, OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today that the first eight step-out diamond drill holes at the Vera brownfield target in its Segovia mining title have resulted in multiple high-grade gold and silver intercepts, including:
96.68 g/t Au and 423.7 g/t Ag over 0.49 meters on the Lluvias Vein m(VER-ES-006);
46.54 g/t Au and 365.0 g/t Ag over 0.34 meters on the Lluvias Vein (VER-ES-005); and
5.48 g/t Au and 212.1 g/t Ag over 0.64 meters on the Lluvias Vein (VER-ES-003).
The diamond drill holes at Vera, totaling 2,223 meters, were carried out from surface as part of the Company’s brownfield drilling program which commenced in October 2020 aimed at testing the down-dip continuity of the historical Vera mine, a past-producing mine operated by Frontino Gold Mines Ltd (“FGM”) from 1940 until 1988.
The Vera vein is one of 24 known veins in the Segovia mining title that Gran Colombia is not currently mining.
Serafino Iacono, Executive Chairman of Gran Colombia, commented, “We are very encouraged by these early drilling results at Vera which provide a clear indication that mineralization is still open at depth.
This is a very exciting time for Gran Colombia, as we continue to explore our high-grade producing mines and expand our exploration efforts to include regional brownfield targets.
The exploration team has done an outstanding job over the last several years as we have continued to replace and replenish our resource base and reserves at our mines.
Now the team is ready to take on a strategic, expanded brownfield exploration program, targeting new resources that will utilize our current infrastructure and capacity, leading to production growth and mine life extension at Segovia. We are confident that our exploration campaign will continue to be a key value driver for Gran Colombia as we move forward.”
Key Highlights of the Vera Drill Program
The Vera brownfield target is located east of the Sandra K – Cogote Vein System and represents one of the highest priority targets in the Company’s brownfield drilling program at Segovia.
Following a 3D geological and structural modelling exercise incorporating a compilation of old channel sampling and mining data along with a new detailed geological-structural survey, an initial diamond drilling program totaling 3,500 meters in twelve holes was designed for the Vera brownfield target.
This is aimed at testing the down-plunge continuity of the main orebody mined in the past and the extension of a potential NE plunging ore-shoot occurring in the southern sector of the historical mine, currently being mined by artisanal miners under contract with the Company.
The brownfield drilling program at Vera commenced in early October 2020 with one diamond drill rig operating from two purpose-built surface drill stations.
Approximately 63% of the total drilling program was completed by the end of January in the eight drill holes reported in this press release.
The remaining four drill holes (approximately 1,300 m) will be completed by the end of March 2021.
Drilling has confirmed a new model for the Vera vein which was built based on historical drill hole intercepts, new structural data, chip channel data and fieldwork.
This new model incorporates a post-mineralization NW striking dextral oblique-reverse fault that dips to the NE.
This was not previously identified by FGM, which interpreted that there were two sub-parallel quartz veins named Vera and Lluvias, the latter in the hanging-wall of the Vera vein.
The intersections to date of the current drill program confirm the presence of the interpreted fault and the relative displacement along it, and support the model that the Vera and Lluvias veins are the same vein, with the Lluvias vein occurring in the upthrown fault block.
Gran Colombia’s drilling program was successful in confirming the continuity of the high-grade gold and silver mineralization in the upthrown fault block, below the deepest level of the historical mine.
The presence of high silver grades at Vera confirms the metal zoning pattern and polarity that characterize the entire eastern sector of the Segovia RPP-140 mining title, shown by a reversal of the Au/Ag ratios from Sandra K to Guia Antigua.
The style of mineralization of the intersections drilled so far is characterized by narrow veins hosting two main stages of mineralization.
“Stage 1” is represented by milky quartz and pyrite and galena forming nests, while
“Stage 2” is characterized by grey quartz and pyrite intergrown with galena and sphalerite along with minor amounts of silver sulfosalts (possibly proustite and/or pyrargyrite).
The veins are enveloped by a narrow halo of sericitic alteration. The table below lists the key intercepts from the Vera drilling program:
Safe jurisdiction in Timmins, Ontario with well established infrastructure.
Growing resources and new discoveries. Recent partnership with O3
Mining’s Garrison Project to increase resources by 85% to 4.0MM gold ounces indicated and
by 32% to 4.4MM gold ounces inferred.
Moneta will hold one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in North America.
PEA results on South West deposit proves a robust gold project at US$1,500/ounce that produces C$236 million after-tax NPV5% and on our new partnership with O3 Mining’s Garrison project at US$1,450/ounce C$321 million after-tax NPV5%.
C$694 million after tax cash flow over the life of mine, South West and Garrison combined.
Regional scale exploration potential.
Creates largest land holder by a gold development company in the Timmins camp.
Expanding resource base.
An updated resource estimate will be announced in Q3, 2021 followed by an updated PEA on a much larger scale for the combined projects in early 2022.
Low cost discovery ounces.
Significant and growing resource with an active exploration program in Timmins, surrounded by major mining firms such as Pan American Silver, Kirkland Lake Gold, Newmont, OIII and McEwen Mining.
Insiders and investors aligned for long-term value creation.
Shareholders include Eric Sprott, K2 & Associates, Dundee Corporation, RBC, Mackenzie Funds, US Global, 1832 Asset Management.
Potential to fast track to feasibility study and production. Experienced management team.
SmallCapPower 5.72K subscribers In this interview at the PDAC 2020 convention, SmallCapPower spoke with Monument Mining Limited (TSXV:MMY) President and CEO Cathy Zhai.
$Monument Mining has been successfully producing gold in Malaysia for the past 10 years and now has a promising development project in Western Australia.
Find out more about Monument Mining’s plans for 2020 by watching our interview.
Richard Cushing, MMY Vancouver T: +1-604-638-1661 x102 rcushing@monumentmining.com
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$MMY Heap Leach Production Potential of Murchison;
$Kentor has done a decent analysis of the heap leaching potential of the lower grade ores at Murchison.
As far as I know, we have the necessary heap leach equipment on hand at $Burnakura for 2 million tons per year.
I used to own GGD which heap leaches very low grade tailings .....less than 1 gm per ton Agglomeration was necessary, as recoveries were greater once the head grade ore was agglomerated with concrete. However, agglomeration seems to be not needed very much for Burnakura ore.
The other parameter is leach cycle time......the time required for the gold to be leached out of the ore once placed on the heap pad. I used 2 cycles per year.....ie about 150 days to maximize recovery of gold.
However, Kentor shows about 24 days which I think must mean something else , as that cycle is quite rapid.
So I use 2 cycles per year Of 500,000 tons of auriferous ore which means 1 million tons per year.
I will use an average of 0.9 gms per ton as head grade of the ore placed on the heap leach pads.
So, that means 900,000 grams of contained gold on the heap leach pads per year.
Recovery rates is about 90% for this grade of ore, so we end up recovering about 800,000 grams of gold per year, which divided by 31 gms per ounce means an annual production of about 25,000 ounces per year .
This is quite close to the 30,000 ounces recovered/ year by Indee gold which used this same leach equipment which was acquired by Kentor.
So, combining 40,000 ounces of high grade production from underground ore through the Burnakura mill @ 300,000 tons per year.....see my previous post..and 25,000 ounces of the lower grades from heap leach, we have about 65,000 ounces of production per year .
Heap leach is cheaper than milling for obvious reasons .
So an AISC of $1000 per ounce for the two combined production methods seems quite reasonable . @$1800 POG, we are excess cash flowing about $50 million per year .
Our neighbour free cash flows $80 million per year on 95,000 ounces .
This is good agreement . KRR trades at 5.5 times its free cash flow.
This would imply..but degraded 4,5 times , for lower production ..a fair value of about $225 million for our Murchison production, employing fully our current milling and heap leach facilities .
But, we have in addition , that rich gold copper resource at the Yagahong deposit of Gabathinia along with its other 6 pits none of which have been fully explored or the possibility of finding supergene ore.
So, our Murchison assets have superb value at current POG.
It's my analytical opinion, that the Greatest value of our Murchison assets would accrue to us shareholders by spinning it out to us as a new public listing, including the Tuckanara seed capital and JV , allocated perhaps 80% to shareholders and 20 % to our parent company.
Its a win win situation
$MMY- $70 mil in assets and only a $42 mil market cap? NO DEBT! :-) )
Way undervalued and oversold - 5 bagger + + + + ? or more - :-))
$Monument Mining (TSXV:MMY) Photo Gallery - well they growing with new great discovery of plenty more gold ore to increase the ore reserve with good drilling results to be mined many future years the weather is good no curtain needed - :-))
$1,000th Gold Bar Pour Produced by MMY; Photo Gallery :-)) It's a great Mother ore start;
News Releases Monument Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2021 (“Q1 2021”) Results November 16, 2020 View PDF Gross Revenue of $5.92 Million and Cash Cost of US$923/Oz
Vancouver, B.C., November 16, 2020,
Monument Mining Limited (TSX-V: MMY and FSE: D7Q1) “Monument” or the “Company” today announced its first quarter production and financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2020. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars (“US$”) unless otherwise indicated (refer to www.sedar.com for full financial results).
President and CEO Cathy Zhai commented: “Fiscal 2021 started with new challenging as a global COVID-19 pandemic carried forward from fiscal 2020. The Company has fully resumed its production in the first quarter from eight-week’s mining ban at Selinsing in the first quarter, the Selinsing Sulphide gold plant upgrade is however still pending for financing.
“On the other hand, gold price surged to record high and the gold mining sector was very active in Western Australia, gold mining producers enjoyed high production margins, and investment is flowing into that region for gold explorations.
The Company continues try hard to access to financing, and it is very closely monitoring the market and looking for divesting of base metal portfolio to focus on primary gold assets, as well as new corporate development opportunities to lift up market value for the best interest of its shareholders.”
First Quarter Highlights:
3,504 ounces (“oz”) of gold produced (Q1 2020:
4,852oz) with 3,100oz of gold sold for gross revenue of $5.92 million (Q1 2020: 4,323oz of gold sold for revenue of $6.34 million);
Gross margin of $3.06 million (Q1 2020: $2.65 million);
Average realized price per ounce, excluding prepaid gold sales, of $1,909/oz (Q1 2020: $1,475/oz);
Cash cost per ounce of $923/oz (Q1 2020: $855/oz);
All-in sustaining costs per ounce (“AISC”) of $1,055/oz (Q1 2020: $1,158/oz);
Peranggih grade control drilling after positive trial mining results identified 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au materials;
Production resumed at Selinsing after lifting eight weeks mining ban in last quarter during COVID-19 pandemic Entering into a Tuckanarra JV arrangement with Odyssey subsequent to the quarter opens corporate development opportunities in WA region.
RE:Substantial Increase in Gold ...Stage 1 open pit Peranghi nozzpack @ sth. wrote:
Based on the 2017 GC drilling program which identified a high grade zone measuring 150 m by 80 m in P North ( see Fig 1 in link below ) management estimated this this GC zone contained 20,000 to 30,000 ounces....see link to 2017 NR below.
The recently completed 5002 m GC drilling of this Zone elicited this statement from management..
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
So in just this small zone, we now have at least 31,000 to 47,000 ounces of even higher grade gold within a lesser volume of ore.
I had earlier missed this implication .
They are now telling us that we have a significant new gold deposit at Peranghi whose size will eventually describe a substantially new oxide resource once P North and the other 3 high grade zones are fully explored.
My earlier analyses of these 4 zones showed in excess of 120,000 ounces.
This discovery completely alters the future perspective for mining at Selinsing.....no rush to fund Biox as we have new and substantial sources of high grade oxides for years to come
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates;
54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
A further GC drill program was planned;
The Peranggih phase 1 GC drill program was completed during Q1 2021 with additional 1,466 meters drilled bringing total drilling to 5,002 meters.
The drill program identified a; total of 58,662 tonnes at 0.93g/t Au, which increased the mining inventory.
The GC delineated indicates; 54.2% higher contained ounces, 63% higher gold grade, and 5.2% less tonnage gold materials to be extracted than the initial assay results from 2017 GC drilling program at the same area.
The recent 2017 close spaced RAB drilling program was carried out at an historic mining site to test 150m strike length x 80m width of the mineralization.
This allowed the accurate identification of several high grade gold (HG) zones surrounded by a main low grade (LG) halo.
The significant drill intersections; (Au >2.0 g/t & >5m length) within a more consistent high grade gold area are presented in Table 1.
The full set of drill results for the holes intercepting this HG gold mineralization occurrence are listed in
Appendix A and Appendix B.
Previous activities plus more recent exploration works, totaling 1,700m for 21 trenches, 2,900m of Diamond Drilling (DD) and Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling for 35 drill holes, and 2,800m of close spaced RAB drilling for approximately 300 drill holes (completed in 2017) have been used to outline an exploration target of 20,000 to 30,000 oz Au contained within 1 to 2 Mt @ 0.3 to 2.0 g/t Au. The potential tonnages and grades are con
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$Gran Colombia offers $252m in friendly, all-share offer for Gold X Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 15, 2021 | Latin America Gold
$Potential pit area at Toroparu gold project in Guyana. Image from Gold X.
$Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) is acquiring Gold X Mining (TSXV: GLDX) in an all-share deal valued at C$315 million ($252.5 million), after a three-way merger proposal that included Guyana Goldfields was scuttled last year by China’s Zijin Mining.
The combination of assets – Gran Colombia’s producing Segovia operations and Gold X’s Toroparu advanced gold project in Guyana – would create a new “Latin American-focused growth platform.”
Highlights of the transaction include an enhanced balance sheet and access to capital (the combined company would have C$100 million in cash), and greater market visibility and interest. Both Segovia and Toroparu also have significant growth and exploration potential.
$THE CONTEMPLATED ACQUISITION WILL PROVIDE GRAN COLOMBIA WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A LARGE-SCALE, LONG-LIFE LATIN AMERICAN GOLD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO ITS PORTFOLIO
Gran Colombia already owns an 18% stake in Gold X. The offer implies a 39% premium based on the closing price of Gold X shares on March 12.
“The contemplated acquisition will provide Gran Colombia with an opportunity to add a large-scale, long-life Latin American gold development project to its portfolio,” said Gran Colombia’s executive chairman, Serafino Iacono. “When this transaction is consummated, the Toroparu gold project will join our Segovia Operations as cornerstones of our long-term growth strategy.”
Gold X CEO Paul Matysek noted the offer provides Gold X shareholders with “an immediate and significant upfront premium, exposure to an established Latin American gold producer and re-rating potential. With a strong operating history, solid balance sheet and track-record of developing assets within the Guiana Shield, we believe that Gran Colombia is an ideal partner to bring Toroparu into production.”
Gold X will hold a shareholder vote on the merger in May.
$Toroparu, in Western Guyana’s Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, holds measured and indicated resources of 7.4 million oz. gold in 252.6 million tonnes grading 0.91 g/t gold. The project lies in Gold X’s 532.8-sq.-km Upper Puruni concession.
According to a 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the project would have a mine life of 24 years and an initial preproduction capex of C$378 million, producing 1.5 million oz. gold in its first 10 years.
A C$232 million expansion in year 11 (to 8.4 million t/y from 4.2 million t/y) would be financed from cash flow and bring total production to 4.5 million oz. over the life of mine.
Gran Colombia’s Segovia produced more than 220,000 oz. of gold last year.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)
$Gran Colombia offers $252m in friendly, all-share offer for Gold X Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 15, 2021 | Latin America Gold
$Potential pit area at Toroparu gold project in Guyana. Image from Gold X.
$Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) is acquiring Gold X Mining (TSXV: GLDX) in an all-share deal valued at C$315 million ($252.5 million), after a three-way merger proposal that included Guyana Goldfields was scuttled last year by China’s Zijin Mining.
The combination of assets – Gran Colombia’s producing Segovia operations and Gold X’s Toroparu advanced gold project in Guyana – would create a new “Latin American-focused growth platform.”
Highlights of the transaction include an enhanced balance sheet and access to capital (the combined company would have C$100 million in cash), and greater market visibility and interest. Both Segovia and Toroparu also have significant growth and exploration potential.
$THE CONTEMPLATED ACQUISITION WILL PROVIDE GRAN COLOMBIA WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A LARGE-SCALE, LONG-LIFE LATIN AMERICAN GOLD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO ITS PORTFOLIO
Gran Colombia already owns an 18% stake in Gold X. The offer implies a 39% premium based on the closing price of Gold X shares on March 12.
“The contemplated acquisition will provide Gran Colombia with an opportunity to add a large-scale, long-life Latin American gold development project to its portfolio,” said Gran Colombia’s executive chairman, Serafino Iacono. “When this transaction is consummated, the Toroparu gold project will join our Segovia Operations as cornerstones of our long-term growth strategy.”
Gold X CEO Paul Matysek noted the offer provides Gold X shareholders with “an immediate and significant upfront premium, exposure to an established Latin American gold producer and re-rating potential. With a strong operating history, solid balance sheet and track-record of developing assets within the Guiana Shield, we believe that Gran Colombia is an ideal partner to bring Toroparu into production.”
Gold X will hold a shareholder vote on the merger in May.
$Toroparu, in Western Guyana’s Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, holds measured and indicated resources of 7.4 million oz. gold in 252.6 million tonnes grading 0.91 g/t gold. The project lies in Gold X’s 532.8-sq.-km Upper Puruni concession.
According to a 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the project would have a mine life of 24 years and an initial preproduction capex of C$378 million, producing 1.5 million oz. gold in its first 10 years.
A C$232 million expansion in year 11 (to 8.4 million t/y from 4.2 million t/y) would be financed from cash flow and bring total production to 4.5 million oz. over the life of mine.
Gran Colombia’s Segovia produced more than 220,000 oz. of gold last year.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)
$geodan thank; We are pleased to confirm that once again we have replaced what we mined last year. We also saw an upgrade of about 69,000 ounces from inferred to measured and indicated. And our measured and indicated resources now amount to 4 million tons at a grade of 11.2 grams per ton for a total of 1.43 million ounces. Our inferred resources amounted to 3.7 million tons at a grade of 10.3 grams per ton for a total of 1.2 million ounces. And we also reported an update of our 2P reserves last night, which amounted to 2.2 million tons at a grade of 9 grams per ton for a total of 633,000 ounces.
So 2.4 million oz that is 10 years. And they will drill much much more in 2021. it is not reserves but resources have always translated into resources at Segovia in past, should continue.
The market value of our holdings of common shares and listed warrants in Aris currently totals about CAD150 million. $263usd million mkt cap - $120usd million Aris = $143 million mkt cap for Gran's business which has $188 million adj EBITDA , so its selling for less than 1 years of adj EBITDA, and less than 2X FCF, but it has $70 million more cash than debt so it is getting close to being for free.
$Gran Colombia offers $252m in friendly, all-share offer for Gold X Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 15, 2021 | Latin America Gold
$Potential pit area at Toroparu gold project in Guyana. Image from Gold X.
$Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) is acquiring Gold X Mining (TSXV: GLDX) in an all-share deal valued at C$315 million ($252.5 million), after a three-way merger proposal that included Guyana Goldfields was scuttled last year by China’s Zijin Mining.
The combination of assets – Gran Colombia’s producing Segovia operations and Gold X’s Toroparu advanced gold project in Guyana – would create a new “Latin American-focused growth platform.”
Highlights of the transaction include an enhanced balance sheet and access to capital (the combined company would have C$100 million in cash), and greater market visibility and interest. Both Segovia and Toroparu also have significant growth and exploration potential.
$THE CONTEMPLATED ACQUISITION WILL PROVIDE GRAN COLOMBIA WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A LARGE-SCALE, LONG-LIFE LATIN AMERICAN GOLD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO ITS PORTFOLIO
Gran Colombia already owns an 18% stake in Gold X. The offer implies a 39% premium based on the closing price of Gold X shares on March 12.
“The contemplated acquisition will provide Gran Colombia with an opportunity to add a large-scale, long-life Latin American gold development project to its portfolio,” said Gran Colombia’s executive chairman, Serafino Iacono. “When this transaction is consummated, the Toroparu gold project will join our Segovia Operations as cornerstones of our long-term growth strategy.”
Gold X CEO Paul Matysek noted the offer provides Gold X shareholders with “an immediate and significant upfront premium, exposure to an established Latin American gold producer and re-rating potential. With a strong operating history, solid balance sheet and track-record of developing assets within the Guiana Shield, we believe that Gran Colombia is an ideal partner to bring Toroparu into production.”
Gold X will hold a shareholder vote on the merger in May.
$Toroparu, in Western Guyana’s Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, holds measured and indicated resources of 7.4 million oz. gold in 252.6 million tonnes grading 0.91 g/t gold. The project lies in Gold X’s 532.8-sq.-km Upper Puruni concession.
According to a 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the project would have a mine life of 24 years and an initial preproduction capex of C$378 million, producing 1.5 million oz. gold in its first 10 years.
A C$232 million expansion in year 11 (to 8.4 million t/y from 4.2 million t/y) would be financed from cash flow and bring total production to 4.5 million oz. over the life of mine.
Gran Colombia’s Segovia produced more than 220,000 oz. of gold last year.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)
$Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today that it produced a total of 18,643 ounces of gold at its Segovia Operations in March 2021 bringing the total gold production for the first quarter of 2021 to 49,058 ounces compared with 50,346 ounces in the first quarter of 2020. The Company also produced 57,315 ounces of silver in the first quarter of 2021, up from 45,918 ounces of silver in the first quarter last year.
Lombardo Paredes, Chief Executive Officer of Gran Colombia, commenting on the Company’s latest results, said, “We had a solid month in March, our second consecutive month above the 1,500 tpd level at our Maria Dama processing plant at our Segovia Operations. Based on our plan for the balance of the year, we remain on track to meet our production guidance for the full year of 200,000 to 220,000 ounces of gold. The expansion of Maria Dama to 2,000 tpd is proceeding well. This expansion includes a new blending yard and crushing system, a new Merrill Crowe system, additional thickeners and a second filter press at the El Chocho tailings storage facility, all of which are being added to the operation in stages over the balance of the year. In addition, the construction of the new polymetallic plant for recovery of zinc, lead, gold and silver from the tailings into concentrate at Segovia should be completed by mid-year and we expect to commence commissioning shortly thereafter.”
“In the first quarter of 2021, we used a portion of our free cash flow to fund the $7 million upfront cost related to the construction of the polymetallic plant at Segovia and another CA$10 million to maintain our equity interest in Denarius Silver Corp. at approximately 27% by participating in Denarius’ private placement to finance its acquisition and exploration of the Lomero Project in Spain. We also used approximately CA$4 million to fund the repurchases of 702,000 common shares under our NCIB in March for cancellation and a total of CA$2.8 million to pay our continuing monthly dividends to our shareholders. In the first quarter of 2021, we made the first of our income tax instalments in Colombia in the amount of approximately $8 million and we used approximately US$5 million toward our debt service on the Gold Notes and Convertible Debentures. At the end of March 2021, we had a cash position of approximately US$73.6 million and the aggregate principal amounts of our Gold Notes and Convertible Debentures outstanding were US$32.6 million and CA$20 million, respectively.”
The Segovia Operations processed an average of 1,565 tonnes per day (“tpd”) in March 2021, with an average head grade of 13.32 g/t. This brought the average for the first quarter of 2021 to 1,470 tpd of material processed at an average head grade of 12.83 g/t compared with 1,284 tpd at an average head grade of 14.87 g/t in the first quarter last year. Ongoing development activities within the Company’s four operating mines increased tonnes processed to an average of 1,200 tpd in the first quarter of 2021, up from 1,051 tpd in the first quarter last year. In addition, the Company processed 270 tpd of material in the first quarter of 2021 from the small mines operating under contract with the Company in the brownfield areas within the Segovia mining title, up from 233 tpd in the first quarter last year. The Company currently has 56 small mines under contract as part of its ESG initiatives.
Gran Colombia expects to release its first quarter 2021 financial results on or about May 13, 2021. Webcast details will be announced in early May.
About Gran Colombia Gold Corp.
Gran Colombia is a Canadian-based mid-tier gold producer with its primary focus in Colombia where it is currently the largest underground gold and silver producer with several mines in operation at its high-grade Segovia Operations. Gran Colombia’s portfolio includes equity positions in several listed companies advancing gold and silver projects including a 44.3% equity interest in Aris Gold Corporation (TSX: ARIS) (Colombia – Marmato; Canada – Juby), an 18.2% equity interest in Gold X Mining Corp. (TSX-V: GLDX) (Guyana – Toroparu), a 27.3% equity interest in Denarius Silver Corp. (TSX-V: DSLV) (Colombia – Guia Antigua and Zancudo) and a 25.8% equity interest in Western Atlas Resources Inc. (TSX-V: WA) (Nunavut – Meadowbank).
Additional information on Gran Colombia can be found on its website at www.grancolombiagold.com and by reviewing its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information:
This news release contains "forward-looking information", which may include, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the continuation of operations during the COVID-19 situation, production guidance, payment of dividends, cash and debt balances and other anticipated business plans or strategies. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Gran Colombia to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated as of March 31, 2021 which is available for view on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this press release and Gran Colombia disclaims, other than as required by law, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, results, future events, circumstances, or if management's estimates or opinions should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
For Further Information, Contact: Mike Davies Chief Financial Officer (416) 360-4653 investorrelations@grancolombiagold.com
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According to a 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the project would have a mine life of 24 years and an initial preproduction capex of C$378 million, producing 1.5 million oz. gold in its first 10 years.
A C$232 million expansion in year 11 (to 8.4 million t/y from 4.2 million t/y) would be financed from cash flow and bring total production to 4.5 million oz. over the life of mine.
Gran Colombia’s Segovia produced more than 220,000 oz. of gold last year.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)
Highlights include interviews with senior management; footage of Medellín, Segovia, inside the Company’s mines and processing plants;
progress in technology and environmental impact;
interviews with local collaborators including $The Angelitos de Luz Foundation and artisanal miners;
as well as the positive impact that the Company’s had on the communities of Segovia and Remedios through its investments in education, infrastructure, and formalization of artisanal mining.
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According to a 2019 preliminary economic assessment, the project would have a mine life of 24 years and an initial preproduction capex of C$378 million, producing 1.5 million oz. gold in its first 10 years.
A C$232 million expansion in year 11 (to 8.4 million t/y from 4.2 million t/y) would be financed from cash flow and bring total production to 4.5 million oz. over the life of mine.
Gran Colombia’s Segovia produced more than 220,000 oz. of gold last year.
(This article first appeared in the Canadian Mining Journal)
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$The Alphabets zone is expected to carry copper equivalent grade of approximately 2.5%.
Ventilation Expansion
The electrical upgrades have been completed and the fan bulkhead is in the final stages of construction for installation of the remaining underground ventilation fans. Two additional underground ventilation fans, as previously announced, are on schedule for installation in May, which should enable further increases in underground development rates.
The surface ventilation fans remain on schedule for installation in the third quarter of 2021.
Lateral Development Lateral development in March increased 69% from February after the previously announced electrical upgrades were completed.
Lateral development early in the first quarter 2021 was slower than anticipated due to cautious progress through a water bearing dike. Progress continues with penetration through the dike.
$Continuing to Increase Mill Throughput Rates
While we are still batch processing ore through the mill, we achieved a weekly average of 4,700 tons per day (“tpd”) and maximum daily milling throughput of 5,000 tpd during March.
Concentrate grade continues to be achieved that comply with off-take specifications.
Concentrate grade has continued to rise, with an average grade of 26% achieved in March compared to 24% during January and February.
The Company is on schedule to reach steady-state production of approximately 5,000 tpd in the third quarter of 2021.
“We are pleased with the progress achieved in Q1 despite the challenges with lateral development and we look forward to the imminent blasting of our first high grade stopes,” stated Mike Ciricillo, Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Copper.
“As well as advancing our stope development, we look forward to further increases in underground development rates as we move closer to steady- state production in Q3 this year.”
Qualified Persons The information and data in this news release was reviewed by Greg French, C.P.G., and Norm Bisson, P. Eng., for Nevada Copper, who are non-independent Qualified Persons within the meaning of NI 43-101.
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