SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
SEG 45 Final_qx4 - Society of Economic Geologists
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EXPLORATION REVIEWS<br />
24 <strong>SEG</strong> NEWSLETTER No 63 • OCTOBER 2005<br />
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Exploration Reviews (Continued)<br />
portions <strong>of</strong> the access drifts. It is anticipated<br />
that the overall project completion<br />
schedule will be met but that the<br />
initial ore feed to the mill will be<br />
trucked rather than conveyed from<br />
underground. Production start-up is<br />
expected in the 1st quarter <strong>of</strong> 2006 with<br />
a phased ramp-up to full production in<br />
the first half <strong>of</strong> 2006. The current estimate<br />
<strong>of</strong> total capital costs for the project<br />
is $321M.<br />
Select Resources Corporation<br />
announced that it has initiated the first<br />
phase <strong>of</strong> its 2005 exploration program<br />
on the Shorty Creek Cu-Au property<br />
near Livengood. The program will consist<br />
<strong>of</strong> an extensive soil sampling survey<br />
over two intrusive-related targets identified<br />
through integration <strong>of</strong> previous surface<br />
work on the property with satellite<br />
imagery, airborne geophysics, regional<br />
geochemistry, and geologic interpretation.<br />
A total <strong>of</strong> approximately 650 soil<br />
samples are expected to be collected<br />
over the two primary targets.<br />
ALASKA RANGE<br />
Alaska newcomer bcMetals<br />
Corporation announced that it had<br />
acquired an option to earn 100% <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Johnson project in the central Alaska<br />
Range. Terms <strong>of</strong> the agreement require<br />
bcMetals to pay $825,000 and incur<br />
$13.5M in exploration expenditures<br />
over five years or complete a Feasibility<br />
Study. Significant prospects include the<br />
Verona Pick prospect massive sulfides<br />
have been discovered with values ranging<br />
up to 21.8% Zn, 5.62% Pb, 32.3 gpt<br />
Ag and 4.97 gpt Au. At the Woody<br />
prospect massive sulfide samples have<br />
returned up to 5.7% Cu, 7.01% Zn,<br />
1.3% Pb, 96.9 gpt Ag, and 5.58 gpt Au.<br />
Copper, Ni, and PGE mineralization<br />
occurs in outcrops at the Emerick<br />
prospect which, has returned values up<br />
to 6.3% Ni, 2.2% Cu, 0.22% cobalt, 1.17<br />
gpt Pt, 2.28 gpt Pd, and at the Forbes<br />
prospect which has returned values up<br />
to 5.4% Ni, 4.13% Cu, 0.11% cobalt, 1.1<br />
gpt platinum, 1.0 gpt Pd. Welcome to<br />
Alaska, bcMetals Corporation!<br />
Nevada Star Resource Corp.<br />
announced commencement <strong>of</strong> exploration<br />
on its MAN Alaska Au project in<br />
the central Alaska Range. The program<br />
includes geologic mapping and geochemical<br />
sampling designed to advance<br />
one or more Au and Cu-Au prospects to<br />
the drill stage for 2006. Significant<br />
occurrences include the Specimen<br />
prospect with rock values up to 6.89 gpt<br />
Au, 15.8 gpt Ag and 15.8% Cu. At the<br />
Gezzi prospect, geochemical values<br />
range up to 3.09 gpt Au, 25.7 gpt Ag<br />
and 6.60% Cu. At Gezzi South, assays<br />
grade up to 2.49 gpt Au, 3.40 gpt Ag,<br />
and 0.50% Cu. At the Broxson Ridge<br />
prospect rock values range up to 5.81<br />
gpt Au, 86.7 gpt Ag, and 2.7% Cu. At<br />
White Marker rock values range up to<br />
3.69 gpt Au, 2.4 gpt Ag, and 0.30% Cu.<br />
Piper Capital Inc. announced the<br />
commencement <strong>of</strong> drilling at its Golden<br />
Zone prospect in the central Alaska<br />
Range. Phase 1 drilling consists <strong>of</strong><br />
approximately 9,000 ft <strong>of</strong> core drilling<br />
in 18 to 20 holes on the Golden Zone<br />
Breccia Pipe, veins, mineralized dikes,<br />
and replacements in the BLT and<br />
Mayflower prospects northeast <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Breccia Pipe and at the Long Creek<br />
prospect located approximately 1.5<br />
miles south <strong>of</strong> the Breccia Pipe. The<br />
company also announced that revised<br />
resource estimates for the Golden Zone<br />
Breccia Pipe have been completed and<br />
include measured and indicated<br />
resources <strong>of</strong> approximately 2,027,000<br />
G.E. McKelvey<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Geologist<br />
Mineral Exploration & Discovery<br />
P.O. Box 1599<br />
6<strong>45</strong>4 Ruin Hill Loop, Lot 57<br />
Pine, Arizona<br />
85544-1599<br />
tons grading 0.106 opt Au, 0.47 opt Ag<br />
and 0.12% Cu (utilizing a 0.05 opt Au<br />
cut<strong>of</strong>f). These resources contain approximately<br />
214,862 oz Au, 948,636 oz Ag<br />
and 24,000 pounds <strong>of</strong> Cu.<br />
NORTHERN ALASKA<br />
NovaGold Resources announced that it<br />
is mobilizing crews to the Ambler and<br />
Khotol projects in northwestern Alaska.<br />
Current plans are to drill over 4,000 m<br />
(13,000 ft) between the projects. At<br />
Ambler, up to 3,000 m <strong>of</strong> core drilling<br />
will be directed at expansion <strong>of</strong> existing<br />
massive sulfide resources. At the Khotol<br />
project, initial exploration has targeted<br />
a series <strong>of</strong> coincident multi-kilometer<br />
scale geophysical and soil geochemical<br />
anomalies in areas with only limited<br />
historic exploration work. The target is<br />
massive to disseminated precious metal<br />
rich poly-metallic replacement mineralization.<br />
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA<br />
Coeur d’Alene Mines announced that<br />
it had received all <strong>of</strong> the remaining federal<br />
mine permits that it requires to<br />
build and operate its Kensington Au<br />
mine project near Juneau. Receipt <strong>of</strong><br />
these permits from the U.S. Army Corps<br />
<strong>of</strong> Engineers and the U.S.<br />
Environmental Protection Agency clears<br />
the way for start-up <strong>of</strong> project construction.<br />
The company indicated that initial<br />
construction activities would begin in<br />
July. Congratulations, Coeur d’Alene<br />
Mines!<br />
Kennecott (70.3%) and Hecla<br />
(29.7%) announced 2nd quarter 2005<br />
production from the Greens Creek<br />
mine on Admiralty<br />
Island. The cash cost to page 29<br />
per ounce <strong>of</strong> silver at<br />
...<br />
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