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report released in mid-2017 proposed
an integrated open pit and underground
Central zone mine, with a life of 15 years at
15,000 tonnes per day. The Central zone
has an Indicated resource of 101.5 million
tonnes accessible by open pit, containing
697 million pounds copper, 1.04 million
ounces gold and 3.1 million ounces silver.
A further 29.7 million tonnes, accessible by
underground mining, contains 222.3 million
pounds copper, 350 thousand ounces
gold and 1.0 million ounces silver. A pre-
feasibility study on the project is expected
to be completed in mid-2019.
Serengeti Resources also reported
encouraging results from IP surveys on its
Croy-Bloom and Atty properties.
Sun Metals Corp. completed 15,000
metres of drilling on its Stardust copper-
gold skarn property, which has seen
decades of exploration, to test new
areas and expand the deposit. The
company also completed soil surveys
on several grids, an airborne Lidar and
photogrammetry survey and a VTEM
and magnetics survey on 100-metre line
spacing. The deposit has an Indicated
resource of 985,000 tonnes grading 1.43
per cent copper, 0.62 per cent zinc, 1.59
g/t gold and 36.8 g/t silver, and an Inferred
resource of 1.985 million tonnes averaging
1.24 per cent copper, 0.14 per cent zinc,
1.72 g/t gold and 30.5 g/t silver.
Tower Resources drilled a total of 751
metres in five holes on its Nechako Gold
project. One hole intersected 10 metres
grading 0.22 per cent copper, and 0.12 g/t
gold, and 14 metres grading 0.15 per cent
copper and 0.11 g/t gold.
Pacific Empire Minerals Corp. undertook
reverse circulation drilling on its Copper
King project southwest of Kemess and its
Wildcat prospect west of Mt. Milligan. At
Copper King, four holes totalling 459 metres
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Adding casing on reverse-
circulation drill rig at Pacific
Empire Minerals' Wildcat project.
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