Mineral Exploration is the official publication of the Association of Mineral Exploration British Columbia.
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exploration programs financed and oper- ated entirely by Almaden have involved over 135,000 metres of diamond drilling. Results have shown the Ixtaca deposit to be a broad and robust vein system com- prising three potentially economic zones over a 1,400-metre strike length. An updated NI 43-101-compliant resource estimate, published in January 2014, reports open-pit measured and indicated resources totalling 1.648 million ounces of gold and 96.74 million ounces of silver. This resource estimate led to a positive preliminary economic assessment, and a prefeasibility study is currently under- way. The deposit is open to expansion, and significant exploration potential remains to be tested in other areas of the property. Duane, A lmaden's fou nder and chairman, earned his geological engi- neering degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. He has been active in worldwide mineral exploration ever since, with an impressive track record of participation in several base, precious and specialty metal discoveries that became producing mines. He has been honoured by membership in the renowned Casey Research Explorers' League. Morgan, Almaden's president and CEO, graduated from the University of British Columbia geological engineer- ing program in 1994. He then earned his M.Sc. in geology at the University of Auckland, studying geothermal sys- tems and epithermal gold deposits, and his PhD from the University of Exeter (Camborne School of Mines), studying the geology and mineral deposits of east- ern Mexico. Under Duane and Morgan's leader- ship, Almaden has been widely recog- nized for many years as one of the top prospect generators in the mineral explo- ration business. Duane and Morgan Poliquin on the ground in Mexico, 1998. Photograph : Cour te sy of Duane and Morgan Poliquin