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use facilities developed for KUG. KUG
has an estimated 246.4 million tonnes
of indicated resource, with 1.195 million
pounds copper, 3.3 million ounces gold
and 13.9 million ounces silver. Within
this resource are probable reserves of
107.4 million tonnes containing 629.6
million pounds copper, 1.9 million ounces
gold and 6.7 million ounces silver. KE
is estimated to contain an indicated
resource of 113 million tonnes containing
954 million pounds copper, 1.7 million
ounces gold and 7.1 million ounces silver.
In March 2017, AuRico acquired
Kiska Metals Corp. and entered into an
agreement with First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
to explore the Kliyul property in 2017, by a
40-line-km induced polarization (IP) survey.
Centerra Gold began an on-lease
exploration program at its Mt. Milligan
mine. The program, designed to extend
the ore body, included 6,812 metres of
drilling near the open pit and 280 line-km of
ground magnetics on 100-metre spacings
south and southwest of the open pit.
In April 2017, Serengeti Resources
Inc. released an NIž43-101 report on its
Kwanika property. The Kwanika porphyry
deposit consists of the Central and
South zones, which Serengeti has been
exploring for more than a decade. The
report proposes an integrated open-pit
and underground (block caving) Central
zone mine, with a life of 15 years at 15,000
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL REGIONS
Pseudoboudinage of
limestone host rock intruded
by flow-banded carbonatite
at Arctic Star Exploration
Corp.'s CAP project.