“I am very pleased with the progress made by the team in 2020,” commented
Highlights of the third quarter and for the subsequent period up to
- Financing announced. On
November 2 , the Company announced a fully subscribed non-brokered private placement financing (the “Financing”) for total gross proceeds of$5.7 million , to be used to fund general working capital and to advance 2021 exploration activities on the Company’s Tatogga property. OnNovember 9 , the Company announced it had closed the first tranche of the Financing for$1.39 million . - Operational update. On
October 29 , the Company provided an operational update with the following highlights:- The Company concluded exploration drilling for the season on
October 25 , after completing nine holes for 4,841 metres atQuash Pass . The Company is awaiting assay results. - The Company received the final metallurgical results for the nine samples to be used in preparation of the Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”), with metal recovery results between 85% to 92% for copper and 57% to 69% for gold, an improvement over the previously released metallurgical results.
- The Company continues to advance the PEA, which envisions a combination of a starter pit that accesses the mineral resources to a vertical depth below surface of approximately 150 metres, and an underground bulk mining operation, accessing the higher-grade copper-gold mineralized core through a decline.
- The Company is initiating a comprehensive re-log of all Saddle South drill core. The program is designed to progress the Saddle South precious metal rich vein system through geological modelling in early 2021, with a maiden mineral resource estimate and economic evaluation expected to follow by year-end.
- The Company concluded exploration drilling for the season on
GT Gold commenced trading on the OTCQX. OnOctober 20 , the Company announced that its common shares will commence trading inthe United States of America (“U.S.A.”) on the OTCQX.GT Gold has upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market.- New Director appointed. On
September 16 , Ms.Lana Shipley was appointed as a Non-Executive Director.Ms. Shipley is a corporate lawyer specializing in Indigenous and environmental law. - 43-101 Technical Report filed. On
August 20 , the Company filed a National Instrument 43-101 technical report to support the maiden Mineral Resource estimate for the Saddle North project, previously announced onJuly 6 . The report highlighted the continuous higher-grade central core within the deposit, the simple metallurgy, the excellent local infrastructure and topography and the exploration upside of the property. The Mineral Resource estimate comprises an Indicated Resource of 298 Mt grading 0.28% copper, 0.36 g/t gold and 0.8 g/t silver for a total of 1.81 Blb of copper, 3.47 Moz of gold and 7.58 Moz of silver and an Inferred Resource of543 Mt grading 0.25% copper, 0.31 g/t gold and 0.7 g/t silver for a total of 2.98 Blb of copper, 5.46 Moz of gold and 11.64 Moz of silver. The Mineral Resource will form the basis for a PEA, the release of which is targeted for the first quarter of 2021.
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