Four gold bars were poured recently from material extracted from the Gold Hawk joint venture of Thunderwood Resources (TSE) and Minnova (TSE), near Val d’Or, Que. Weighing in at 1,706 oz., the yellow bricks are the product of a 3,392-ton bulk sample that was custom milled by Belmoral Mines (TSE) back in November.
Thunderwood holds a 35% interest and Minnova 65% of the Gold Hawk project where a phase-two underground exploration program is being completed via the workings of Aur Resources’ (TSE) Kierens zone gold mine.
With mill head grades standing at 0.55 oz. gold per ton, Thunderwood reported a recovery rate of 92.2%.
According to Thunderwood, the bulk sample consisted of exploration muck from a phase-one underground program that was completed last spring. Phase one included 855 ft. of drifting, raising and sublevel drifting on the Gold Hawk No. 1 vein.
Muck samples gave an average, uncut grade of 0.52 oz. over a mining width of 5.1 ft., Thunderwood said.
Under the phase-two program, an exploration team is completing 490 ft. of drifting on the 714 and 614 sublevels, 246 ft. of raising between the 750 level and the 714 and 614 sublevels and 390 ft. of back slashing on the 714 sublevel.
About 3,325 tons of material grading 0.55 oz. of stockpiled material is waiting to be processed, Thunderwood said.
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