In the news release, Anaconda Mining Reports Upgraded and
Expanded Gold Mineral Resource at its Goldboro Project in Support
of Ongoing Feasibility Study, issued 30-Oct-2019 by Anaconda Mining Inc. over CNW, we
are advised by the company that the original release incorrectly
noted in the Mineral Resource footnotes and text describing the
resource modelling parameters that the open pit and underground
Mineral Resources were based on a gold price of US$1,550. The actual long-term metal price used
to report the Mineral Resource is US$1,350 (or approximately CAD$1,753/oz). The Mineral Resource Statement
remains unchanged. The complete, corrected release follows:
Anaconda Mining Reports Upgraded and Expanded Gold Mineral Resource
at its Goldboro Project in Support of Ongoing Feasibility Study
TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2019 /CNW/ - Anaconda Mining Inc.
("Anaconda" or the "Company") (ANX: TSX)(OTCQX: ANXGF) is pleased
to announce an update to the Mineral Resource Estimate ("Mineral
Resource") prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101
("NI 43-101") for the 100% owned Goldboro Gold Project ("Goldboro"
or the "Project") located in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Exhibit A). The current
upgraded and expanded Measured and Indicated portion of the Mineral
Resource will form the basis of the mine plan to be outlined in the
Goldboro Feasibility Study anticipated in Q4 2019.
Highlights of the Goldboro Gold Project Updated Mineral
Resource (effective August 21,
2019)
- An 6.9% increase in combined open pit and underground grade in
Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources including a coincident
11.9% increase in underground gold grade (6.18 g/t gold) at a 2.0
grams per tonne "g/t" cut-off;
- A 15.9% increase in combined open pit and underground ounces
within the Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource categories
bringing the total to 698,600 ounces (4.096 million tonnes at 5.30
g/t gold);
- A 51.2% increase in combined open pit and underground Inferred
Mineral Resource ounces and a coincident 6.9% increase in gold
grade bringing the total to 685,100 ounces (3.007 million tonnes at
7.09 g/t gold);
- Expanded the deposit to the east by 375 metres and added 21 new
mineralized zones to the Mineral Resource model (Exhibit A);
The following table summarizes the updated Mineral Resource with
an effective date of August 21, 2019
and the comparative changes from the Previous Mineral Resource (as
defined below) effective July 19,
2018 and filed in December
2018.
Category
|
Tonnes*
|
Au*
|
Troy
Ounces*
|
% Change in
Grade
|
% Change in
Ounces
|
('000)
|
(g/t)
|
from July
2018**
|
from July
2018**
|
Measured
|
1,811
|
4.37
|
254,400
|
+
3.3%
|
+
16.0%
|
Indicated
|
2,285
|
6.05
|
444,200
|
+
9.9%
|
+
15.9%
|
Measured +
Indicated
|
4,096
|
5.30
|
698,600
|
+
6.9%
|
+
15.9%
|
Inferred
|
3,007
|
7.09
|
685,100
|
+
6.9%
|
+
51.2%
|
* Combined Open Pit and Underground Mineral Resources. Open
Pit Mineral Resource based on a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off grade;
Underground Mineral Resource based on 2.0 g/t Au cut-off
grade.
** Refer to the Company's technical report entitled "Anaconda
Mining Inc., Goldboro Project Mineral Resource Update and
Preliminary Economic Assessment" for further details regarding the
previous Mineral Resource with an effective date of July 19, 2018 (the "Previous Mineral
Resource").
"Anaconda continues to successfully expand the Goldboro
Deposit which now contains 698,600 ounces of combined Measured and
Indicated Mineral Resource and a further 685,100 ounces of Inferred
Mineral Resource, making it the single largest gold deposit in
Nova Scotia and remains open for
expansion. Since acquiring the Project just over two years ago, we
have increased Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource categories
by 52.7% and the Inferred Mineral Resource category by 83.7% all at
a combined cost of less than $10 per
ounce, demonstrating the value creation potential of the Project.
With an 11.9% increase in the average underground Measured and
Indicated Mineral Resource grade to 6.18 g/t gold, this robust
Mineral Resource update will provide the basis for a new optimized
Goldboro mine plan to support the
ongoing Feasibility Study, which is expected to be released by year
end."
~ Kevin Bullock, President and
CEO, Anaconda Mining Inc.
Goldboro Gold Project – Mineral Resource Estimate (effective
August 21, 2019)
The Mineral Resource was prepared by WSP Canada Inc. under the
supervision of Todd McCracken, P.
Geo., an "Independent Qualified Person", as defined in NI
43-101. The Mineral Resource is based on validated results of
485 surface and underground drill holes, for a total of 93,916
metres of diamond drilling that was completed between 1984 and
August 21st, 2019. The Mineral
Resource includes 27,467 metres of drilling conducted by Anaconda
including 15,112 metres of diamond drilling in 57 holes since the
Previous Mineral Resource estimate of July
19, 2018. The effective date of this Mineral Resource is
August 21, 2019.
Mineral Resource Statement for the Goldboro Gold Project
(effective August 21, 2019)
^:
Resource
Type
|
Au
Cut-off
|
Category
|
Tonnes
|
Au
|
Troy
Ounces
|
|
(g/t)
|
|
('000)
|
(g/t)
|
|
Open Pit
|
0.5
|
Measured
|
844
|
2.40
|
65,200
|
Indicated
|
111
|
2.63
|
9,400
|
Measured +
Indicated
|
955
|
2.43
|
74,600
|
Inferred
|
22
|
2.79
|
2,000
|
Underground
|
2.0
|
Measured
|
967
|
6.08
|
189,200
|
Indicated
|
2,174
|
6.22
|
434,800
|
Measured +
Indicated
|
3,141
|
6.18
|
624,000
|
Inferred
|
2,985
|
7.12
|
683,200
|
Combined*
|
0.5/2.0
|
Measured
|
1,811
|
4.37
|
254,400
|
Indicated
|
2,285
|
6.05
|
444,200
|
Measured +
Indicated
|
4,096
|
5.30
|
698,600
|
Inferred
|
3,007
|
7.09
|
685,100
|
^Mineral
Resource Estimate Notes
|
1.
|
Mineral Resources
were prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the CIM Definition
Standards (2014). Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves
do not have demonstrated economic viability. This estimate of
mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental,
permitting, legal, title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing, or
other relevant issues.
|
2.
|
Open pit Mineral
Resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t gold that is
based on a gold price of CAD$1,753/oz (~US$1,350/oz). and a gold
processing recovery factor of 95%.
|
3.
|
Underground
Mineral Resource is reported at a cut-off grade of 2.0 g/t gold
that is based on a gold price of CAD$1,753/oz (~US$1,350/oz). and a
gold processing recovery factor of 95%.
|
4.
|
Appropriate mining
costs, processing costs, metal recoveries, and inter ramp pit slope
angles were used by WSP to generate the pit shell.
|
5.
|
Appropriate mining
costs, processing costs, metal recoveries and stope dimensions were
used by WSP to generate the potential underground
resource.
|
6.
|
Rounding may
result in apparent summation differences between tonnes, grade, and
contained metal content.
|
7.
|
Tonnage and grade
measurements are in metric units. Contained gold ounces are in troy
ounces.
|
8.
|
Contributing assay
composites were capped at 80 g/t Au.
|
9.
|
A bulk density
factor was calculated for each block based on a regression
formula.
|
Modeling was performed using GEOVIA Surpac®
2019 software with gold grades estimated using ordinary kriging
(OK) interpolation methodology. Samples were composited at 1.0
metre down hole and composites were capped at 80 g/t. Measured
mineral resources are defined as all interpolated blocks within the
first search pass and any interpolated block in the second pass
with at least 8 contributing composites samples and no more than
two composites from any one drill hole. Indicated Mineral Resources
are defined as all interpolated blocks within the second search
pass not classified as Measured and any interpolated block in the
third pass with at least 6 contributing composites samples and no
more than two composites from any one drill hole. Inferred Mineral
Resources are defined as all remaining interpolated blocks that
occur within the various belt model solids. Block size is 1 metre *
by 1 metre (y) by 1 metre (z). The drilling-defined deposit is
divided into three spatial domains for modeling purposes, these
being (1) the Boston Richardson Zone, (2) the West Goldbrook Zone
and (3) the East Goldbrook Zone. At a long-term metal price of
CAD$1,753 (~$US1,350) per ounce, reasonable prospects are
considered to exist for eventual economic extraction of Mineral
Resources defined at a 0.5 g/t Au cut-off value within limits of
the conceptual final pit shell prepared by WSP. Mineral Resources
defined external to this pit shell are reported at a 2.0 g/t Au
cut-off value and are considered to have reasonable prospects for
eventual economic extraction using underground mining methods at
the same long-term gold price. Additional information about the
Mineral Resource modeling methodology will be documented in the
upcoming NI 43-101 technical report (the "Technical Report").
Technical Report and Qualified Persons
A Technical Report prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 for the
Goldboro Gold Project will be filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) within
45 days of this news release. Readers are encouraged to read the
Technical Report in its entirety, including all qualifications,
assumptions and exclusions that relate to the Mineral Resource. The
Technical Report is intended to be read as a whole, and sections
should not be read or relied upon out of context.
This news release has been reviewed and approved by
Paul McNeill, P. Geo., VP
Exploration with Anaconda Mining Inc., a "Qualified Person", and
Todd McCracken, P. Geo., Manager –
Mining, WSP Canada Inc., an "Independent Qualified Person" under
National Instrument 43-101 Standard for Disclosure for Mineral
Projects.
ABOUT ANACONDA
Anaconda is a TSX and OTCQX-listed gold mining, development, and
exploration company, focused in Atlantic
Canada. The company operates mining and milling operations
in the prolific Baie Verte Mining District of Newfoundland which includes the
fully-permitted Pine Cove Mill, tailings facility and deep-water
port, as well as ~11,000 hectares of highly prospective mineral
lands including those adjacent to the past producing, high-grade
Nugget Pond Mine at its Tilt Cove Gold Project. Anaconda is also
developing the Goldboro Gold Project in Nova Scotia, a high-grade resource and the
subject of an on-going feasibility study.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains "forward-looking information"
within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United States securities legislation.
Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", or "does
not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
"forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does not anticipate", or
"believes" or variations of such words and phrases or state that
certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved".
Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates
of management at the date the information is made, and is based on
a number of assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results,
level of activity, performance or achievements of Anaconda to be
materially different from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking information, including but not limited to risks
associated with the exploration, development and mining such as
economic factors as they effect exploration, future commodity
prices, changes in foreign exchange and interest rates, actual
results of current production, development and exploration
activities, government regulation, political or economic
developments, environmental risks, permitting timelines, capital
expenditures, operating or technical difficulties in connection
with development activities, employee relations, the speculative
nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of
diminishing quantities of grades of resources, contests over title
to properties, and changes in project parameters as plans continue
to be refined as well as those risk factors discussed in Anaconda's
annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2018, available on www.sedar.com.
Although Anaconda has attempted to identify important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in forward-looking information, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that such information will
prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could
differ materially from those anticipated in such information.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking information. Anaconda does not undertake to update
any forward-looking information, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
SOURCE Anaconda Mining Inc.