The Brodie deposit lies southwest of the currently producing Drinkwater and Mary/LC pits and is immediately adjacent to the leach pad.
On July 21, 2014, the Company reported an updated Life of Mine Plan ("LOM") for the Mineral Ridge Operation, which includes the currently producing Drinkwater and Mary/LC pits and five adjacent satellite deposits, including the Brodie deposit. The cut-off date for the LOM was March 31, 2014. Continued drilling since the March 31, 2014 cut-off date is designed to potentially upgrade and increase the reported mineral reserve and resource estimate and potentially extend life of mine. Drilling on the Brodie deposit continues to meet with success, returning significant intercepts both within and extending outside of the pit shell outlines modelled in the updated LOM.
Highlights from this latest phase of RC drilling on the Brodie deposit include:
- MR14838: 10.34 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 6.10 meters
- MR14839: 4.49 g/t gold over 3.05 meters
- MR14847: 2.52 g/t gold over 7.62 meters
- MR14942: 2.75 g/t gold over 21.34 meters
- MR14943: 2.02 g/t gold over 6.10 meters
All holes presented in Table 1 were completed by reverse circulation (RC) drilling. True width is estimated at 80-100% of downhole width. Analytical results were performed by American Assay Laboratory Inc. in Sparks, Nevada, an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited facility. External check assays to verify lab accuracy are routinely completed by ALS Chemex, an ISO 9001:2000 certified and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited facility.
