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Klondex Mines with record production in Q2!
A couple of days ago, Klondex Mines reported its preliminary operating results for the second quarter of 2017 for its Nevada and Canadian operations.
Second Quarter 2017 Operating Highlights:
- Produced and sold a record quarterly total of 66,629 and 69,522 gold equivalent ounces, respectively, up 94% and 107%, respectively, from the first quarter.
- Mined a total 53,248 gold equivalent ounces, in line with Company expectations.
- Processed all of the ore that was stockpiled at the Midas mill at the end of the first quarter.
- YTD production of 101,019 gold equivalent ounces from Midas, Fire Creek and True North. The Company will begin processing Hollister ore through the Midas mill in the second half of the year.
- Produced 6,911 gold equivalent ounces at True North, up 82% from the first quarter.
Market Watch:
Industrial metals remain strong
Industrial metals, primarily copper, zinc and nickel, remain strong. Although the largest consumer China didn’t report that good numbers recently. One has to see, that China already had two strong quarters before, so one weaker quarter is still in tolerance. Eye-catching is the fact, that iron ore and steel-prices recently climbed to a level, that hasn’t been seen since 2013. In this eddy water, industrial metals should also come back to their old strength.
The medium- to long-term view shouldn’t show any changes in this. Anyway, the world population will grow to 8.5 billion within the next 12 to 13 years, whereat 60% will live in big cities. A fact, that indicates a strong growing demand on building materials and therewith on industrial metals. Electro-revolution is another brick, which will lead to the next demand highs – especially for copper. While several big copper-producing mines are going to run out of material and therefore will produce less copper than today.
In summary, industrial metals are hot again and will remain hot for a long time. As will be corresponding (future) mining companies like Ascendant Resources and Altona Mining.
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Company News:
Caledonia Mining reports positive quarterly numbers
Caledonia Mining recently announced gold production from the Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, for the quarter ended 30 June 2017. All production numbers are expressed on a 100 per cent basis and are based on mine production data and are therefore subject to adjustment following final assay at the refiners.
Approximately 12,522 ounces of gold were produced during the Quarter, this amount was approximately equivalent to the gold produced in Q2 2016 (12,510 ounces). Gold produced for the first half of 2017 was 25,316 ounces, an 8.5 per cent increase on the 23,322 ounces produced in the first half of 2016. Caledonia maintains its’ 2017 full year production guidance of between 52,000 ounces and 57,000 ounces and remains on track with progress towards its long-term target of 80,000 ounces by 2021.
News: Q2 2017 Production Update
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Altona Mining terminates agreement with Chinese
Altona Mining recently provided an update on the status of its proposed transaction with Sichuan Railway Investment Group Co., Ltd (“SRIG”) for the funding of the Cloncurry Copper Project.
As announced on 3 July 2017, Altona granted an extension to 21 July 2017 for SRIG to obtain the necessary Chinese regulatory approvals to execute a Subscription Deed with Altona and its wholly owned subsidiary Roseby Copper Pty Ltd.
Altona is advised the regulator, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of the Sichuan Province of the People’s Republic of China, had not completed its assessment of the transaction and therefore could not provide SRIG with the necessary approvals by the deadline of 21 July 2017. Accordingly, SRIG has been unable to execute the Subscription Deed as previously agreed.
Altona has determined that it will not provide SRIG with a further extension to enable it to seek to the necessary approvals. Given this, the transaction under the Framework Agreement is now at an end, freeing Altona from its exclusivity with SRIG.
Altona now intends seeking an alternative transaction with a third party which will deliver value.
The Company retains a cash balance of A$36m, has no debt, and retains 100% ownership of the well-defined Cloncurry Project and its associated exploration opportunities.
News: Termination of Framework Agreement with SICHUAN RAILWAY Investment Group Co,. LTD
Alabama Graphite receives permit for important trenching program
Alabama Graphite could recently announce receipt of the necessary National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Construction Storm Water General Permit from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for the potential discharges associated with the exploration activities necessary to complete the pending Feasibility Study for AGC’s 100%-owned Coosa Graphite Project, located in Coosa County, Alabama, USA — the only natural flake graphite project in the contiguous United States — to be commenced by independent engineering firms AGP Mining Consultants Inc. and Thompson Engineering, in conjunction with the Company’s geology team.
News: Alabama Graphite Receives ADEM Permit for Final Infill Trenching Program for the Coosa Graphite Project Feasibility Study
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Fission Uranium: First drill success with the first two holes!
Fission Uranium recently announced that its first two Summer drill holes have hit wide mineralization, with high-grades, at the land-based R1515W zone at its’ PLS property, host to the Triple R deposit, in Canada's Athabasca Basin region. The shallow depth R1515W zone, which was discovered during winter 2017 drilling, is located on-land along the western strike extension of the Patterson Lake Corridor, west of both the Triple R deposit and the R840W zone. The holes include PLS17-562 (line 1545W), which intersected 85.5m of total composite mineralization, including 3.37m of total composite radioactivity >10,000 cps (with a peak of 27,300 cps).
News: First Two Summer Holes at R1515W Hit Wide Mineralization in Multiple Stacked Lenses and High-Grade Intervals
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US Gold provides important update
US Gold recently provided an overall update on its Copper King property located in the Silver Crown mining district of southeast Wyoming, approximately 20 miles west of the city of Cheyenne, on the southeastern margin of the Laramie Range.
Investment Highlights were:
- A base case summary of the historic Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) indicates that Copper King will generate Net Cash Flow of $273.7 million and has a NPV of $159.5 million*
- The Copper King Project enjoys an ideal geopolitical location in mining friendly Wyoming; the state has been very supportive of US Gold Corp’s efforts to advance the project
- Historic reports indicate potential to expand the project beyond its current scope
- A June 2017 survey suggests an obvious northwest extension, which U.S. Gold Corp. considers a prime additional exploration target
Uranium Energy extends drill campaign
Uranium Energy recently announced that the Company is extending the drilling campaign on its Burke Hollow in-situ recovery uranium project into early September with an additional estimated 30 holes to be drilled. Drilling commenced on April 3 this year with initial plans to drill up to 100 delineation and exploration holes through the year. As of July 21, a total of 94 holes have been successfully completed for a total of 40,420 feet of drilling with each hole having an average depth of 430 feet.
The two main objectives of this campaign are to complete the exploration and delineation drilling phase of two closely-related Goliad Formation uranium trends which will constitute Burke Hollow Production Area 1, and to further extend and expand these open-ended trends within Burke Hollow. These trends had earlier been proven to extend over a distance of 1.7 miles, northwest to southeast, during four previous UEC drilling campaigns beginning in 2012. Based on the recent drilling results to date, the mineralized trends have now been explored and delineated over a distance of four miles, still showing additional extension potential and strong mineralization.
News: Uranium Energy Corp Completes 94 Drill Holes at Burke Hollow ISR Project and Extends 2017 Campaign to September
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