Mr. Frank Basa reports
GOLD BULLION PROVIDES MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE UPDATE FOR GRANADA
Gold Bullion Development Corp. has provided an updated
independent NI 43-101-compliant gold mineral resource estimate on its
Granada gold property, located along the prolific Cadillac trend in
northwestern Quebec, five kilometres south of the city of Rouyn-Noranda. The
total gold resource at Granada now stands at 2,638,000 gold ounces
using a cut-off grade of 0.40 gram per tonne with 1,605,000 ounces in the measured
and indicated categories.
Highlights include the following:
The in situ measured resource is 946,000 ounces (28.735 million tonnes grading 1.02
g/t), indicated resource is 659,000 ounces (18.740 million tonnes
grading 1.09 g/t), inferred resource is 1,033,000 ounces gold (29,975,000
tonnes grading 1.07 g/t Au) using a cut-off grade of 0.40 g/t.
The selected base case in-pit measured resource is 811,300 ounces
(24,992,000 tonnes grading 1.01 g/t), indicated resource is 354,600
ounces (9,336,000 tonnes grading 1.18 g/t), inferred resource is
11,100 ounces gold (449,000 tonnes grading 0.77 g/t Au) using an
effective cut-off grade of 0.36 g/t based on a Whittle-optimized pit
shell simulation using estimated operating costs, a three-year trailing
average gold price of $1,450 per ounce and a corresponding lower
cut-off grade of 0.36 gram per tonne gold.
Previous small open pits have been taken into account and are starting
surfaces of optimization while the historical production of 51,476
ounces (181,744 short tons at 0.28 ounce per short ton) from 1930 to 1935 are included in the
resource statement (cannot physically remove from measured, indicated
or inferred).
The mineralized system is still open at depth and laterally.
SGS Canada Inc. (SGS Geostat office of Blainville, Que.) is the independent resource estimate consultant for the Granada project.
SGS has authorized the release of the following estimates included in
the table, "Granada gold deposit in situ resource estimates," that summarize its block model estimates using
variable cut-off grades.
GRANADA GOLD DEPOSIT IN SITU RESOURCE ESTIMATES
Cut-off 0.4 g/t Tonnage Au g/t Au Oz
Measured 28,735,000 1.02 946,000
Indicated 18,740,000 1.09 659,000
Total measured
and indicated 47,475,000 1.05 1,605,000
Inferred 29,975,000 1.07 1,033,000
Cut-off 1.0 g/t Tonnage Au g/t Au Oz
Measured 7,810,000 2.14 536,000
Indicated 5,347,000 2.32 398,000
Total measured
and indicated 13,157,000 2.21 934,000
Inferred 8,600,000 2.23 617,000
Cut-off 2.0 g/t Tonnage Au g/t Au Oz
Measured 2,533,000 3.76 306,000
Indicated 1,869,000 4.07 245,000
Total measured
and indicated 4,402,000 3.89 551,000
Inferred 3,030,000 3.89 379,000
SGS also estimated an in-pit resource within a Whittle-optimized pit
shell using a base case gold price of $1,450 per ounce. The table, "In-pit resource,"
summarizes the in-pit resources with the selected base case in
Whittle optimizations.
IN-PIT RESOURCE
In-pit estimates* CoG Ore Grade Au
(g/t) (Mt) (g/t) (oz)
November, Measured 0.36 24,992,000 1.01 811,300
2012 (within Indicated 0.36 9,336,000 1.18 354,600
claims and Au Inferred 0.36 449,800 0.17 11,100
= $1450/oz)
Measured and
indicated 0.36 34,328,900 1.06 1,166,000
*Rounded numbers
The in-pit estimate is based on a mining cost of $2.00 per tonne and
a processing cost of $16.00 per tonne (including general and administrative), assuming
gravity cyanidation treatment of the mineralized material.
Other assumptions include 94.1-per-cent recovery of gold in and pit wall slope
angle of 45 degrees in the south footwall and 50 degrees in the north
hangingwall.
Details on the parameters of the resource estimates
The database used for Granada includes drilling obtained from the
2009-2010-2011 and 2012 from Gold Bullion drill programs.
Most NQ assays reported by Gold Bullion were obtained by standard 50-gram
fire assaying-AA finish or gravimetric finish and another fraction by
screen metallics at various laboratories, ALS Chemex laboratories in
Val d'Or, Que., Accurassay, Lab Expert and Swastika.
The estimates were done using inverse distance square (ID2) as the
interpolation method based on 1.5-metre analytical composites.
Composites calculations are based on original samples value and were
afterward capped at 30 g/t.
All estimates are based on a parent cell dimension of 10 metres East, five
metres North and five metres height with search ellipsoid and estimation
parameters determined for the mineralized zone geometry.
Geological interpretation for the deposit identified one main
structurally controlled mineralized domain including higher grades
within the envelope hosted by conglomerates of the Timiskaming group.
The estimation of the mineralized domain was done in three runs where the
first required a minimum of four holes using a maximum of three composites per
hole within a search ellipsoid of 50 m by 50 m by five m dipping 47 degrees
north, while the second run used a minimum of three holes within a search
ellipsoid of 100 m by 100 m by 10 m dipping 47 degrees north, and the last
run one hole within the domain minimum three composites in a 200 m by 200 m
by 15 m dipping 47 degrees north.
For the classification four holes with three composites within a 40 m by 40 m by
five m ellipsoid for measured, three holes with three composites within an 80 m by
80 m by 10 m ellipsoid for indicated, the rest being inferred.
Underground voids (shaft and drifts) were modelled from historical mine
plans and adjusted according to positions of drill intersections in
stopes and drifts. The stopes could not be placed in space with
accuracy. Historical production from underground needs to be subtracted
from the resource estimate.
Tonnage estimates are based on rock densities of 2.70 tonnes per cubic metre.
The global resource estimates using the lower cut-off of 0.4 g/t Au is
emphasized for reporting purposes as this is close to the in-pit
cut-off estimated for the $1,450 Whittle shell, which represents the
reasonable potential of economic extraction in SGS qualified person's opinion.
Additional details will be provided in the technical report to be issued
within the next 45 days.
Claude Duplessis, Ing, of SGS, is the qualified person who has
reviewed this news release and is responsible for the technical
information reported herein, including verification of the data
disclosed.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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