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AuRico Metals Inc. (TSX:AMI) announced an updated National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the Company’s 100%-owned Kemess East deposit.
AuRico Metals Inc. (TSX:AMI) announced an updated National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the Company’s 100%-owned Kemess East deposit. The updated resource includes a high grade core estimated to contain Indicated Resources of 19.2 million tonnes grading 0.47% Cu and 0.72 g/t Au as well as Inferred Resources of 31.7 million tonnes grading 0.45% Cu and 0.63 g/t Au.
As quoted in the press release:
The high grade core is associated with a strong potassic alteration zone and is open to the west, north and south directions as is the overall deposit. Figure 1 on the next page provides plan and section views of the Kemess East deposit, with resource model blocks colour-coded by Net Smelter Return (NSR) value.
The overall Kemess East deposit is estimated to contain Indicated Resources of 39.2 million tonnes grading 0.40% Cu and 0.50 g/t Au and Inferred Resources of 109.6 million tonnes grading 0.37% Cu and 0.38 g/t Au.
The Kemess East deposit is located approximately one kilometre east of the Kemess Underground deposit and 6.5 kilometres north of the Kemess South facilities (see Figure 2). The Kemess Property is located in north-central British Columbia, Canada, approximately 430 kilometres northwest of Prince George.