Silver Standard Resources Inc.: Snowfield-Brucejack Preliminary Assessment

Silver Standard Resources Inc. (TSX:SSO, NASDAQ:SSRI) announced the results from a National Instrument 43-101-compliant Preliminary Assessment for a project option which examines the benefits of combining the mineral resources from its adjacent and wholly-owned Snowfield and Brucejack Projects located in northern British Columbia, Canada.

The press release is quoted as saying:

Based on the Preliminary Assessment, the Snowfield-Brucejack Project would be operated as an open pit mine with an estimated 27 year mine life and life-of-mine waste to mineral material stripping ratios averaging 0.57:1 (Snowfield deposit) and 2.95:1 (Brucejack deposits), with a mill feed rate of 120,000 tonnes per day.

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