Potential Geological Target Range - 1-3M oz. Au.
Within the 3,000 hectare Investment License area, there is a series of ore deposits and targets on the north and south limbs of an anticline plunging gently to the east.
Area Geology Highlights
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- Located on the Phuoc Son Suture, which hosts the world famous Sepon gold-copper deposit in Laos, 100 km to the northwest of Bong Mieu.
- Exploration has demonstrated the potential for a large-scale project with multiple ore sources.
- Bong Mieu starter plant commissioned April 6, 2006, and is producing gold.
- Bong Mieu Underground currently being redeveloped with trial stoping proceeding.
Production Plant
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- Commissioned in 2006 to treat the low grade Ho Gan orebody
- Nominal throughput 500 tonnes per day
- Utilizes gravity separation and floatation and incorporates an intensive (cyanide) Leach Reactor
- Subsequently modified to treat higher grade ores from Nui Kem and toll treatment of the Dak Sa (Phuoc Son) ores
- Currently producing 2,500 ounces per month
Bong Mieu (Nui Kem) Underground Mine
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- Being developed at the eastern end of the Nui Kem Mining License area.
- The structure has been mined intermittently over the past 120 years
- The structure contains an Historical Resource of 363,000 ounces
- Shallow dipping vein system averaging 1.2m wide at a grade of 7.9 g/t Au
- Trial stoping under way
East Deposit (Ho Ray Thac Trang) Highlights
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- An open-pitable orebody with multiple shallow-dipping narrow veins
- Published Resource: 454,000 ounces gold equivalent
- Contains recoverable Tungsten
- In-house assessment recommends completion of Feasibility Study
- Deposit open to the east, west and down-dip
New Geological Targets
- Bong Mieu Northwest, extensions of Bong Mieu East
- Nui Kem Upper Vein and associated cross-cutting structures
- Bong Mieu West, potential extension of the Ho Gan orebody
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Overview
Gold mining has been the predominant industry at Bong Mieu over many centuries. The last commercial mine was the Nui Kem underground mine, which historically operated from 1895 to 1942. Modern exploration began in the 1990s, with the description of further resources in the Nui Kem mine and the additional description of two shallow, potentially open-pit deposits. The Bong Mieu plant was first commissioned in 2006 to process ore from the central open-pit deposit. Advanced exploration continues on the Nui Kem (underground) deposit and on the East (open-pit) deposit. Additional long-term exploration potential has also been recognized in other geological target zones and regionally.
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