NORTHERN GOLD MINING INC. is pleased to announce updated results from the bulk sampling program at its Garrcon deposit, part of the Company's Golden Bear Project1.
All results are as of June 24, 2015.
- Batch 8: Processed 14,723 dry tonnes grading 1.375 g/t, recovering 631.1 oz Au at 97% recovery
Total to date:
- Processed 55,348 dry tonnes of mineralized material at an average head grade of 1.59 g/t (69% of the total bulk sample program of 80,000 tonnes) in eight batches by St Andrew Goldfields Ltd ("SAS") at their Holt Mill. The first batch was processed September 13, 2014, with the most recent complete batch ending May 9th, 2015.
- Recovered 2,708.9 troy ounces of gold from the mineralized material
- Achieved an average mill recovery of 95.5%.
For the program to date this was the largest continuous run through the mill and it had the highest recovery at 97%. A new head feed sampling protocol was initiated in this batch to quantify the nuggety nature of the visible gold, with pulp metallic screened samples run by SGS Lakefield Laboratory, Lakefield, ON.
"The Company will deliver at least 72,000 total tonnes to the mill in advance of the end of June, the contractual minimum tonnage and end of the Custom Milling contract. We are working with St Andrew Goldfields Ltd to extend the contract time. It is expected that Batch 9 will begin processing the first week of July," said Eric Moeller, President & CEO, Northern Gold Mining, Inc.
Technical Information and Qualified Person
The technical aspects of this press release have been reviewed and approved by Mr. Michael Gross, M.Sc., P.Geo., the "Qualified Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101 for the Golden Bear Project.
- TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE GOLDEN BEAR PROJECT - GARRISON PROPERTY, Report No. 975, A.C.A. Howe International Limited Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Effective Date: December 30, 2013, Signing Date: March 03, 2014, filed by the Company on SEDAR. "Non-diluted Measured+Indicated Mineral Resources considered amenable within the USD$1250 preliminary pit shell to open pit mining (at the Garrcon deposit), totaled 29.2 million tonnes with an average gold grade of 1.12 g/tonne for 1,047,000 ounces"
- SAS QA/QC protocols follow industry standard for the collection of all samples during milling and during the analysis procedure, one blank, duplicate and control sample are included with every batch analyzed. SGS also utilizes method blanks and the cleaning of bowls and crushers before and after each sample during sample preparation. During fire assaying, method blanks, duplicates and reference materials are randomly inserted with the frequency set at approximately 20% for process control samples.