Aug 26 2013
Northern Vertex Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that the Governor of Arizona, the Honorable Janice K. Brewer, marked the official opening of the Moss Mine Reactivation Project Pilot Plant during a ribbon cutting ceremony held in Bullhead City, Arizona on August 14, 2013.
Official ribbon cutting at the Golden Vertex office in Bullhead City, Arizona. L to R: Mayor Jack Hakim, Bullhead City Mayor, Ken Berry, Chairman Northern Vertex Mining Corp., Governor Janice K. Brewer, Arizona Governor, Dick Whittington, CEO Northern Vertex Mining Corp., Joe Hart, Arizona State Mining Inspector
Marking the official opening was the announcement that significant development milestones have now been reached on the Phase I - Pilot Plant for the Moss Mine Gold-Silver Project located in Mohave County, Oatman Mining District, NW Arizona.
Governor Brewer, who took time in her busy schedule to attend Northern Vertex's Moss Mine ribbon cutting ceremony and a luncheon that followed in her honor, applauded Northern Vertex and its US subsidiary, Golden Vertex Corp., for playing an important role in Arizona's continued increase in economic development and said that the Moss Project was "a very significant addition" to the community of Bullhead City. The ceremony and luncheon that followed were well attended by the citizens of Bullhead City, Mohave County, and by other representatives from the state of Arizona.
The following milestones have been achieved at the Moss Mine site, located approximately 15 minutes from Bullhead City:
- Construction on all major items for Phase I - Pilot Plant are essentially complete
- Operations are in full swing with the focus on the completion of mining, crushing, agglomerating and stacking operations for the 90,000 tonnes contemplated in the Preliminary Economic Assessment
- Leaching of the stacked mineralized material is also underway and will continue for the next 9-12 months with continual sampling and assaying of the leached material being performed
Dick Whittington, CEO and President of Northern Vertex Mining Corp., said, "We are very honored that Governor Brewer is so supportive of the Moss Mine Reactivation Project. We hope the Moss Mine is, and will continue to be, an important contributor to the local economy for many years to come. It is particularly gratifying to have been able to achieve such significant development milestones in such a short period of time."