The company has also provided an update on other development activities associated with the La Ronge gold project.
The company’s Jolu gold mill processed a total of 9,912 dry tonnes of high-grade ore from the Roy Lloyd mine during March, producing 3,349 troy ounces (107.7 Kg) of gold, with a recovered grade of 10.25 g/t Au.
Production operations at Roy Lloyd mine have ramped up to the planned target 350 tonnes per day (tpd) with ore production established from two mine production blocks on the 1340 Level.
Development of the next production area, including the 1325, 1295 and 1265 Levels, has now been completed and all infrastructure is in place to establish additional mine production blocks.
Development of the decline to extend ramp access below the existing 1265 Level is continuing and has reached the 1245 Level, approximately 150m below surface.
Development will continue to establish access to future production levels, however the priority is to gain access at the 1200 Level to enable an underground resource expansion drilling program to proceed later this year.
This diamond drilling is to convert the current inferred resource of 155,074 tonnes at 13.89 grams/tonne gold to the measured and indicated resource category and allow production planning to a depth of 400m.
At its Komis / EP site, mobilization has been completed for start of mining operations, and waste pre-stripping on the EP open pit mine has commenced.
