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TELEMARKER on Oct 08, 2013 5:15am
PVG Bulk Sample Processing
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 3, 2013) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG)(NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm") is pleased to report that processing is underway for the 10,000-tonne bulk sample from the Valley of the Kings Bulk Sample Program (the "Program"). Bulk Sample Processing All of the excavated material from the Program has been sampled with a sample tower at Brucejack. The material not designated for assaying (comprising approximately 10,000 tonnes) is being shipped to a custom mill in Montana, where processing is now underway. It is planned that approximately 1,000 tonnes of material will be processed per week at a minimum rate of 220 tonnes per day to produce gold/silver gravity and flotation concentrates. Gold recoveries are expected to average approximately 90%. Total processing is expected to take approximately 10 weeks and be completed in the fourth quarter. The amount of gold and silver produced by the mill will be reported over this period.