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In late 2017, Kerr Mines completed a combined surface and underground drilling exploration program, adding 800 feet of additional underground access. Bonifacio stated the company plans to start mining and processing 600 tons of ore per day at Copperstone in 2020, pending advancing detailed engineering, minor permit modifications approval and finalizing terms of a current financing package with Sprott Resource Lending Corp.
Last year, Kerr Mines' Copperstone preliminary feasibility study calculated the underground Proven and Probable to hold 175,093 ounces at 6.79 g/t with a mine life of 4.5 years. In 2019, a further 15,000-meter drill program is targeted with the objective of extending the estimated life of the mine to 8–10 years based on extracting 320,000 ounces of gold, Bonifacio noted.
"To date we have only modestly tested the Copperstone project with exploration work covering approximately only 10% of the project," Bonifacio stated. "We see a pathway toward capturing multimillion-ounce potential with further drilling and testing several prospective targets that have been identified."