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Talapoosa Project

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StagePreliminary Economic Assessment
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Gunpoint Exploration Ltd. 100 % Indirect
American Gold is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Nevada, USA and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunpoint, a corporation incorporated under the laws of BC, Canada.

Deposit type

  • Epithermal
  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The mineralization was divided into the following domains, separated by north-northwest fault, for the purpose of resource modelling.

Bear Creek Hanging-Wall Vein System/Domain, bounded by Ripper Fault to south and Cabin Fault to north. The Hanging-Wall vein is comprised predominantly of massive white sulphide poor silica with typical low- sulfidation epithermal textures, including recrystallization, coliform and crustiform banding, adularia bands, amethyst, etc.

Bear Creek Footwall Vein System/Domain, bounded by Cabin Fault to south and Talapoosa (South) Fault to the north. The Footwall vein is more sulphide rich, associated with a number of gangue phases including, red hematitic silica, chlorite and minor white to clear silica.

Main Zone Vein System/Domain bounded by Talapoosa (South) Fault to the south and Opal/Dyke Fault to the north.

The mineralization at both Dyke Adit and East Hill shows similarities in appearance and texture to that of the Hanging-Wall Zone at Bear Creek.

The modelling of veins and their bounding faults indicates that the general trend of all mineralization is around 115°, with two prominent dip angles:

- Steeply-dipping veins at approximately 70° south, for the Hanging-Wall and Footwall Zones at Bear Creek and for the eastern-most portion of the Main Zone.

- Shallowly-dipping veins, at approximately 20 to 40° south for the Dyke Adit, northwest part of the Main Zone (north) and the East Hill Vein. At least in the Main Zone, the flattening of vein dip could be the result of dilatational zones developed between the Talapoosa and Dyke Faults. In the case of the Dyke Adit and East Hill veins the attitude of the veining appears to parallel that of the contact between the hornblende andesite porphyry and the adjacent unit.

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Production

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Gold koz 55593
Silver koz 6797,365
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

Metrics
Annual mining rate 3.8 M tons of ore *
Annual processing rate 3.8 M tons *
Stripping / waste ratio 1.47 *
Waste tonnes, LOM 61,023 k tons *
Total tonnes mined, LOM 102,444 k tons *
Tonnes milled, LOM 41,420 k tons *
* According to 2015 study.

Production Costs

CommodityUnitsEstimated
Cash costs Gold USD 741 / oz *  USD
Cash costs Gold USD 543 / oz * **  USD
Total cash costs Gold USD 793 / oz *  USD
Total cash costs Gold USD 594 / oz * **  USD
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD 797 / oz *  USD
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD 599 / oz * **  USD
All-in costs Gold USD 880 / oz *  USD
All-in costs Gold USD 682 / oz * **  USD
Assumed price Silver USD 16 / oz *  USD
Assumed price Gold USD 1,150 / oz *  USD
* According to 2015 study / presentation.
** Net of By-Product.

Operating Costs

Currency2024
OP mining costs ($/t milled) USD 5.21 *  USD
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* According to 2015 study.

Project Costs

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