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True North Complex

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 Location:
162 NE from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  Address:
PO Box 1000 ML 63 Antonio Road
Bissett
Ontario, Canada
MB R0E 0J0
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeTailings
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Centrifugal concentrator
  • Flotation
  • Concentrate leach
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)
Mine Life2028
During the year ended December 31, 2018 the True North underground mine operations transitioned to care and maintenance. On October 5, 2019, the 1911 Gold Corporation temporarily suspended ongoing care and maintenance of the underground infrastructure. Access to the True North mine has been temporarily closed.

1911 Gold is currently reprocessing historic tailings on a seasonal basis.
Latest News1911 Gold Intersects High-Grade Gold at the Tinney Project     March 24, 2021


Owners & OPERATOR

Source: p. 2, 3
CompanyInterestOwnership
1911 Gold Corp. (operator) 100 % Direct
1911 Gold Corporation is a junior gold producer and explorer that owns the True North mine and mill complex at Bissett, Manitoba.

Until July 19, 2018, the 1911 Gold Corporation (formerly Havilah Mining Corporation) operated as a subsidiary of Klondex. With the completion of the Arrangement on July 20, 2018 the 1911 Gold Corporation operated as a separate entity.

Deposit Type

  • Tailings


Summary:

The True North Gold Deposit is a classical Archean orogenic gold deposit, consisting of quartz-carbonate vein systems hosted by brittle-ductile shear zones and faults in volcanic and sedimentary rocks (greenstones). The deposit is hosted by a north-younging, moderately inclined, succession of volcanic and sedimentary rocks, belonging to the 2.73–2.72 Ga Gem assemblage. At Rice Lake, this assemblage includes volcanic sandstone and conglomerate, tholeiitic basalt flows and gabbro sills and dacitic volcaniclastic rocks, intruded by various felsic porphyry dikes.

Tailings Management Area
The Tailings Management Area (TMA) is located approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) north of the process plant in an area naturally defined by bedrock ridges around the perimeter of a previously flat boggy area. The original ground surface of the bog was near elevation 889 feet above sea level (asl) (271 m asl) (geodetic) with bedrock ridges on the south and west sides up to 920 feet above sea level (asl) (280 m asl) and bounded to the north by bedrock up to elevation 985 feet asl (300 m asl).

The TMA currently consists of eight dykes with a number of the embankments separated by bedrock outcroppings such that they follow an A/B nomenclature. The embankments have been designed and constructed in various stages and phases from 1997 onwards to the most recent raises and improvements completed from 2012 to 2014. The current configuration of the TMA consists of a tailings pond and polishing pond, separated by dyke 7. The west half (approx.) of the tailings pond has reached its capacity, with tailings placed up to the crest of dykes 1, 2, 8, and a portion of dyke 3, while the east half of the tailings pond contains tailings submerged beneath water ranging in depth from less than 3 feet (1m) to several feet (meters). No spillway or low-level outlet structures are present in the TMA. It is understood that the TMA has been designed to safely retain water from the mill discharge, runoff, and storm events.

In order to increase the capacity to retain tailings, the former Operator began development of a new area termed the East Tailings Management Area (ETMA). The ETMA is located directly east of the TMA and currently consists of dyke 9 along its south perimeter, with dyke 6 of the TMA forming the containment along the west side. The natural contours to the north and east provide containment of the remainder of the ETMA.

Dyke 9 has an overall length of nearly 5,000 feet (1,500 m) and at its current constructed elevation, has a height of 10 feet to 13 feet (3m to 4 m). No spillway or low-level outlet structures are present in the ETMA. It is understood that the TMA has been designed to safely retain water from the process plant discharge, runoff, and storm events.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

1911 Gold is a junior gold producer and explorer that owns the True North mine and mill complex at Bissett, Manitoba, and is currently reprocessing historic tailings on a seasonal basis.

Tailings reprocessing commenced in 2016. From 2016 to 2018 reprocessing of the tailings was carried out concurrently with processing of underground ore when weather allowed.

During the year ended December 31, 2018 the True North underground mine operations transitioned to care and maintenance as a result of ongoing negative cashflows. On October 5, 2019, the 1911 Gold Corporation temporarily suspended ongoing care and maintenance of the underground infrastructure. Access to the True North mine has been temporarily closed.

The primary mining method at the True North mine was long hole stoping.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company operated for 188 days, commencing tailings operations on April 26, 2019, and suspending operations on October 31, 2019.

North Tailings Operation utilizes an excavator to windrow tailings within the Tailings Management Area (TMA) for dewatering and to load the material onto 36-tonne trucks for transport to the processing facility. Tailings are off-loaded into a screened feed hopper and conveyed directly to the grinding circuit, bypassing the crushing circuit. Tailings are processed at a rate of 50 tonnes per hour with a target rate of 1,200 tonnes per day.


Crushing and Grinding
Crusher / Mill TypeModelSizePowerQuantity
Gyratory crusher ....................... Subscription required 1
Jaw crusher 30" x 42" 1
Vertical shaft impact crusher (VSI) ....................... Subscription required 1
Ball mill 12.5' x 14' 933 kW 1

Summary:

In 2011, the process crushing plant was expanded by adding a new primary 30 inch by 42 inch (760mm by 1067mm) jaw crusher, a GP300 gyratory crusher as a secondary breaker and a Barmac B8000 VSI (vertical shaft impact) crusher as a tertiary unit. There units are all in line with a 7 foot by 20 foot(2.1m by 6.1m) triple deck vibrating screen.

The process plant feed is ground in an AC 12 ½ foot by 14 foot (3.8m by 4.3m), 1,250 HP (933 kW) ball mill to 67% passing Tyler 200 mesh (74 microns).

Tailings are off-loaded into a screened feed hopper and conveyed directly to the grinding circuit, bypassing the crushing circuit. Tailings are processed at a rate of 50 tonnes per hour with a target rate of 1,200 tonnes per day.


Processing

  • Centrifugal concentrator
  • Flotation
  • Concentrate leach
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

The original processing facility at the True North site, constructed in 1931–32, was destroyed by fire in 1980 and was subsequently reconstructed in 1996–97, with an operating capacity of 900 tonnes per day. Mill capacity was increased to 2,300 tonnes per day in 2011; however, it has since been scaled back to 1,300 tonnes per day to optimize gold recoveries from the tailings reprocessing operation.

The True North Complex includes a modern, fully-permitted 1,300 tonnes-per-day ore processing facility, comprised of crushing, milling, centrifugal gravity concentration and flotation circuits. Concentrates from the gravity circuit are upgraded on a shaker table for direct-smelting, whereas flotation concentrates are reground, thickened and then leached in a three-stage leach circuit. Dissolved gold is recovered by six-stage carbon-in-pulp (CIP) circuit, followed by conventional pressure strip, electrowinning and smelting in an electric induction furnace. Gold is poured into doré ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter2019201820172016
Gold Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required9392.7
Gold Head Grade, g/t  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.10.11
Gold Equivalent Head Grade, oz/ton  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.10.11

Production:

CommodityUnits2019201820172016
Gold oz  ......  Subscription required7,29927,87710,187
Silver oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Gold Equivalent oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics2019201820172016
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Daily processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required309,343 tons51,768 tons
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required297,826 tons95,710 tons
Daily milling rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required262 tons
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,500 tons
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Reserves at March 31, 2018:
Underground Mineral Resources have been calculated at a Au cut-off grade of 0.100 opt;
Tailings Mineral resources have been calculated at a Au cut-off grade of 0.015 opt.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Measured In-Situ (UG) 599 k tons Gold 0.209 oz/ton 125 koz
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 1,409 k tons Gold 0.219 oz/ton 308 koz
Indicated Tailings 1,971 k tons Gold 0.0243 oz/ton 48 koz
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (UG) 2,007 k tons Gold 0.216 oz/ton 433 koz
Measured & Indicated Tailings 1,971 k tons Gold 0.0243 oz/ton 48 koz
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 3,586 k tons Gold 0.169 oz/ton 605 koz
Inferred Tailings 31 k tons Gold 0.0235 oz/ton 0.7 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2019201820172016
Cash costs (sold) Gold Equivalent USD 1,504 / oz 1,552 / oz
Total cash costs (sold) Gold CAD  ......  Subscription required 2,603 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold CAD  ......  Subscription required 2,762 / oz
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Operating Costs:

Units2016
UG mining costs ($/ton mined) USD 193

Financials:

Units2019201820172016
Capital expenditures M USD 14.5   11.3  
Revenue M  ......  Subscription required18  CAD32.6  USD 9.34  USD
Operating Income M  ......  Subscription required-17.34  CAD-16.98  USD -13.85  USD
Pre-tax Income M  ......  Subscription required-33.11  CAD
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of May 8, 2018:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
Drill (long hole) 2
Drill jumbo (single boom) 3
Scissor Lift 1
Scoop Tram 3.5 cu. yd 4
Scoop Tram 2.5 cu. yd 5
Truck (boom) 1
Truck (haul) 13 tons 2
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2020
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Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Press Release 2018
Technical Report 2018
Form 10-K 2017
Technical Report 2017
Corporate Presentation 2016
Form 10-K 2016
Pre-Feasibility Study Report 2016
Press Release 2016
Technical Report 2013
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News:

NewsDate
1911 Gold Intersects High-Grade Gold at the Tinney Project March 24, 2021
1911 Gold Provides Results from Ongoing Phase Il Drilling Program March 2, 2021
1911 Gold Commences Tailings Reprocessing Operations May 6, 2020
Havilah Mining Corporation Announces Successful Season from the Tailings Reprocessing Project December 13, 2018

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