The vast majority of the mineralisation at the Project is hosted within the altered parts of the sheared ultramafic rocks. Pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite are the main sulphides with occasional pyrite and rare chalcopyrite or pentlandite. The areas with the highest gold grades are associated with arsenopyrite. Metallurgical tests of the mineralised sections carried out by Lakefield Research Limited (Lakefield, 1999b) indicated that the gold is free in form. Gold mineralisation occurs in zones of variable thickness, with average widths of 10 m, and is nearly continuous along 2 km of strike.

Gold at the Project is linked with an assemblage of sulphides and oxides in ultramafics and granite. Opaque minerals include trace to minor quantities of pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, pentlandite, galena, sphalerite, magnetite, ilmenite and rutile. Sulphide growth may be in the form of vein fills, massive aggregates, clusters, blebs, stringers and fine or coarse disseminations in ultramafics or granite veins. There appears to be a progression from syntectonic to late-tectonic growth, with at least two phases of sulphide and oxide growth. The non-opaque minerals are amphibole, chlorite, mica, serpentine, talc and quartz. Pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, coarse grained pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite and minor pentlandite are the principal sulphides; the chief observation being (but not always) an increase in grain size and abundance, both absolute and relative, in host rocks near ........

The mining operations are based on conventional drill-and-blast, load and haul mining techniques. Loading of the ore and waste rock following drill-and-blast will be undertaken by hydraulic excavators in backhoe configuration into nominal 100 tonne Komatsu HD 785 haul trucks with 50% of the ore reporting directly to the crusher tip and 50% to the ROM ore pad, and waste to the designated waste dump areas. It is has been assumed that the weathered portion of the ore and waste is free dig or requires some local ripping and as it transitions to fresh rock, blasting will be required.

All waste material will report either to the surface waste dumps which wrap around the open pit or be backfilled in the mined-out pit areas of the Larjor pit, depending on which facility is closest and available at the time of mining, and to suit the efficient scheduling of the mining fleet. Before any waste is backfilled into Larjor, an underground mining study will be undertaken to assess the potential of mining the deeper, down plunge high-grade ore shoots. In the early stages of the Pre-Strip and mining phases, waste rock will be used to construct a protective drainage berm, which wraps around the open pit between the waste rock dumps.

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