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Lac Herbin Mine

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 Location:
11.4 km NE from Val-d’Or, Quebec, Canada

  Address:
1900, chemin Brador
Val d’Or
Quebec, Canada
J9P 0A4
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Overview

StatusClosing / Closed
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Alimak
  • Longitudinal stoping
Processing
  • Flotation
  • Concentrate leach
  • Merrill–Crowe
  • Cyanide (reagent)
The Company suspended production at Lac Herbin during the third quarter of 2016, and therefore, no revenues were earned during Q4 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Latest NewsEldorado Gold Completes Acquisition of QMX Gold     April 7, 2021


Owners

Source:
CompanyInterestOwnership
Eldorado Gold Corp. 100 % Indirect
April 07, 2021 -- Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) (“Eldorado” or “the Company”) and QMX Gold Corporation (TSX-V: QMX) (“QMX”) are pleased to announce the successful acquisition by Eldorado of all of the outstanding common shares (the “QMX Shares”) in the capital of QMX not already owned by Eldorado, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Arrangement”). The Arrangement became effective at 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time) on April 7, 2021 (the “Effective Time”) resulting in QMX becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eldorado.

Deposit Type

  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

The Lac Herbin deposit is a narrow veins deposit type. The mineralization is contained within 12 shear zones.

A total of 12 shear zones are observed at the Lac Herbin mine, namely LH (Lac Herbin), WE, S1, S2, S3, S4, HW, HW2, HW2 Br, HW6, Bonanza (BZ), FL and several very localized flat veins.

Many of these shear zones contain quartz tourmaline veins, sometimes mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite and gold, and locally faulted. The dyke-controlled auriferous shear zones are recording a north-south shortening. The ore shoots generally plunges west but locally the plunge is controlled by intersection between two shear zones. Alterations associated with shear zones are variable. Hematization is strong and often observed in S1, S3 and LH structures. Widespread carbonatization occurs in shears. Chloritization or sericitization is present in shear when a mafic dyke or a felsic dyke is associated with the shear. A blurred texture marked by the disappearance of feldspar in favour of silica and chlorite is common at the Lac Herbin deposit. At the Lac Herbin deposit, correlation between blurred diorite and sub horizontal quartz tourmaline veins is observed on cross section; but becomes less obvious for vertical shears. The economic mineralization occurs in lenses where sulphides are present and there appears to be a strong relation between pyrite content and gold values. Also, coarse-grained pyrite is particularly associated with high gold values.


Mining Methods

  • Alimak
  • Longitudinal stoping


Summary:

The longitudinal long hole mining method and a variance of it, called “Selective Short Hole” (SSH), will be mostly used to mine the reserves. The classification of the rock mass is adequate and with limited stope dimensions, good mining practice, these mining methods can be productive with a minimised percentage of dilution.

Generally, the mining blocks will be of a maximum dimension of 60 m in length and 60 m in height. The principal access, located at the base of these blocks, will be developed from the main ramp. In certain cases, a secondary ramp will be excavated to reach mineralized zones. These 3.6 m X 3.8 m drifts are excavated with mechanized equipments. These drifts are also for ore and waste transportation between the zones and the main ramp. Thereafter, the ore charged in trucks and hauled to surface.

Either conventional or Alimak raise are driven from the main access to give access to the sub levels. The lateral ore development (sub levels) will generally proceed on both side of the vein to the limits of the mineralization. Most of lateral development will be accomplished by conventional method. Conventional rock support will be installed in various developments.

Production drilling will be performed by long hole drills mounted on a 4 wheel autonomous carrier. The diameter of drilling will be 2.5 inches and length of hole limited to 15 m. Typical performance for that type of drill is about 75 m per shift. The same equipment will be used for drilling 4 m to 8 m cable bolts and 1.5 m x 1.5 m slot raise. The production holes will be surveyed if possible to control deviation. The production holes will be charged with emulsion explosive. When required, electronic detonator will be used to improve fragmentation and limit over break on the walls.

The mucking of the stopes will be done laterally using remote control scoop trams. The ore will be mucked to a secondary mucking point or loaded directly in 30 t haulage trucks.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation
  • Concentrate leach
  • Merrill–Crowe
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

Aurbel Mill:
The Crushing Circuit's capacity is 125-150 tonnes/hours, consisting of a jaw feed bin and pane feeder 4' x 16' with 36" x 48" jaw double toggle plates, driven by a 200 H.P. motor, followed by a Gyratory 16" x 50" crusher driven with a 150 H.P. motor and two Allis-Chalmers 6" x 51" cone crushers. The screening is made with two 6' x 16' double decks screens (3/8 "). It requires a total of 6 conveyors to transfer the ore in the different steps to finally get to the mill's ore bins (2 ore bins of 800 metric tonnes).

The Grinding Circuit is equipped with 5 grinding mills, one rod-mill and 4 ball-mills having a total of 800 kW and a single stage of classification consisting of three 10" cyclones. The conveyor feeding the rod-mill is equipped with a weightometer which measured the wet tonnes reported by the mill. Mill-reported dry tonnes are calculated based on the moisture found in the belt feed sample There are also two Knelson concentrators for the free gold r ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter20152014
Gold Recovery Rate, % 88.591
Gold Head Grade, g/t 3.483.34

Production:

CommodityUnits2016201520142013
Gold oz 2,2936,89720,50322,225

Operational Metrics:

Metrics201520142013
Ore tonnes mined 51,773 t224,963 t179,212 t
Tonnes milled 69,700 t209,758 t173,727 t

Reserves at March 2, 2015:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 43,000 t Gold 7.45 g/t 10,300 oz
Probable 96,000 t Gold 6.45 g/t 19,900 oz
Proven & Probable 138,000 t Gold 6.81 g/t 30,200 oz
Measured 67,000 t Gold 9.2 g/t 19,900 oz
Indicated 117,600 t Gold 7.6 g/t 28,800 oz
Inferred 283,500 t Gold 7.4 g/t 67,300 oz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits20152014
Cash costs (sold) Gold CAD 1,247 / oz 1,066 / oz

Financials:

Units20162015
Revenue M CAD 3.8   15  
Operating Income M CAD 1.2  
After-tax Income M CAD -12.5  


Heavy Mobile Equipment as of April 18, 2011:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
Deck & Boom Trucks ....................... Subscription required
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required
Drill jumbo (single boom) 281 mm ....................... Subscription required
Drill jumbo (two boom) 282 mm ....................... Subscription required
Loader ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 6 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
Scoop Tram 3.5 cu. yd ....................... Subscription required
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2014
Annual Information Form 2013
Technical Report 2011
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News:

NewsDate
Eldorado Gold Completes Acquisition of QMX Gold April 7, 2021
QMX Gold Corporation Obtains Final Order Approving Arrangement With Eldorado Gold Corporation April 1, 2021
Eldorado Gold and QMX Announce Friendly Acquisition of QMX by Eldorado January 21, 2021
QMX Intersects Strong Initial Results From the River Target; 39.8 g/t Gold Over 2.0 Metres and 17.71 g/t Gold Over 4.0 Metres January 29, 2020

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