| Risk and valuation analysis of the Fire Creek Project |
| Status Risk : Mine development |
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| Title(s) of the Fire Creek Project |
 | Klondex Mines Ltd
Owner: 100% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| In 1988, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Aurenco Partners to drill and mine the property. Aurenco Partners was formed specifically for the project by Black Beauty Resources and Covenanter Mining from Evansville, IN. Under the terms of more... |
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| Location of the Fire Creek Project |
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The mine is located near the center of the Battle Mountain gold belt in Crescent Valley, approximately ten miles northwest of the massive Pipeline deposit of Placer-Dome (7 million ounces) and five miles southeast of the Mule Canyon deposits of Santa Fe (3 million ounces). All of this mineralization exists in volcanics within the trend in Crescent Valley which runs south as far as Buckhorn.
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| History of the Fire Creek Project |
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Gold was first produced at Fire Creek from an experimental 2,000 ton leach pad test conducted by Klondex in 1981. Sixty-seven ounces of gold were recovered over a thirty day period with a recovery rate of 80%. Having proven the leachability of the or more...
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| Geology of the Fire Creek Project |
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The Tertiary volcanic stratigraphy in the vicinity of the Fire Creek property consists of a series of basalt, andesite, and dacite flows, tuffs, and pyroclastic rocks. These are underlain by early Paleozoic clastic sediments. Most units have been giv more...
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