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| Statut : Mine Development |
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| Risques / Pays : Tres bas |
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 | Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation
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| Titre | Profil de la Compagnie | Tous les projets | Site web de la compagnie | Page projet de la compagnie |
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| On July 7, 1995, Coeur, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coeur Alaska, Inc. (“Coeur Alaska”),
acquired the 50% ownership interest of Echo Bay Exploration Inc. (“Echo Bay”) in the Kensington property from
Echo Bay and Echo Bay Alaska, Inc. (coll Plus... |
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The Kensington gold development project, consisting of the Kensington and adjacent Jualin properties, is
located on the east side of the Lynn Canal about 45 miles north-northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The mine will be an
underground gold mine accessed Plus...
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In 2005, Coeur embarked on a drilling program to convert 300,000 to 400,000 ounces of gold currently reported as mineral resources to reserves, which would significantly increase the initial mine life from the current level of ten years. This involves additional in-fill drilling to delineate higher-grade sections of the deposit that might be mined in the earlier years of the operation.
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The Kensington ore deposit consists of multiple precious metals bearing mesothermal, quartz, carbonate, pyrite vein swarms and discrete quartz-pyrite veins hosted in the Cretaceousaged Jualin diorite. The gold-telluride-mineral calaverite is associated with the pyrite mineralization.
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