A joint venture between two Australian firms and a Russian platinum producer has been granted exploration and mining permits to a gold property in Russia.
The company, Bystrynsky Mining, was granted a dual exploration and mining licence for the 300-sq.-km parcel of land, which hosts the Kumroch epithermal gold deposit.
Bystrynsky Mining is owned 50% by PacRim Gold (which is controlled equally by Australian firms Gippsland Resources and Emperor Mines) and 50% by a subsidiary of Russian platinum producer Koryakgeoldobycha.
The Kumroch deposit is contained in a mineralized zone measuring 5 km by 1 km. Gold occurs in 14 quartz veins, the majority of which are continuous over the deposit’s strike length.
According to Russian data, reserves at the Kumroch deposit stand at 7.9 million tonnes grading 15.6 grams gold per tonne, equivalent to 3.96 million contained ounces. The deposit is also said to contain a significant silver resource.
Preliminary metallurgical studies by the Australian firms indicate that gold is free milling and amenable to standard carbon-in-leach and carbon-in-pulp processing techniques.
The Australian companies also report that the licence contains a number of additional gold occurrences, as well as anomalies and zones of intense argillic alteration.
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