Radisson pours first Duquesne gold

The first gold was recently poured from the Duquesne mine project, about 19 miles north of Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Radisson Mining Resources reports. Recovered from a bulk sample of 3,267 tons was 1,059.4 oz. More gold is scheduled to be poured from the milling of an additional 1,000 tons of material.

Radisson says the majority of this development ore was extracted from drifts, chutes and raises, out of four different veins on five levels. A second sample, 7,000 tons in size, is planned before March 15.

Reserves at the old mining property stand at 565,330 tons grading 0.26 oz. gold per ton in the probable category, and 182,935 tons grading 0.21 oz. in the possible category.