Granada Gold Mine Announces Filing of NI 43- 101 Technical Report for the Granada Gold Project, Quebec, with Updated High-Grade Mineral Resource Estimate
Granada Gold Mine Announces Filing of NI 43-
101 Technical Report for the Granada Gold
Project, Quebec, with Updated High-Grade
Mineral Resource Estimate
ROUYN NORANDA, QC
,
March 16, 2021
/CNW/ - Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV: GGM) (the
"Company" or "Granada") is pleased to announce the filing on SEDAR (
www.sedar.com
) of a
technical report for its Granada Gold Project. The report, dated
March 15, 2021
, is entitled
"Technical Report on the Granada Gold Project Mineral Resource Estimate Update,
Rouyn-Noranda,
Quebec, Canada
." The report can also be found on the Company's website at
www.granadagoldmine.com
and provides an updated High-Grade Mineral Resource Estimate of the
Granada Gold Deposit using narrow, rich, vein modelling and both open pit and underground
resources and revised pit optimization parameters which are based on the possibility of off-site
custom milling ore rather than constructing and using an on-site mill.
The report was prepared in accordance with the regulations laid out in National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI-43-101") by
Yann Camus P.Eng
. and Maxime
Dupéré, géo., of SGS Canada Inc., who are independent "Qualified Persons" as defined by NI 43-
101. The report supports, and provides greater detail about, the technical basis and scientific
rationale of the updated resource estimate initially announced in a Company press release on
January 29, 2021
. The updated MRE focused on using a scenario with higher cut-off grades than
that used in the 2019 MRE. Gold price used is
1600 US$
/oz.
The report concludes
There is an opportunity on the Project to extend known mineralization at depth and along strike on
the Property.
The Authors consider that the
Granada
deposit contains a significant open pit and underground
Mineral Resource that is associated with a well-defined gold mineralized trend and model. The
current Mineral Resource Estimate Update has shown that the Deposit can likely be mined by
conventional open pit and underground mining methods with a scenario of off-site custom milling
rather than constructing and using an on-site mill. Deeper drilling recently completed also
demonstrates that the Property has the potential for a significant underground resource.
The Authors consider the Property to have significant potential for delineation of additional Mineral
Resources and that further exploration is warranted. Granada Gold's intentions are to continue to
drill the Deposit in 2021 and plan to direct their exploration efforts towards resource growth, with a
focus on extending the limits of known mineralization along strike and at depth, as well as infill drill
the existing deposit in order to convert portions of Inferred mineral resources into Indicated or
Measured.
Given the prospective nature of the Property, it is the Author's opinion that the Property merits
further exploration and that a proposed plan for further work is justified. A proposed work program
by SGS will help advance the Deposit towards a pre-development stage and will provide key inputs
required to evaluate the economic viability of a mining project (open pit and underground) at a pre-
feasibility study level.
SGS is recommending Granada Gold conduct further exploration, subject to funding and any other
matters which may cause the proposed exploration program to be altered in the normal course of its
business activities or alterations which may affect the program as a result of exploration activities
themselves. For 2021, a total of
45,000 m
of drilling is proposed to continue to focus on expanding
and extending mineral resources, upgrading existing Inferred resources as well as exploring the
Deposit at depth.
The total cost of the recommended work program is estimated at
C$10,775,000
(Table 1).
Table 1 Recommended 2021 Work Program for the Granada Deposit
Item
Cost in CAD$
Resource Expansion Drilling and Resource Classification
improvement 2021 (Open Pit; <500 m depth) 15,000 m
$2,250,000
Resource Identification Drilling (Underground; > 500 m depth)
drilling 20,000 to 30,000 m
$6,000,000
Assays/Geochemistry
$1,400,000
Additional Metallurgical Testing
$250,000
Continued geotechnical studies for improved pit optimization
parameters
$150,000
Environmental Baseline Studies
$150,000
Updated Resource Estimate
$75,000
Pre-feasibility Study and Related Studies
$500,000
Total:
$10,775,000
Qualified person
The technical information in this news release has been prepared by
Yann Camus
, P.Eng.,
independent qualified person of SGS and was reviewed by
Claude Duplessis
, P.Eng., GoldMinds
Geoservices Inc. member of Québec Order of Engineers and a qualified person in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 standards.
About Granada Gold Mine Inc.
Granada Gold Mine Inc. continues to develop the Granada Gold Property near
Rouyn-Noranda,
Quebec
. Approximately 120,000 meters of drilling has been completed to date on the property,
focused mainly on the extended LONG Bars zone which trends 2 kilometers east-west over a
potential 5.5 kilometers of mineralized structure. The highly prolific Cadillac Break, the source of
more than 75 million plus ounces of gold production in the past century, cuts through the north part of
the
Granada
property, but is not necessarily indicative of mineralization hosted on the company's
property.
The Granada Shear Zone and the South Shear Zone contain, based on historical detailed mapping
as well as from current and historical drilling, up to twenty-two mineralized structures trending east-
west over five and a half kilometers. Three of these structures were mined historically from four
shafts and three open pits. Historical underground grades were 8 to 10 grams per tonne gold from
two shafts down to
236 m
and
498 m
with open pit grades from 3.5 to 5 grams per tonne gold.
Updated Mineral Resource
The updated resource at the Company's Granada Gold project in
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
was
estimated by SGS Canada and outlined in a
January 29, 2021
news release.
Updated Mineral Resource Estimate Base Case with Details Between the Open Pit Portion
and the Underground Portion
Type
Category
Tonnes
Au (g/t)
Gold Ounces
In Pit
Measured
1
3,756,000
1.89
228,000
Indicated
1,357,000
2.55
111,000
Measured+Indicated
5,113,000
2.06
339,000
Inferred
34,000
11.29
12,000
Underground
Measured
37,000
4.22
5,000
Indicated
807,000
4.02
104,000
Measured+Indicated
844,000
4.03
109,000
Inferred
1,244,000
6.33
253,000
1.
Cut-off grades are based on a gold price of US$1,600 per ounce, a foreign exchange rate of US$0.76 for CA$1, a gold recovery of 93%
2.
Pit constrained mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.9 g/t Au within a conceptual pit shell
3.
Underground mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 3.0 g/t Au within reasonably mineable volumes
The Company is in possession of all mining permits required to commence the initial mining phase,
known as the "Rolling Start", which allows the company to mine up to 550 tonnes per day. Additional
information is available at
www.granadagoldmine.com
.
"Frank J. Basa"
Frank J. Basa P. Eng
.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not limited to
comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,
receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements
address future events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.
SOURCE
Granada Gold Mine Inc.
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For further information:
Frank J. Basa, P. Eng., President and CEO at 1-819-797-4144 or Wayne
Cheveldayoff, Corporate Communications, at 416-710-2410 or [email protected]
CO: Granada Gold Mine Inc.
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