Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. buys back royalty at Cameron Gold Project
10.03.2015 | CNW
Acquisition of 2% royalty expected to materially improve project economicsPERTH, Western Australia, March 10, 2015 /CNW/ - Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. (ASX: CHN, TSX: CXN) is pleased to advise that it has exercised its right to buy-back two-thirds, or 2%, of the existing 3% Net Smelter Return royalty ("NSR") relating to the Cameron Gold Deposit, part of its 100%-owned Cameron Gold Project in Ontario, Canada for C$2 million (~A$2.05 million).
After acquiring the Cameron Project in February 2014, Chalice retained the right to buy-back part of the NSR royalty at any time prior to 20 April 2015 by paying C$2 million to the owner of the royalty.
With a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Cameron Project expected to be completed in April 2015, the acquisition of the NSR is expected to increase the Net Present Value (NPV) of the project. Following the acquisition of the NSR royalty, the Cameron deposit will now carry a 1% NSR in addition to a separate smaller royalty of C$0.30 per short ton of ore mined and milled.
The Company looks forward to completing and reporting on the results of the PEA, with the aim of providing a strong foundation for the future evaluation and development of the Cameron Project.
About the Cameron Gold Project
The Cameron Gold Project is an advanced gold project located in the highly mineralised southern part of western Ontario in Canada, approximately 80km south-east of the town of Kenora. The Project has a number of attractive attributes, including diluted open pit grades of 2g/t Au, a measured and indicated mineral resource of 675,900oz Au, an additional inferred mineral resource of 591,300oz Au (refer Table 1 for full details), low political risk in a mature mining jurisdiction, conventional metallurgy, and a mid-sized gold project that is well within Chalice's funding and development capability.
TIM GOYDERMANAGING DIRECTOR
| Deposit | Description | Cut-off Gold g/t | Class | Tonnes | Gold g/t | Gold Oz |
| Cameron | Open Cut | 0.5g/t | Measured | 2,872,000 | 2.3 | 212,400 |
| RL>=750m | Indicated | 5,417,000 | 1.76 | 306,600 | ||
| Meas+Indic | 8,289,000 | 1.95 | 519,700 | |||
| Inferred | 881,000 | 2.07 | 58,600 | |||
| Underground | 1.75g/t | Measured | 157,000 | 2.77 | 14,000 | |
| RL<750m | Indicated | 559,000 | 3.23 | 58,100 | ||
| Meas+Indic | 716,000 | 3.13 | 72,100 | |||
| Inferred | 5,709,000 | 2.78 | 510,300 | |||
| Dubenski | Open Cut | 1.00g/t | Measured | |||
| RL>=180m | Indicated | 806,000 | 2.28 | 59,100 | ||
| Meas+Indic | 806,000 | 2.28 | 59,100 | |||
| Inferred | 392,000 | 1.44 | 18,200 | |||
| Dogpaw | Open Cut | 0.5g/t | Measured | |||
| RL>=210m | Indicated | 247,000 | 3.02 | 24,000 | ||
| Meas+Indic | 247,000 | 3.02 | 24,000 | |||
| Inferred | 64,000 | 2.26 | 4,700 | |||
| Total | Measured | 3,029,000 | 2.33 | 226,900 | ||
| Indicated | 7,029,000 | 1.98 | 447,500 | |||
| Meas+Indic | 10,058,000 | 2.09 | 675,900 | |||
| Inferred | 7,046,000 | 2.61 | 591,300 | |||
Table 1 – Cameron Gold Project Mineral Resource
Competent Persons and Qualified Persons StatementThe information relating to the Cameron Gold Project Mineral Resource is extracted from the ASX Announcement entitled "Chalice Files Updated 43-101 Technical Report" released on 29 July 2014 and is available to view at www.chalicegold.com. The company confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects the information included in the original market announcement and, in the case of estimates of Mineral Resources, that all material assumptions and technical parameters underpinning the estimates in the relevant market announcement continue to apply and have not materially changed. The Company confirms that the form and context in which the Competent Person's findings are presented have not materially modified from the original market announcement.
The information relating to the mineral resource estimates reported herein for the Cameron Project is derived from the sections of the National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report dated 25 July 2014 prepared for Chalice Gold Mines Ltd. by Mr. Peter Ball of Datageo Geological Consultants who is a Chartered Professional and Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Ball is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 – 'Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects'.
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