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Monarques Gold $MQR.ca Presents the Initial Parameters for the Feasibility Study on its Wasamac #Gold Project $GDX.ca $ECR.ca $MZZ.ca $QMX.ca $IMG.ca $IAG $MUX

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:11 AM on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

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  • Presented the initial parameters today for the feasibility study to be carried out on its Wasamac gold property by BBA
  • The study, to be completed in December 2018, will include assessment, design, engineering and costing for the mine, the processing plant, the tailings management facility and all the related services and infrastructure required to develop and mine the Wasamac deposit

MONTREAL, Sept. 25, 2018 – MONARQUES GOLD CORPORATION (“Monarques” or the “Corporation”) (TSXV:MQR) (OTCMKTS:MRQRF) (FRANKFURT:MR7) presented the initial parameters today for the feasibility study to be carried out on its Wasamac gold property by BBA. The study, to be completed in December 2018, will include assessment, design, engineering and costing for the mine, the processing plant, the tailings management facility and all the related services and infrastructure required to develop and mine the Wasamac deposit.

Monarques is taking a different approach to the project than Wasamac’s previous owner. The Corporation will harness the latest technology and use a top-down rather than a bottom-up mining method in its attempt to put the Wasamac deposit into production at the best possible cost. Furthermore, the Corporation is opting for twin ramps and the use of the Rail-Veyor system underground to haul the mineralized material close to the railway, which will eliminate the hefty capital expenditures associated with building a shaft. The Rail-Veyor system is a promising new technology currently in use at Agnico Eagle’s Goldex project in Val-d’Or (see the Goldex Rail-Veyor system).

The study also assumes a production rate of 6,000 tonnes per day. In addition, the land acquired for the mill and tailings facility provides major advantages as it lies alongside the Ontario Northland railway track, on the other side of the Trans-Canada Highway, farther away from the local communities.

“We are working hard to make Wasamac a success, both economically and for the local communities,” said Jean-Marc Lacoste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monarques. “We want this project to fulfill the economic and environmental criteria and meet the local communities’ requirements, and we are confident that with BBA’s help, we can achieve that goal. We are also keeping open the option of custom milling the ore at one of the sites identified by BBA’s previous study (see map of potential sites).”

The technical and scientific content of this press release has been reviewed and approved by Marc-André Lavergne, Eng., the Corporation’s qualified person under National Instrument 43-101.

ABOUT MONARQUES GOLD CORPORATION

Monarques Gold Corporation (TSXV:MQR) is an emerging gold mining company focused on pursuing growth through its large portfolio of high-quality projects in the Abitibi mining camp in Quebec, Canada. The Corporation currently owns close to 300 km² of gold properties (see map), including the Wasamac deposit (measured and indicated resource of 2.6 million ounces of gold), the Beaufor Mine, the Croinor Gold (see video), McKenzie Break and Swanson advanced projects and the Camflo and Beacon mills, as well as five promising exploration projects. It also offers custom milling services out of its 1,600 tonne-per-day Camflo mill.

Forward-Looking Statements

The forward-looking statements in this press release involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Monarques’ actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied therein. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

Table 1 – Best drilling results on Wasamac

 

Hole Number Length
(metres)
From
(metres)
To
(metres)
True
Width
(metres)
Au Cut
Grade(1)
(g/t)
Ag Cut
Grade(1)
(g/t)
Zone Vertical
Depth of
Intersection
(metres)
WS-11-61 705 544.00 627.00 65.66 2.16 Main 578
WS-11-65 849 738.00 792.90 46.60 3.45 Main 713
WS-11-66A 174 507.20 590.00 68.42 2.66 Main 534
WS-11-72 610 502.00 541.75 31.40 7.28 Main 513
WS-282-01 616 483.00 563.53 69.47 2.97 Main 506
WS-282-02 615 476.85 540.00 52.80 6.40 0.85 Main 488
WS-282-03 591 450.20 535.00 71.76 2.83 0.31 Main 470
WS-289-01 597 493.20 567.30 56.70 3.70 Main 526
WS-292-01 618 537.50 581.00 34.94 4.61 1.19 Main 549
WS-302-02 678 570.00 611.80 29.89 3.70 Main 590
WS-11-107 531 497.00 502.17 4.01 6.11 1 469
WS-11-123 826 703.20 748.00 37.14 2.45 1 675
WS-11-74A 870 786.95 826.00 32.88 2.17 2 752
WS-390-01 618 526.70 543.70 11.77 3.43 2 529
WS-392-02 391 310.00 319.00 7.01 3.80 7.34 2 303
WS-393-01 558 492.60 505.00 9.45 3.37 4.42 2 487
WS-403-03 447 383.80 392.30 7.20 7.12 2 355
WS-404-02 480 398.25 411.80 11.11 5.16 0.73 2 384
WS-406-01 406 331.40 346.40 12.11 3.56 2 322
WS-11-95 608 550.20 565.80 12.17 4.52 3 550
WS-11-100 676 597.80 615.30 12.87 3.63 3 600
WS-11-113A 486 431.55 443.00 11.26 2.96 3 316
WS-458-02 441 327.35 338.00 7.81 5.19 0.53 3 310
WS-480-01 679 578.00 585.00 5.22 7.09 2.00 4 550
(1) High values are cut at 35 g/t

 

 

Table 2 – Monarques Gold Measured and Indicated Resource

 

Tonnes

(metric)

Grade
(g/t Au)
Ounces
Wasamac property1
Measured Resources 3.99 M 2.52 323,300
Indicated Resources 25.87 M 2.72 2,264,500
Total 29.86 M 2.70 2,587,900
Croinor Gold mine2
Measured Resources 80,100 8.44 21,700
Indicated Resources 724,500 9.20 214,300
Total 804,600 9.12 236,000
Swanson property3
Indicated Resources (pit constrained) 1,694,000 1.80 98,100
Indicated Resources (underground) 58,100 3.17 5,900
Total 1,752,100 1.85 104,100
McKenzie Break property4
Indicated Resources (pit constrained) 939,860 1.59 48,133
Indicated Resources (underground) 281,739 5.90 53,448
Total 1,221,599 2.58 101,581
Beaufor Mine5
Measured Resources 74,400 6.71 16,100
Indicated Resources 271,700 7.93 69,300
Total 346,200 7.67 85,400
Simkar Gold property6
Measured Resources 33,570 4.71 5,079
Indicated Resources 208,470 5.66 37,905
Total 242,040 5.52 42,984
TOTAL COMBINED
Measured and Indicated Resources 3,157,865

 

1 Source: Technical Report on the Wasamac Project, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada, Tudorel Ciuculescu, M.Sc., P.Geo., October 25, 2017, Roscoe Postle Associates Inc.
2  Source: Monarques prefeasibility study (January 19, 2018) and resource estimate (January 8, 2016)
3 Source: NI 43‐101 Technical Report on the Swanson Project, June 20, 2018, Christine Beausoleil, P.Geo., and
Alain Carrier, P.Geo., M.Sc., of InnovExplo Inc.
4 Source: NI 43‐101 Technical Report on the McKenzie Break Project, April 17, 2018, Alain-Jean Beauregard, P.Geo., and Daniel Gaudreault, Eng., of Geologica Groupe-Conseil Inc. and Christian D’Amours, P.Geo., of GeoPointCom Inc.
5 Source: NI-43-101 Technical Report on the Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates of the Beaufor Mine as at September 30, 2017, Val-d’Or, Québec, Canada, Carl Pelletier, P. Geo. and Laurent Roy, Eng.
6 Source: MRB et Associés (January 2015)

#Gold Climbs After #China Imposes Tariffs $AMK.ca $EXS.ca $GGX.ca $GR.ca $GZD.a $MQR.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:41 AM on Monday, April 2nd, 2018
  • Gold prices rose Monday after China imposed tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, following through on a promise to retaliate against the Trump administration’s penalties on imports of Chinese steel and aluminum
  • Gold for June delivery added 0.8% to $1,337.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange
By Amrith Ramkumar

April 2, 2018 10:19 a.m. ET

Gold prices rose Monday after China imposed tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, following through on a promise to retaliate against the Trump administration’s penalties on imports of Chinese steel and aluminum.

Gold for June delivery added 0.8% to $1,337.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have stayed between about $1,305 and $1,360 this year, moving within that range based on safe-haven demand from investors, swings in the dollar and worries about higher interest rates.

Some money managers favor gold when they think markets might turn rocky. Protectionist trade policies from the U.S. and China have stoked fears of a global trade war that leads to higher manufacturing costs and eventually slower economic growth, pushing some traders to scoop up gold.

The Chinese penalties range from 25% on American pork and eight other kinds of goods to 15% on fruit and 120 types of commodities, according to the Chinese Finance Ministry.

“Last night’s tariff news from China spooked the market, took the dollar lower and gave us a lot of safe-haven buying in gold,” said Bob Haberkorn, senior market strategist at RJO Futures.

A weaker dollar boosts gold by making it and other dollar-denominated commodities cheaper for overseas buyers. The WSJ Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of 16 others, pared early losses and was recently up less than 0.1%.

Investors will be monitoring speeches from Federal Reserve officials and economic data this week for the latest clues about the path for higher interest rates. Gold struggles to compete with yield-bearing assets as borrowing costs rise, and the prospect of two or three more increases following March’s rate increase has limited price gains, according to analysts.

“Rates are going to hang over any gold rally we have for the remainder of the year,” Mr. Haberkorn said.

Among base metals, copper for May delivery added 0.7% to $3.0480 a pound. Prices fell 7.9% in the first quarter to end an eight-quarter winning streak, hurt by trade tensions and lukewarm Chinese economic data. However, data released over the weekend showed an official gauge of China’s factory activity rose to a three-month high in March, as factories ramped up production following the Lunar New Year holiday.

Some investors expect data to pick up as the year goes on and supply disruptions from mining labor contracts up for renegotiations to buoy prices.

Write to Amrith Ramkumar at [email protected]

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gold-climbs-after-china-imposes-tariffs-1522678783