Named Casa Berardi Ouest, the new mine is set to start production at 40,000 oz of gold per year by April, 1990 — three months ahead of schedule, says Inco Gold, a wholly owned affiliate of Inco Ltd. (TSE), and the project operator. The 140,000-tonne-per-year operation has a capital cost of $30 million.
Situated in northern Quebec, the Casa Berardi Ouest property hosts diluted reserves of two million tonnes grading 8.1 g gold per tonne (0.236 oz gold per ton). Inco and Golden Knight began gold production from their first mine on the property in 1988. The mine produces at an annual rate of 60,000 oz. When Casa Berardi Ouest enters production next year, the two feed sources for the mill will enable the project to produce about 100,000 oz annually.
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