Drilling at the Lluvia de Oro gold project in Mexico’s Sonora state has increased its gold resource.
Great Lake Minerals (TSE) reports that the resource measures 3.3 million tonnes grading 1 gram gold per tonne.
Existing reserves, within the Creston deposit, are 5 million tonnes grading 1 gram.
A 51-hole, reverse-circulation program totalling 4,901 metres has enabled Great Lakes to extend the Creston and outline new gold resources in the Lluvia Shear North, Este, Pozo and Cobre zones.
The bulk of the additional resource comes from the Lluvia Shear, which was tested by 26 holes. This zone represents the strike extension of the same mineralized structure that hosts the Creston deposit. Lluvia Shear drill core revealed mineralized intervals ranging up to 23 metres grading 1.2 grams gold per tonne and 30 metres grading 1 gram gold.
Startup at Lluvia de Oro is scheduled for the first quarter of 1996 at a rate of 778,000 grams (25,000 oz.) per year. A modular gold recovery plant is being constructed and road-building is in progress.
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