Vancouver Island Gold Mines

Deposit Geology

The VIGM deposit consists of a central high grade zone and a disseminated low grade zone. The high grade zone is ameanable to underground mining or to a small open pit. A much larger open pit could extract the bigger disseminated zone.



Present ore reserve

High grade zone: 1.1 million tonnes grading 8.5 grams/tonne gold, 26.1 grams/tonne silver.

Disseminated zone: 150 million tonnes grading 1.7 grams/tonne gold, 8.0 grams/tonne silver.

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