Artemis Gold has confirmed the commissioning of the grinding circuit at the Blackwater Mine in British Columbia, Canada.
Company officials said it commenced milling first ore the week of January 22. It is still targeting first gold pour prior to month-end, but at press time January 29 had not confirmed the milestone.
Blackwater is planned to be a conventional open pit operation using drill-blast-load-haul. Mine life is anticipated to be 17 years, excluding 15-18 months of pre-production mining. When considering the processing of stockpiled low-grade material, the total life of mine is projected to be 22 years.
A video highlighting the progress of Blackwater can be found at https://youtu.be/fpl3Vjd9slM.
Source: artemisgoldinc.com