VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / April 9, 2019 / FIORE GOLD LTD. (TSXV:F) (OTCQB:FIOGF) ("Fiore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce preliminary production results for the Company's second fiscal quarter ("Q2") ended March 31st, 2018, as well as an updated reserve estimate for its Pan open pit mine in White Pine County, Nevada.
Highlights:
- Record quarterly gold production of 10,759 ounces, a 9% increase over the preceding quarter
- Gold sales of 10,737 ounces, a 10% increase over the preceding quarter
- Mined ore production in fiscal Q2 slightly below plan at approximately 13,211 tons per day ("tpd"), with the stripping ratio at 1.6
- 20,843 man-hours worked, achieving our goal of zero reportable incidents, zero reportable accidents, and zero lost-time injuries. Currently the operation is at 1,047 consecutive days of attaining this Triple-Zero achievement
- Updated Proven and Probable mineral reserves of 18.5 million tons at a gold grade of 0.015 oz/st (0.51 g/t) containing 275,600 ounces of gold (Table 1)
- Extension of the mine life at Pan by eight months at 14,000 tons per day of ore while maintaining a low life of mine strip ratio of 1.6:1
Tim Warman, Fiore's CEO commented, "Our team at Pan has delivered another solid quarter, with gold production exceeding 10,000 ounces for the first time while maintaining our high standards for safety and environmental protection. Pan continues to perform strongly on a run of mine basis with further improvements expected as we commission the crusher in June this year. The investment in the crusher will further benefit from our 2018 drill program which was successful in building the resource and reserve base and extending the mine life into 2023 at current mining rates. The 2018 drilling program also highlighted several areas in the vicinity of the Pan North Pit where mineralization remains open with excellent potential to further increase the near-mine resource and reserve base with additional drilling. Numerous additional targets remain to be tested along strike from the existing Pan deposit."
A drilling program in 2019 aimed at further increasing the reserve base will target conversion of the 8.4 million tons of Inferred resources that exists within and adjacent to the existing reserve pits (Table 2), as well as testing new areas where the deposit remains open, particularly to the west of the North Pit.
Reserve and Resource Update
Table 1. Pan Mine Reserve Statement (effective September 30, 2018)
| Reserve | Tons/Tonnes | Grade | Contained Gold |
| Proven | 5,158/4,679 | 0.019/0.65 | 97,500 |
| Probable | 13,303/12,068 | 0.013/0.46 | 178,100 |
| Proven + Probable | 18,459/16,748 | 0.015/0.51 | 275,600 |
Table 2. Pan Mine Resource Statement (effective September 30, 2018)
Technical Disclosure
The scientific and technical information relating to Fiore Gold's properties contained in this press release was approved by Ross MacLean, Fiore Gold's Chief Operating Officer and a "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101, except for the information relating to the Pan Mine reserve and resource updates.
Kent Hartley, P.E. Mining BSc., a Principal with SRK Consulting (U.S.) Inc. and a 'Qualified Person' for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian securities administrators ("NI 43-101") has approved the disclosure of the scientific and technical information regarding the Pan Mine reserve update in this news release.
Justin Smith, P.E. Mining BSc., SME-RM, a Senior with SRK Consulting (U.S.) Inc. and a 'Qualified Person' for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian securities administrators ("NI 43-101") has approved the disclosure of the scientific and technical information regarding the Pan Mine resource update in this news release.
Corporate Strategy
Our corporate strategy is to grow Fiore Gold into a 150,000 ounce per year gold producer. To achieve this, we intend to:
- continue to grow gold production at the Pan Mine, while increasing the resource and reserve base
- advance exploration and development of the nearby Gold Rock project
- acquire additional production or near-production assets to complement our existing operations
On behalf of FIORE GOLD LTD.
"Tim Warman"
Chief Executive Officer
Contact Us:
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1 (416) 639-1426 Ext. 1
www.fioregold.com
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
SOURCE: Fiore Gold Ltd.
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