"Detour Gold is close to commencing construction on Canada's largest pure gold project, which has an M&I resource of 17.7 Moz. gold to develop around an old mining operation once run by Placer Dome as an underground mine. . .the exploration potential in the proximity to the already-defined resource could be as much as 24–25 Moz., with the ore body open to the west and at depth. Detour is awaiting its final permitting to be approved and expects this to be in place late this year.
The very positive feasibility study is based on an open-pit reserve of 11.4 Moz. calculated at an $850/oz. gold price of, giving it a 16-year life at 55,000–61,000 tpd. Annual gold production on this basis would be 649 Koz. at a cash cost of US$437/oz. Obviously, at higher gold prices, the economics are even more compelling. [This] would probably lead to a lower cut-off grade being imposed, which might reduce annual output but improve the reserve figure and mine life without the additional potential from extending the pit to the west. . .great additional discovery potential adjacent to the planned pit and in the company's big land holdings close by (and it would be relatively easy to expand the plant to 90,000 tpd—perhaps by 2016, which could have the project producing 900 Koz./year over a 20-year mine life; if things go well, this could be in place by 2016."
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