GOLD: Kerr going underground to drill at Copperstone mine

ARIZONA – Toronto-based Kerr Mines has begun work on an underground exploration drift at its Copperstone gold property in LaPaz County. The former mine produced about 500,000 oz. of gold from an open pit between 1987 and 1993. [caption id="attachment_1003719699" align="alignleft" width="300"] The existing Copperstone mill in Arizona. (Credit: Kerr Mines)[/caption] The new drift will extend mine access by almost 365 metres to the southeast along strike between the Copperstone zone and the parallel Footwall zone. DMC Mining Service has been awarded the contract for the work. Earlier this month Godbe Drilling began a 4,575-metre surface drilling program for Kerr. Information from this and the underground program will be used to produce a prefeasibility study, to be conducted by Hard Rock Consulting for Copperstone. Kerr is planning to restart production at Copperstone. The property has extensive underground development, a 410-t/d mill, and all necessary infrastructure. The deposit contains measured and indicated resources of 942,000 tonnes at 10.3 g/t gold and containing 313,000 oz. The inferred resource in the South zone is 335,000 tonnes grading 12.2 g/t gold. Read more at www.KerrMines.com.