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Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ECR) (“Cartier”) is pleased to announce that 4 drill rigs are currently in operation on the Chimo Mine property, located 45 km east of Val-d’Or, to complete 20,000 m of drilling in the coming months.The program is intended to explore the depth and lateral extensions of 23 known gold zones in order to expand their dimensions (VIDÉO 3D).
The Ptarmigan Mine (“Ptarmigan”) was a gold producer in the Yellowknife gold district from 1941-42, in 1983 and from 1985-1997. The main Ptarmigan vein was accessed by a shaft extending to 275 meters depth and mined over 400 meters of strike length. Production from Ptarmigan totaled 364,874 tonnes producing 112,213 ounces of gold (average 9.56 g/t Au recovered). The gold is free milling with recoveries in the 1940’s reported at 97-98%. Gold recovery in the 1985-97 period consisted of gravity and flotation concentration with reported recovery of 94%. When the mine closed in 1997 the vein was still open along strike to the west on claims now owned by TerraX, and open down dip below the mine workings. (Source: The Operation History of Mines in the Northwest Territories, R. Silke, 2009; and Treminco Resources Limited, Annual Report 1990).