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  • Resource drilling world class KSM copper gold silver mine project BC

    Iron Cap block cave mine bolsters KSM

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 26, 2020

    An updated preliminary economic assessment for Seabridge Gold Inc.'s KSM project provides a first look at the economic and environmental advantages of incorporating the recently expanded, higher grade Iron Cap gold-copper deposit into the mine plan. "The benefits of incorporating Iron Cap into mine plans at an early stage have exceeded the upper end of our expectations, not only for the improvements in projected economics but also for the reduction in environmental impact,"...

  • Exploring beyond the vast KSM deposits

    Updated Sep 25, 2020

    With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the mine feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. June 18 said it is focusing its 2019 exploration program on discovery targets beyond the vast copper-gold resources delineated so far across this property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. The four KSM deposits host 2.98 billion metric tons of measured and indicated resources averaging 0.52 grams per metric ton (49.7 million oun...

  • Finding gold to fill dwindling reserves

    Shane Lasley, Mining News|Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Since its formation in 1999, Seabridge Gold Inc. has amassed very large gold resources and reserves while keeping a watchful eye on the number of shares it has issued. In its 2018 annual report, this Toronto-based exploration company said this has positioned the company well in a world of dwindling gold reserves. "The simple truth is that the industry is not finding gold at the rate it needs to. We are," Seabridge Gold Chairman and CEO Rudi Fronk penned in the report. Over...

  • Iron Cap copper gold resource expansion mission accomplished

    Iron Cap expansion mission accomplished

    Updated Sep 25, 2020

    Seabridge Gold Inc. March 12 reported its 2018 drilling has added nearly 8 million ounces of gold and 4 billion pounds of copper to Iron Cap, one of four deposits that make up the company's KSM project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Iron Cap now hosts 423 million metric tons of indicated resource averaging 0.41 grams per metric ton (5.58 million oz) gold, 0.22 percent (2.05 billion lb) copper, 4.6 g/t (62.56 million oz) silver and 41 parts per million (38 million lb)...

  • Mission accomplished – KSM partner ready

    Updated Aug 14, 2020

    With the four main deposit at KSM – Kerr, Sulphurets, Mitchell and Iron Cap – advanced to the feasibility stage, Seabridge Gold Inc. shifted the focus of its 2019 exploration on discovery targets beyond the vast copper-gold resources delineated so far across this property in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. A prefeasibility study completed in 2016 detailed a mine for KSM that would produce an average of 540,000 oz gold, 156 million lb copper, 2.2 million oz silver, and 1.2...