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Anaconda Mining increased ore recovery and reduced dilution to 5%

Anaconda Mining increased ore recovery and reduced dilution to 5%

Blast Movement Technologies 2 / 67 Bluestone Circuit Seventeen Mile Rocks Queensland, 4073 office@bmt.com.au AUSTRALIA www.bmt.com.au 02/2018 Anaconda Mining increased ore recovery and reduced dilution to 5% Commodity Ore Grade Geology Powder Factor Location Gold 1.3 g/t * Narrow vein 0.9 kg/m 3 Canada Anaconda Mining, a Canadian Junior, operates the Pine Cove Gold Mine and Mill located just outside of Baie Verte, Newfoundland. • Gold mineralization is hosted within quartz veins, dipping gently to the north with an east-west strike • Blasting occurs on 6 m (20 ft) benches and excavators selectively mine small ore pockets in a single pass • Grade control uses blast hole assays Challenges Solution Small polygons were not recoverable Dilution

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