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Bravada Announces a Phase II Pad Site Sufficient to Process the Remaining 2022 In-Pit Gold/Silver Resource, Potentially Adding to Wind Mountain's Mine Life
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 3, 2023) - Bravada Gold Corporation  (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Bravada Announces a Phase II Pad Site Sufficient to Process the Remaining 2022 In-Pit Gold/Silver Resource, Potentially Adding to Wind Mountain's Mine LifeVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 3, 2023) - Bravada Gold Corporation (TSXV: BVA) (OTCQB: BGAVF) (FSE: BRTN) (the \"Company\" or \"Bravada\") reports that it has received the results of an evaluation of a second pad site, not considered in its recent technical report (the \"Report\", see news release dated January 23, 2023). The Report may be found under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and on Bravada's website https://bravadagold.com. Economics reported in the Report improved significantly compared to the Company's 2012 PEA due to utilizing a near-mine, heap-leach Pad I site, which is of limited size, for a portion of the Pit-constrained resource and due to higher grades for early mining, which were predicted and then verified by drilling during 2021. To add additional mine life, a Phase II pad site was identified due north of the Phase I site (see Figure 1) but was not considered in the January 20th PEA. An internal evaluation by RESPEC demonstrates that the Pad II site is sufficient in size to process the remainder of the In-pit Resource, adding approximately 45% more resource tons and potentially increasing mine life by more than 2 years. Although Pad II is somewhat farther from the currently identified Pit-constrained resource than the Pad I site, it is located very close to outcropping mineralization at the North Hill target, which has only been tested with minor drilling. Other potential additions to mine life that the Phase I PEA did not consider, but which might be added to a Phase II or later Pad, include mineralization at the South End target, historic \"waste rock piles\" and partially spent heaps where the Company has identified potentially recoverable gold and silver.The Company is in the planning stage to permit drill holes to better delineate additional shallow oxide gold mineralization in the region between the Breeze pit north to the North Hill target, all of which may add resource feed to a nearby Pad II site.Figure 1 showing Pad II site, PEA Pad I model operation, and soil samples showing North Hill Target.To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/5343/157116_25decff1c44d4bb...