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Trade Winds Announces Preliminary Metallurgical Study
Trade Winds Announces Preliminary Metallurgical Study
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nTrade Winds Announces Preliminary Metallurgical Study\n\n\n Jul. 7, 2010 (Filing Services Canada) -- Trade Winds Ventures Inc. (TWD - TSX Venture, TVR - FWB), (\"Trade Winds\" or  the \"Company\") is pleased announce that SGS Minerals Services (\"SGS\") of Lakefield, Ontario has been engaged to provide a preliminary metallurgical study on the Block A property in northeastern Ontario, a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Detour Gold Corporation (\"Detour Gold\").  Block A is located adjacent to Detour Gold's Detour Lake gold project, which contains a mineral reserve of 11.4 million ounces of gold.  Trade Winds is currently the operator of the JV on Block A.The study was designed and will be supervised by Mr. Andy Holloway, Senior Associate Process Engineer of Watts, Griffis and McOuat (\"WGM\").  Samples from the 2010 winter drill program have been submitted to SGS and testwork is expected to commence shortly.  The study will include:* Chemical characterization by multi-element ICP Scan* Ball mill grindability assessment (Bond)* Preliminary gravity separation tests* Scoping level bottle roll cyanidation testsResults of this study are expected to be finalized prior to October 2010 and will provide preliminary estimates of process plant gold extraction rate (or metallurgical recovery) for the Block A mineralization to be used in the NI 43-101 technical update planned for the second half of 2010. ABOUT TRADE WINDS VENTURES INC.Trade Winds Ventures Inc. is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused, as operator, on advancing its Detour Lake properties to the feasibility study stage. The Block A 50% JV and adjacent 100% owned Gowest properties are located in the Detour Lake Mining District, north of the prolific gold mining camp of Timmins, Ontario, Canada.  The current NI 43-101 technical reports on Block A and Gowest properties by WGM delineated a total indicated mineral resource of 2,010,711 ounces of gold and an inferred resource of 2,004,585 ounces of gold (includes the 50% portion to Detour Gold on Block A).  Contained within this total resource is the in-pit mineral resource estimate shown in the table below.In-pit Mineral Resource Estimate for Block A (100%) at a Cut-off Grade of 0.5 g/t Au-------------------------------------------------------...