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Omineca Successfully Enters Placer Gold Paleochannel at Wingdam
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Omineca Successfully Enters Placer Gold Paleochannel at Wingdam\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n SASKATOON, SK\n \n \n ,\n \n \n March 2, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Omineca Mining and Metals Ltd. (TSXV: OMM) (\"Omineca\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report that their Joint Venture partner, Hamilton Gold Royalties (\"HGR\"), and mining contractor Fortis Mining Engineering and Manufacturing (\"Fortis\") have successfully entered the placer gold bearing paleochannel at the Wingdam underground project, located 40 km east of\n \n Quesnel, British Columbia\n \n .  Fortis reports that they are seeing placer gold in the paleochannel gravels similar in character and size to the gold recovered in the 2012 bulk sample. The gold bearing material is being stockpiled in a remuck station, purpose cut into bedrock underground and will be processed through the wash plant in due course. The results of placer gold recovery will be announced as they are tabulated.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Given their careful planning and meticulous attention to detail, Omineca is very pleased with Fortis's execution to date. With the presence of visible placer gold upon entering the paleochannel in bedrock faults and the nearside extremity of the channel bed, the Company looks forward to the prospects of excavating the gravels from the central portion of the channel, where the majority of the placer gold was recovered in the 2012 bulk sample.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Fortis has temporarily paused this heading after successfully entering the paleochannel in order to advance the footwall access/haulage drift a further 20 meters downstream (to the left of above photos) having completed approximately 10 meters of that in the past week. Once the access drift is extended, Fortis will begin another crosscut and then advance into the heart of the channel on multiple headings to excavate the gold bearing gravels between crosscuts.\n \n \n Fortis has doubled their workforce and are now running day and night shifts as mining op...