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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Vanderhoof benefits from Blackwater project Christina Millington Omineca Express Golden opportunities for Vanderhoof. New Gold, Blackwater Project is an intermediate gold mining company located along the northern side of Mt. Davidson in the Nechako Plateau, approximately 110 kilometres southeast of Vanderhoof. President and CEO, Robert Gallagher headed a tour around the Blackwater grounds on June 19 discussing current and future aspirations for the site which currently employs 250 contractors and employees – 60 of which are local employees and more than 25 First Nations citizens. “We are going to drill 200 kilometres of core this year,” said Gallagher. “This is easily the biggest exploration program in BC.” Currently the project is in its “exploration” phases, leasing 89,756 hectares and permitted to clear less than one per cent (553.91 ha) in the Blackwater region. The Blackwater grounds are currently populated with 19 drills that are fully
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Senior geologist, Brian Bower stands in front of various cores during June 19 New Gold, Blackwater Project tour. operational 24 hours a day 7 days with two contracted drill operators per drill. Approximately 600 metres are drilled over a 12 hour period with gold deposits exceeding past that drilling point – up to 800 metres.
Blackwater’s senior geologist, Brian Bower has been working in the field for 28 years bringing his expertise to New Gold’s exploration project. “Cores are laid out and sampled in one metre intervals that are then rinsed down
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es in diameter that is then passed along to a geologist, 8 on site, that record core findings into a master database which is then sent off to Vancouver on a bi-weekly basis for further analyses. “A core is like reading a book,” said
Bower. “It’s the key to putting together the geological picture.” New Gold has currently invested more than $40 million in exploration in 2011 with an envisioned investment of $100 million for 2012. New Gold cur-
rently opened a lab in Vanderhoof that was showcased to the community on June 19 with the attendance of Mayor Thiessen, Saikuz Chief, Jackie Thomas and businesses that are directly benefiting from the project.
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with water to located sulphides in the rock,” said Bower. “We have a team of 30 people on rotation that handle processing cores and sending them off to the lab.” Drills recover a core from the earth approximately 3-inch-
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