Developing Bellechasse-­Timmins Gold Deposit

New Discovery Resulting in a 20KM Mineralized Gold Belt

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Message: Question for any experts...

Just doing some very quick simple math,

it costs about $4.50 per tonne to load and haul aggregate provided that it is close and you can maintain a fast turn around. The aggregate must be fine enough (12mm minus) so you don't tear the truck apart. A back-haul is unlikely. If you have about 1g/t then your cost just to truck rock would be more than 10% of your retail value provided gold stays above 1300.00.

You would also need a road system capable of handling heavy load traffic year round. You would need to have a mill less than 15-20 kilometers away and an assay value over 3g/t to even consider hauling rocks around the countryside imo.

However, I'm no expert in mining or gold production but I did own dump trucks and I know how expensive it is to haul anything with on-highway trucks. If you have a mill within the distance and infrastructure requirements of a fleet of F797 Caterpillar off-road trucks then maybe yes.

jmo..........carry

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