Performance summary
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The company is exploring for nickel deposits on its Langmuir property near Timmins, Ontario; for nickel-gold-copper on its Cleaver and Douglas properties; and for molybdenum and rare earth elements at recently acquired Desrosiers property.
Yes, much more detail on Langmuir 1
Performance Summary
A priority of Inspiration Mining Corporation in the Timmins Area was the completion of the assaying for nickel, copper, gold, platinum, palladium and the determination of the specific gravity required by Micon International Ltd. of Toronto, Ontario for resource estimations at the North Zone and Langmuir No.1 Mine.
SGS Mineral Services of Lakefield, Ontario has been engaged to complete metallurgical analysis of the nickel mineralization zones encountered at the North Zone and Langmuir No.1 Mine.
Inspiration has submitted its request to the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines for the leasing of the mining and surface rights of the Langmuir Property and has engaged Sutcliffe Rody Quesnel Inc., Ontario Land Surveyors, of Timmins, Ontario to conduct the necessary land surveys for the leasing process. The company is waiting final comments from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Surveyor General.
The Company has retained, and is actively working with, Blue Heron Solutions, relating to the initiation of the time-sensitive and long lead-time baseline data collection that are required to support approval applications related to the Project. The following projects in that regard are underway
- Terrestrial and aquatic biological assessment, including the identification of biological constraints to the re-development of the Project site.
- Hydro geological study at the site to characterize the ground water flow regime, estimate ground water inflows to the underground workings and support the Permit to Take Water application to dewater the underground workings, pursuant to Section 34 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.
- Delineation of watershed boundaries at the property to characterize the surface water flow regime and facilitate water management at the Project site.
- On-going sampling of ground water monitoring wells at the Project site and surface water monitoring stations in the vicinity of the site to characterize current conditions and the assimilative capacity of the receiving environment.
- Sampling of rock at the Project site to evaluate the potential of rock for Acid Rock Drainage (“ARD”) and metal leaching, and to facilitate responsible water management at the Project site.
In addition, the Company has initiated the long lead-time engineering tasks that will be required to support approval of its various applications on the Langmuir Property.
- The air emission sources that will need to be included in the application for approval pursuant to Section 9 of the Environmental Protection Act have been identified and quantified.
- The planned receiver for effluent has been selected and an assimilative capacity of the receiver has been completed. Conceptual engineering for the effluent treatment system has also been completed to meet conventional effluent limits. This information is required for the application for approval pursuant to Section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.
Upon a review by external consultants of the project relating to the dewatering the Langmuir No. 1 mine, conducting underground diamond drilling, reactivation of the surface infrastructure, etc, it has been determined that there are no triggers for an environmental assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Accordingly, Inspiration is preparing the approval applications for the specific activities associated with the Langmuir No. 1 Project.
Inspiration has also identified potentially affected First Nations as well as key government and non-government stakeholders. It is now initiating a broad consultation process in conjunction with the design and permit acquisition stages of the Project.
Geotech Ltd. of Aurora, Ontario completed an airborne electromagnetic VTEM and magnetic surveys in July, which covered the Cleaver and Douglas, as well as the Langmuir, properties. Geological mapping and sampling of the sulphide mineralization was completed on the Douglas Property during in the last quarter prior to the current fiscal year and was then compiled and evaluated for a diamond drill program.