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The Blackdome property is located approximately 250 kilometres north of Vancouver B.C., near the summit of Blackdome Mountain (previously Porcupine Mountain), and 70 kilometres west northwest of the small town of Clinton B.C.
Visitors can access the mine by vehicle, coming from Clinton or Williams Lake B.C., and can cross the Fraser River near Churn Creek. An additional 20 kilometres of gravel road permits access to all parts of the property. The mine is at an elevation near 2000 meters.
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The Blackdome property is owned 100% by J-Pacific Gold Inc. Including the Blackdome South claims, the property consists of 36 mineral claims, 10 crown granted mineral claims, and two mining leases totaling in excess of 16,800 hectares. The property has a modern, well-maintained flotation and gravity mill with a current capacity of 200 tons per day. All of the project’s mining permits are in good standing.
Presently, the Blackdome property has a drill inferred resource of 124,120 tonnes averaging 12.8 grams of gold per tonne (0.37 oz Au/ton) and 33.7 grams of silver per tonne (0.98 oz Ag/ton) for an in situ total of 50,834 ounces of gold and 134,386 ounces of silver.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors - The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms on this website (or press release), such as "measured," "indicated," "inferred," and "resources," that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit U.S. registered companies from including in their filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure of our Form 20-F, File No. 0-50238, which may be secured from us, or from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
Blackdome has several exploration targets that have been well documented within the areas of underground development, as well as farther from the present development. Thus, the property is considered to have reasonable potential for hosting additional high-grade gold ore shoots.
J-Pacific Gold views the property as a long-term asset. However, additional gold resources are required before the Company would proceed to an independent feasibility study, as a precursor to any future production.
September 11, 2007 - J-Pacific Identifies a Possible Southern Extension of the Giant Vein at Blackdome Back to top |
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Placer mining on the Fraser River at locations such as Big Bar, French Bar, Crows Bar and High Bar led to a placer gold discovery on Poison Mountain in the early 1930’s. The resulting staking rush saw a large area claimed, including most of the creeks in the Blackdome Mountain area. The source of the placer gold was a large, low-grade copper-gold porphyry system. Considerable sluicing was done on Fairless Creek, which drains the west slope of Black Dome Mountain.
After an extended period of exploration, Blackdome Mining Ltd. brought the outlined gold deposit into production in 1986. The proven and probable reserves totalled 119,557 tonnes grading 20.9 grams gold per tonne (0.61 oz Au/ton) and 124.6 grams silver per tonne (3.63 oz Ag/ton). The initial 140 tonnes per day rate of production increased to 200 tonnes per day. The mine was shut down in January 1991. During its five year life, a total of 7,000,000 grams of gold (225,000 ounces) and 17,000,000 grams of silver (547,000 ounces) were recovered from 338,000 tonnes (373,000 tons) of ore.
After J-Pacific Gold (then Claimstaker Resources) purchased the asset in 1995, a small amount of exploration drilling was completed adjacent to the existing workings and a decision was made to bring the mine back into production. Between November 1998 and May 1999, the mine produced 203,631 grams of gold (6,547 ounces) and 538,090 grams of silver (17,300 ounces) from 21,286 tonnes of ore. Ninety percent of Blackdome's total historical gold and silver production came from the No. 1 and 2 Veins of the mineralized system, between the 1870 and 1990-meter elevations, and from one kilometre of the 3.75 kilometre long vein system. The mine was closed in May 1999 due to the prevailing low price of gold. |
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Drill Holes and Traces of the 2006-2007 Drill Program
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