
Victoria Gold Corp. (TSX:VGCX) produced 29,580 ounces of gold during the first quarter of 2024.
Mr. John McConnell, President and CEO commented, “For the second consecutive year, we have stacked ore on the heap leach pad through the winter. While quarterly gold production is down year over year, the summer and fall seasons are our strongest operating periods and we expect to achieve 2024 gold production guidance of 165,000 to 185,000 ozs and cost guidance of US$1,450 to US$1,650 per oz of gold sold.”
Eagle Gold Mine Q1 2024 Operational Highlights:
2023 | 2024 | ||
Q1 | Q1 | ||
Ore mined | millions of tonnes | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Waste mined | millions of tonnes | 3.1 | 2.9 |
Total mined | millions of tonnes | 5.2 | 4.9 |
Strip Ratio | waste to ore | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Mining rate | 000’s of tonnes/day | 58 | 54 |
Ore stacked on pad | millions of tonnes | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Ore stacked grade | grams/tonne gold | 0.86 | 0.63 |
Gold produced | ounces | 37,619 | 29,580 |
Q1 statistics may be subject to immaterial reconciliation and rounding variances.
Tonnes of ore mined and stacked on the heap leach pad in Q1 2024 is in line with ore mined and stacked in Q1 2023. Gold production in Q1 2024 was lower year-over-year due to lower grades related to mine sequencing of the Eagle orebody, the timing of placing stacked tonnes under leach, and lower than planned stacking rates in Q4 2023. Both gold grade and metallurgical recovery continue to reconcile well against the Eagle reserve model.
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The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Paul D. Gray, P.Geo., as the “Qualified Person” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About the Dublin Gulch Property
Victoria Gold’s 100%-owned Dublin Gulch gold property (the “Property”) is situated in central Yukon Territory, Canada, approximately 375 kilometers north of the capital city of Whitehorse, and approximately 85 kilometers from the town of Mayo. The Property is accessible by road year round, and is located within Yukon Energy’s electrical grid.
The Property covers an area of approximately 555 square kilometers, and is the site of the Company’s Eagle and Olive Gold Deposits. As at December 31, 2023, and adjusting for mining depletion through this date, the Eagle and Olive Deposits include Proven and Probable Reserves of 2.3 million ounces of gold from 114 million tonnes of ore with a grade of 0.63 grams of gold per tonne. As at December 31, 2023, and adjusting for mining depletion through this date, the Mineral Resource for the Eagle and Olive Gold Deposits are estimated to host 234 million tonnes averaging 0.59 grams of gold per tonne, containing 4.4 million ounces of gold in the “Measured and Indicated” category, inclusive of Proven and Probable Reserves, and a further 36 million tonnes averaging 0.63 grams of gold per tonne, containing 0.7 million ounces of gold in the “Inferred” category.
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