We wrote approximately Kilgore Minerals this past winter, because it holds potential U.S. Uranium residences. While studying the business enterprise, it have become evident the organisation’s uranium would take a backseat to the organization’s gold property in southern Idaho. We reviewed Robert Bishop’s remark in his self-posted Gold Mining Stock Report. Mr. Bishop is noticeably regarded as an astute junior gold stock picker, and his analysis is quite thorough. There is little doubt Bishop holds high esteem for Kilgore Minerals’ Chief Executive Norman Burmeister.
More importantly, the very successful Pinetree Capital (Toronto: PNP) has made a full-size investment in Kilgore. Respectively, the Chief Executive and CFO, Sheldon Inwentash and Larry Goldberg, of both Pinetree Capital and closely touted Mega Uranium (TSX: MGA), have in my opinion invested in Kilgore Minerals. A recent Forbes magazine article took a swipe at each Mega Uranium and Pinetree Capital. Actually, it became greater of a head butt. Pinetree Capital is back to trading above C$17/proportion, up from a yr in the past when it traded for much less than $three/proportion. So the Forbes article turned into a non-event for Pinetree Capital. And their holdings in Kilgore Minerals, which reportedly are estimated at between 10 and 20 percentage of the organisation, had been exceeded by way of with out be aware.
Property History
Kilgore’s Idaho gold belongings has been explored because the 1930’s, whilst a gold discovery was made by means of the Blue Ledge Co. Nearly 50 claims were staked in 1982 and leased to a Kennecott subsidiary inside the mid Nineteen Eighties. Seven holes had been drilled. By 1990, Placer Dome acquired the property and drilled 39 holes, more than 21,000 feet of drilling. A Pegasus joint venture drilled another 23 holes, nearly 10,000 toes of drilling, through 1994. Echo Bay earned majority interest inside the belongings, by way of 1996, after having spent $three.Five million drilling 122 holes for greater than 82,000 ft. In 1997, with the falling rate of gold and troubles within the mining sector brought on via the Indonesia stock fraud, Bre-X Minerals, Echo Bay dropped its exploration goals on Kilgore – and shelved all of its exploration projects. In 1998, Latitude Minerals continued a modest exploration of a little greater than four,000 toes.
Near the bottom of the gold bear market, Kilgore Gold (a completely owned subsidiary of Kilgore Minerals) obtained a hundred percentage possession of the assets. A new round of preliminary exploration diagnosed new gold objectives. By 2004, Kilgore Gold multiplied the agency’s assets holdings to a few,000 acres. Has this belongings been drilled like Swiss cheese or does Norman Burmeister realize what he's doing? It’s had nearly 2 hundred diamond and reverse flow drill holes, totaling extra than 126,000 ft of drilling.
In an earlier interview with Burmeister, he instructed us, “I’m very enthusiastic about this assignment. It changed into a assets that became very high on Echo Bay’s list.” Major organizations have expended extra than $8 million to outline a modest, and probable monetary, resource. At least three distinct entities have set up aid estimates on the Kilgore gold property. In 1996, Placer Dome suggested 14.1 million heaps, grading 0.04 oz./ton and with a reduce-off grade of zero.Half, for a deposit of 561,000 ounces of gold. A 12 months later, Echo Bay launched a sectional estimate document showing 18.7 million tons, grading 0.029, for a complete of 534,959 oz of gold.
However, the handiest useful resource estimate accredited via Canadian regulators (Kilgore trades at the Toronto Venture Exchange) is the Van Brunt/Rayner Technical Report, filed in October 2002, and that's compliant with National Instrument 43-a hundred and one (NI 43-one zero one). This report showed approximately 7 million heaps trading 0.031, with a 0.01 reduce-off grade, for an indicated resource of 218,000 oz of gold. The document confirmed an inferred aid, adding another 269,000 oz. Of gold. This is close sufficient to the Placer Dome and Echo Bay estimates, but it's miles unlikely to be mineable until Kilgore reveals more gold.
During the 2004 drilling program, Norm Burmeister got the sniff of what would possibly make this an attractive acquisition via a first-rate gold company. “We are seeking out a high grade feeder gadget,” Burmeister instructed us. In the preceding drilling software, Burmeister got and encouraging intercept of 0.465 ounce in step with ton gold over 10 toes within a broader 170-foot quarter of low-grade mineralization at zero.04 ounces consistent with ton. On Tuesday, Kilgore Gold made its assertion it'd start its chase to discover if, indeed, there may be an elephant discovery of gold on its property.
In an electronic mail to us, Norm Burmeister wrote, “The high-grade area, known as the “Elsa Zone”, became intersected at a center intensity of 410 toes. It is crucial to notice that this hole became drilled in an area that had by no means been drilled some 4650 toes from the useful resource location.” The Elsa Zone is located in the Dog Bone Ridge goal place. Burmeister additionally talked about, “There aren't any recognized workings within the location, and there may be no recognised gold mineralization at the floor, hence making the Elsa Zone a real ‘blind discovery.’ Kilgore’s blind discovery inside the Elsa Zone proves there may be some potentialities within the very big Dog Bone Ridge target vicinity.
Rationale
The purpose of the 2006 drilling software, Burmeister advised us, is to determine “the genuine capacity of the Dog Bone Ridge region target.” Niel Prenn, a expert engineer with Mine Development Associates of Reno, Nevada, finished a scoping stage replace of Echo Bay’s 1996 evaluation of the project. He wrote, “The task appears to have moderately attractive economics if the ‘doubtlessly mineable cloth’ can be doubled at $375/ounce gold charge.” Prenn noticed the Kilgore challenge as one with a “big epithermal gold deposit.” This showed an earlier geological report by Stanton W. Caddey, who wrote in an October 2003 record, “Exploration capability on the Kilgore property for extra than doubling the present gold aid with similarly exploration drilling is regarded as wonderful.”
The encouraging drill hollow in 2004 helped circulate this mission to the current drilling program. “We trust the Dog Bone Ridge target region represents the center of the hydrothermal gadget that has generated the acknowledged low grade aid at Kilgore,” Burmeister speculated. That’s why he is drilling the Dog Bone Ridge target area. The first holes may be offsets to the promising 2004 discovery hole. “We don’t recognise the route or dipping,” stated Burmeister, asking “Which way does it move?” The first hole will assist Burmeister orient the route on the north aspect of the goal. Burmeister told us, “The knowledge we hope to gain from the Elsa Zone offsets will be crucial in effectively testing other Elsa ‘appearance-a-like’ definitive targets in the Dog Bone Ridge target region.”
Expectations
A drill marketing campaign tends to intensify expectations. Share costs tend to rally higher, relying upon market situations, throughout a drill marketing campaign. The enterprise hopes to drill approximately twelve holes, down among 500 and 800 feet, in the goal vicinity. The first hollow may be encouraging, but the results from that hollow function as an identifier for where to area the next drill hole. “The exceptional target has never been touched,” said Burmeister, relating to the north side of the Dog Bone Ridge. As with many promising residences, they don’t always provide the very best get entry to. In this case, Burmeister’s expectant goal on the north facet of Dog Bone Ridge might only be accessed via helicopter, if that’s wherein he has to drill.
What takes place if Burmeister is accurate in his assessment? If his favored Dog Bone Ridge target does represent the middle of the hydrothermal system, then what is going to he have determined? “As such, it represents an appealing excessive grade epithermal vein-type gold target,” Burmeister answered. “The a hit interception of high grade gold for the duration of the 2004 software showed this interpretation.”
In 1980, Burmeister founded Bull Run Gold Mines, serving as Chief Executive and growing a successful Nevada gold mine. He arranged the IPO, which caused a NASDAQ National Market listing, and ran the enterprise for 8 years.
For 13 years before that, he become the leader geologist for Silver Standard Resources. Burmeister found the Mill Creek orebody in Elko (Nevada), which moved that business enterprise ahead. The assets become ultimately sold to Freeport-McMoran. Burmeister additionally conceived for Silver Standard of a unique nearby exploration program, covering 10,000 square miles inside the Yukon over nearly unexplored territory. In a joint-undertaking with ASARCO, he helped discovery the Minto orebody in the Yukon. The copper-gold deposit is now going into production via Sherwood Copper.
After 40 years inside the mining enterprise, he hopes Dog Bone Ridge will upload to his string of gold discoveries and corporate fulfillment memories.
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