Underground development at the Buriticá project, Colombia, has hit two high-grade veins in the Yaraguá system, including 50 metre at 60.9 g/t gold and 42 g/t silver at 2.64 metre width in the Athena vein.
Continental Gold, which trades on the TSX, says high-grade mineralisation in Athena remains open along the vein and underground drift development advancing in both the west and east directions. At the Cassandra vein, 135 m at 33.4 g/t gold and 24 g/t silver at 2.62 metre width have been encountered. The Athena and Cassandra veins will be incorporated into the mine plan and Continental expects that it will be in a position to potentially begin mining the veins as early as the fourth quarter of 2020. Development of its the Buriticá project in Antioquia, is on schedule with mechanical completion of the mine anticipated prior to the end of the first quarter.