{"id":1141101,"date":"2019-09-30T08:20:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1003189"},"modified":"2019-09-30T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:20:04","slug":"premier-pours-first-gold-bar-from-el-nino-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1141101","title":{"rendered":"Premier pours first gold bar from El Ni\u00f1o mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Gold Mines (TSX:PG) announced that it has started processing ore from the El Ni\u00f1o mine located at the company\u2019s 40%-owned South Arturo property in Nevada.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>South Arturo is in the Carlin Trend, approximately 25 miles northwest of the town of Carlin, and is a joint venture between Premier and Nevada Gold Mines, a joint venture company owned by Barrick Gold (TSX<g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">:ABX<\/g>) and Newmont-Goldcorp (NYSE<g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Style replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">:NEM<\/g>) with Barrick as operator.<\/p>\n<p>El Ni\u00f1o, on the other hand, is a high-grade underground deposit situated down plunge of the Phase 2 pit, where mining was concluded in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Premier suggested that since ore is being processed ahead of schedule and considering that a first gold bar was poured on September 26, 2019, production at El Ni\u00f1o is expected to ramp up before the end of H2-2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPremier attributable gold production is estimated to meet the high end of guidance for the year and the company expects that, owing to the high-grade ore at El Ni\u00f1o, South Arturo will have a positive effect on cash flow,\u201d the Thunder Bay-based company said in a media statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>South Arturo\u2019s pre-commercial production estimate for 2019 has been calculated between 5,000 and 10,000 ounces of gold.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian company started processing ore from the El Ni&ntilde;o mine located at its 40%-owned South Arturo property in 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