{"id":1143919,"date":"2019-10-15T08:15:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1004092"},"modified":"2019-10-15T08:15:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:15:13","slug":"altamira-expands-resource-at-cajueiro-gold-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1143919","title":{"rendered":"Altamira expands resource at Cajueiro gold project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Altamira Gold (TSXV: ALTA) announced an increase in the resource estimate for its advanced Cajueiro project, located in the northern part of the Mato Grosso state in western Brazil.<\/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>In a media statement, Altamira said that a study conducted by Global Resource Engineering showed an 83% increase in the total amount of contained ounces of gold and a 61% increase in the gold grade.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The estimate added significantly to the total number of ounces in the inferred category\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the miner, inferred resources total 12,665,000 tonnes at 1.26 g\/t gold for a total of 515,000 ounces of gold of which 1,673,000 tonnes at 1.12 g\/t gold is weathered rock and 10,992,000 tonnes at 1.29 g\/t is fresh rock.<\/p>\n<p>Indicated resources, on the other hand, are reported as totaling 5,661,000 tonnes at 1.02 g\/t gold for a total of 185,000 ounces of gold of which 854,000t at 0.92 g\/t gold is weathered rock and 4,806,000 tonnes at 1.04 g\/t is fresh rock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 2019 indicated resources represent a 13.5% decrease in the total amount of contained ounces but also represent a 33% increase in grade,&#8221; 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