{"id":1146543,"date":"2019-10-29T16:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1005556"},"modified":"2019-10-29T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T22:59:40","slug":"wallbridge-to-work-lonmins-denison-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1146543","title":{"rendered":"Wallbridge to work Lonmin\u2019s Denison property"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lonmin Canada&nbsp;(Loncan), a subsidiary of Sibanye-Stillwater, has appointed Toronto\u2019s&nbsp;Wallbridge Mining Co. to be the operator of the advanced stage Denison nickel-copper-PGM property near Sudbury. Wallbridge has received a 20% ownership share of Loncan and a seat on the Loncan board of directors as part of the arrangement.<\/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>The Denison property was previously known as the Crean Hill mine. It was developed by Inco and later operated by Vale Canada. By the time mining was suspended in the early 2000s, the mine has produced 16 million tonnes of underground ore grading 1.22% nickel, 1.11% copper and 1.92 g\/t total precious metals plus 5.04 g\/t gold. There was also an open pit that produced 1 million tonnes grading 0.73% nickel, 0.56% copper and 0.025% cobalt.<\/p>\n<p>Recent drilling intersections located outside any resource estimate for the Denison project are promising. They include 1.69% nickel, 2.28% copper and 2.37 g\/t total precious metals over 8.23 metres in the 99 Shaft zone and 1.87% nickel, 0.95% copper and 3.14 g\/t total precious metals over 6.16 metres in the 109 West zone;<\/p>\n<p>Wallbridge will launch separate exploration teams to the Denison project and the company\u2019s Fenelon gold property in Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>Francois Demers, VP mining and projects of Wallbridge, has been appointed to lead all Wallbridge matters as they relate to Loncan in addition to Wallbridge\u2019s existing joint venture agreements with Lonmin. \u201cThe first order of business will be to combine all historic resources on the Denison property into one complete NI-43-101 compliant resource estimate and to complete an economic study,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>(<em>This article first appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianminingjournal.com\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Canadian Mining Journal) (opens in a new tab)\">The Canadian Mining 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