{"id":671294,"date":"2018-05-03T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=671294"},"modified":"2018-05-03T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T13:53:45","slug":"northern-vertex-provides-commissioning-update-for-moss-mine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=671294","title":{"rendered":"Northern Vertex Provides Commissioning Update for Moss Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/precious-metals-investing\/gold-investing\/northern-vertex-provides-commissioning-update-moss-mine\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gold-Outlook-3D-1-Small-2-2.jpeg\" alt=\"gold outlook free report\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSXV:NEE) announced that they have completed five gold shipments and continue to meet the design expectations of their NI 43-101 feasibility report at its Moss Mine in <span>Arizona<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Highlights are as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Grade and tonnage reconciliation inline with reserve model<\/li>\n<li>Recoveries meeting feasibility numbers<\/li>\n<li>Crushing plant throughput better than feasibility<br \/><b>Mining<\/b>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>241,000 metric tonnes of ore grade material mined to date<\/li>\n<li>Blast hole ore grades on Hill #1 and Hill #2 are consistent with our geological model<\/li>\n<li>NA Degerstrom (\u2018NAD&#8217;) mining contract has been approved; larger mining fleet to arrive in the coming weeks to increase throughput as a natural extension of our ramp-up<\/li>\n<li>Initial block model reconciliation shows ore tonnage at reserve modeled grades are in-line with feasibility study expectations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Crushing Plant<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>20 percent increase over feasibility study in through put with average hourly operating rate of 386 metric tonnes<\/li>\n<li>33 percent longer life than feasibility study on life of cone crusher liners with replacement of first set at 100,000 tonnes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Heap Leach Pad<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>184,000 metric tonnes crushed, agglomerated and stacked on the pad for processing through <span>April 25, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li>5,094 gold contained ounces (4,177 recoverable ounces) and 41,960 silver contained ounces (27,274recoverable ounces) have been stacked on the pad as of <span>April 28<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Process Plant<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Leach solution started being pumped to pad on <span>February 3, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pregnant solution reporting off of pad on <span>February 11, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pregnant solution initially pumped through <span>Merrill Crowe<\/span> plant on <span>February 17, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li>First gold pour on <span>March 7, 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Five shipments of Dore for external refining to date totaling 374 ounces of gold and 1,089 ounces of silver<\/li>\n<li>Initial gold recovery is meeting the expected rates from the feasibility model<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Clean Electrical Power<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The Bureau of Land Management (\u201cBLM\u201d) announced on <span>May 1, 2018<\/span> that the environmental assessment for the proposed rights-of-way for the electric distribution line, fiber optic line and road expansion proposed on public lands east of <span>Bullhead City<\/span> to the Moss Mine were available for review and comment. The 15-day public comment period opens on <span>May 3, 2018<\/span> and closes <span>May 18, 2018<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Replacing existing generators with utility power is expected to reduce emissions from burning 5,300 gallons of diesel fuel per day when the mine is operating at intended capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Human Resources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The NEE Operational team currently consists of 55 NEE staff and 22 NA Degerstrom contract miners at the Moss Mine Site.<\/li>\n<li>Exploration team lead by NEE Advisors Bud Hillemeyer and <span>Perry During<\/span> are conducting regional and close proximity satellite exploration programs within the <span>Oatman<\/span> District.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">Kenneth Berry, president &amp; CEO, commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Commissioning at the Moss Mine continues towards commercial production. I am delighted with the progress made by our operations team, led by Bill Martinich, to check off punch-list items and provide insightful equipment upgrades to improve operational efficiencies. We anticipate further optimizations during this ramp up period as we continue to pour gold at the Moss Mine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northernvertex.com\/news-releases\/2018\/northern-vertex-provides-moss-mine-commissioning-update-feasibility-design-expectations-being-met-as-gold-sales-and-successful\/\">Click here to read the full Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSXV:NEE) press release.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/get-download\/?dtd=369080&amp;mqsc=TA1313450\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/get-download\/?dtd=369080&amp;mqsc=TA1313450\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>10+ Gold Stocks to Watch<\/h2>\n<h4>Stocks.<br \/>\nExpert Insights.<br \/>\nIndustry Stats.<br \/><\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/get-download\/?dtd=369080&amp;mqsc=TA1313450\"> Give me my free report! <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end large-8 --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- end row --><\/div>\n<p>The post <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/precious-metals-investing\/gold-investing\/northern-vertex-provides-commissioning-update-moss-mine\/\">Northern Vertex Provides Commissioning Update for Moss Mine<\/a> appeared first on <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/\">Investing News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/investingnews.com\/daily\/resource-investing\/precious-metals-investing\/gold-investing\/northern-vertex-provides-commissioning-update-moss-mine\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\"> &#8230;read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Vertex Mining Corp. (TSXV:NEE) announced that they have completed five gold shipments and continue to meet the design expectations of their NI 43-101 feasibility report at its Moss Mine in Arizona. Highlights are as follows: Grade and tonnage reconciliation inline with reserve model Recoveries meeting feasibility numbers Crushing plant throughput better than feasibilityMining 241,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=671294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=671294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=671294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=671294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}