Millrock, Coeur Reach Agreement on Apex Gold Project
Millrock Resources Inc. has announced that Coeur Explorations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coeur Mining Inc., has entered into an exploration agreement for Millrock’s Apex gold project in Southeast Alaska. Apex is on the north side of Chichagof Island, about 70 miles southwest of Juneau and 75 miles southwest of Coeur’s Kensington gold mine. This property is home to the historical Apex and El Nido mines, which produced at least 34,000 ounces of gold from ore averaging around one ounce of gold per ton during sporadic operations between 1922 and 1940. According to United States Geological Survey reports, the ore was extracted from nearly 1,200 meters of underground workings on four levels. Surface exploration was done by WGM Inc. in the 1980s, but no drilling was carried out, and the property has been dormant since. Millrock secured an option on the core claim group in 2016 from Apex El Nido Gold Mines Inc. and subsequently staked surrounding lands, compiled information, and obtained drilling permits. The company says a swarm of quartz veins can be observed on the surface over a width of more than 200
meters above the Apex Mine portal. Within the swarm, four thicker veins were the subject of the historic mining efforts. Geological and geochemical features suggest the vein system has continuity for 2,000 meters to the northeast. The gold-bearing vein system has never been drill tested along strike or below the historic workings “From historic documents, we know that high-grade gold ore was previously mined, but there has never been a single exploratory hole drilled,” said Millrock Resources President and CEO Greg Beischer. “It seems likely that the known high-grade gold-bearing quartz veins will continue along strike and in the down-dip direction.” Under the agreement, Millrock will assign its rights under the existing option agreement with Apex El Nido Gold Mines to Coeur Explorations, which will be responsible for making cash payments and funding exploration expenditures to keep the underlying option agreement with Apex El Nido Gold Mines in good standing. Coeur may determine not to proceed to exercise the option at any time, but if it makes all the payments and expenditures, it will vest with a 100% interest in the underlying claims. — Shane Lasley,North of 60 Mining News
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