To: Robert McCullough who wrote (32 ) 6/23/1998 9:52:00 PM From: Dale Schwartzenhauer Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 77
Bob: the latest developments from the Elkhorn Gold District: $600,000 private placement completed Treminco Resources Ltd TMO Shares issued 10,508,197 Jun 17 close $0.50 Tue 23 Jun 98 News Release Mr. David Hottman reports Treminco has completed a private placement of one million shares at 60 cents for gross proceeds of $600,000. A portion of the private placement has been purchased by company insiders. A finder's fee is payable on a portion of the private placement to an arm's length party for those shares placed by the same. Proceeds of the financing will be used to complete a detailed due diligence review of the Elkhorn project which was recently optioned by the company from Newmont Gold Company and for general working capital purposes. The Elkhorn project is an advanced stage gold project on the southern end of the Elkhorn Mountains in Jefferson County, Montana. Over $12-million (U.S.) has been spent on the exploration and development of the property by a succession of related major mining companies including Gold Fields Mining Company and Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp. Drawing from a resource of +500,000 ounces of gold at a cutoff of 0.10 opt Au, Treminco's analysis indicates that the Elkhorn project can be developed as a near-surface high grade underground mine similar to Pegasus Gold's nearby operating Diamond Hill mine. Analysis using an estimated diluted mineable reserve of 256,000 ounces (1.1 Mt at 0.240 opt Au, cut off grade 0.15 opt Au) and an underground study completed by H.A. Simons, suggests the Elkhorn project could support annual production of 45,000 ounces at a cash cost of approximately $200-$230 (U.S.) per ounce. This first phase of development will be expanded to accommodate reserve expansion from improving gold prices, operational optimization and exploration successes. The due diligence program will include confirmation drilling and audit, revision of reserves and mine plan, metallurgical audit and a review and update of environmental, permitting and community issues. In addition, the company will begin a comprehensive exploration plan to investigate untested drill targets and identify new areas of interest.