Colorado Goldfields Announces Increase of $117 Million in NI 43-101 Technical Report for Champion Mine; Total Estimated Resource Valued in Excess of $348 Million
15.05.2013 | Marketwire
Gold StocksLAKEWOOD, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/15/13 --Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTCQB: CGFI) (OTCQB: CGFID) announces that it has entered into a Modified Purchase Agreement that adds the mineral resources from approximately 238 acres of adjoining patented claims to the Champion Mine including the historic North Star and Gladstone mines. This addition brings the Champion Mine property to over 590 acres of patented claims.
Work conducted by Lee R. Rice from available data in developing the Preliminary Technical Report for the Champion Mine identified an additional poly-metallic resource in the North Star and Gladstone mines of 140,000 tons containing 36,000 ounces of gold, 820,000 ounces of silver, 25.7 million pounds of lead, 6.4 million pounds of zinc, and 2.2 million pounds of copper.
The combined resource would contain 112,000 ounces of gold, 3,250,000 ounces of silver, 57.5 million pounds of lead, 14.3 million pounds of zinc and 9.4 million pounds of copper.
Based on the revised report, the gross value of the additional metal is approximately $117 million. Total gross value of the estimated resource for the combined resource is over $348 million dollars.
Tonnage Metal Content
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Resource Category (tons) Gold (oz.) Silver (oz.)
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Measured 12,594.5 2,729.4 198,035.1
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Indicated 435,887.1 106,823.6 3,522,922.4
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Inferred 709,599.7 709,599.7 5,634,801.3
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Measured and Indicated Only 448,481.6 109,552.9 3,720,957.4
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Mill Recovery Rate (%) 80.0 94.0
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Recovered Metals Gold (oz.) Silver (oz.)
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Measured + Indicated Resource 87,642.3 3,497,700.0
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Metal Price† Gold (oz.) Silver (oz.)
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$ 1,675.00 $ 31.50
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Value Total Gold Silver
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Measured + Indicated Resource $ 348,371,149 $ 146,800,930 $ 110,177,550
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Value per ton $ 776.78
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† Average price for year 2012
Metal Content
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Resource Category Lead (lb.) Copper (lb.) Zinc (lb.)
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Measured 1,848,869 244,333 445,844
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Indicated 55,638,209 9,193,364 13,863,349
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Inferred 84,746,569 15,908,911 21,087,215
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Measured and Indicated Only 57,487,078.0 9,437,697.2 14,309,193.8
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Mill Recovery Rate (%) 90.0 95.0 95.0
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Recovered Metals Lead (lb.) Copper (lb.) Zinc (lb.)
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Measured + Indicated Resource 51,738,370.2 8,965,812.4 13,593,734.1
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Metal Price† Lead (lb.) Copper (lb.) Zinc (lb.)
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$ 0.94 $ 3.45 $ 0.87
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Value Lead Copper Zinc
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Measured + Indicated Resource $ 48,634,068 $ 30,932,053 $ 11,826,549
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Value per ton
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† Average price for year 2012
Mr. Rice is President and CEO of Colorado Goldfields Inc. and is a Qualified Person (QP) as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Rice is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado and is a member in good standing of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. as well as being a member in good standing of a number of other professional technical societies. Mr. Rice has practiced internationally as a mine exploration geologist since 1970 and has been a practicing engineer of mines since 1974.
The Pride of the West Mill ("Mill") is located 5.3 miles northeast of Silverton, Colorado. The Mill is located on approximately 120 acres of patented mining claims on San Juan County Road 2, within a nine air-mile radius of the Silver Wing Mine, the King Solomon Mine, and many other mine properties. The Mill is located within the famous "San Juan Triangle" mining center of southwestern Colorado, which also includes the historic mining towns of Telluride and Ouray, and encompasses one of the most richly mineralized areas of North America.
On May 6, 2013, the Company entered into a modified extension contract for purchase of the Champion Mine. The terms of the modified and extended contract provide that the Company:
1. Issue to Jo Grant an additional 50,000,000 four-year restricted shares of Class A Common Stock on or before May 6, 2013. These shares were issued in May 2013.
2. Pay $3,000,000 to Jo Grant, only for the purpose of consummating the contract to buy and sell real estate (Land), between Jo Grant Mining, Inc. (as the Buyer), and a Texas limited liability company, (as the Seller), dated October 9, 2012, no later than September 3, 2013, which was extended from May 6, 2013. The contract to buy and sell real estate (Land) is for the purchase of the Champion Mine.
3. To pay to Jo Grant an additional sum of $50,000, ($100,000 in total), no later than September 3, 2013, which was extended from May 6, 2013.
4. Include an additional 238 acres and 20 additional patented claims, bringing the total to 591 acres and 70 patented claims.
5. Provide Jo Grant for a period of 99 years a 5% Net Smelter Royalty ("NSR"), from the Champion Mining Claims as revised. The payment of the NSR shall be made not more than 45 days after the close of the month during which the payment is received from the smelter or buyer on which such NSR is calculated.
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About Colorado Goldfields Inc.
Colorado Goldfields Inc. (OTCQB: CGFI) (www.cologold.com) is a Denver-based junior exploration and mining company primarily exploring for gold and silver. Our seasoned management team targets historic gold camps with strong potential for multiple deposit discoveries. Currently, our business model in Colorado provides an outstanding combination of former producing properties with excellent exploration and production potential and a currently inactive, modern, up to 700 ton per day capacity mill facility to allow for an attractive short-term production time frame. A 3D animation showing ore processing may be viewed on the Company's website at: www.cologold.com/prideofthewest.htm. A video tour of the Pride of the West Mill may be viewed at: http://www.cologold.com/uploads/2009-05-14_Mill.wmv
The Company has made available a current CGFI Fact Sheet in PDF format at http://www.cologold.com/uploads/CGFIFactSheet.pdf.
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