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Niblack Gold Prospect

Summary

The Niblack Project is a copper-zinc-gold-silver deposit located on Prince of Wales Island, about 30 miles southwest of Ketchikan.  The current "indicated resource" consists of 2.6 million tons of ore, composed of 1.18% copper, 2.19% zinc 2.33 g/t gold, and 33.18 g/t silver.

Canadian-based Niblack Mineral Development Inc. is exploring the site, with financial support from Heatherdale Resource Ltd.,  a member of the Hunter Dickinson Mining Group (which also includes Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., a partner in the proposed Pebble Mine project).  Niblack also owns the rights to the nearby Cayenne and Ruby Tuesday properties, both of which contain non-operating historic mining operations.  Power at the site might come from development of hydropower resources in the area, but no details have emerged.

Current Status

Niblack conducted an active drilling exploration program during the summers of 2010 and 2011.  In July 2010 they announced an ongoing expansion of the resource base for the project, partly due to the discovery of very high-grade deposits located outside the original estimate.

In June 2011, the company proposed an "optimistic" opening date of 2015 but no permit applications have yet been filed.
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By David Coil,  Elizabeth Lester,  Bretwood Higman,  Ground Truth Trekking

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Date Created: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:51:41 -0800

Last Modified: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:28:10 -0900