Over its 12-year mine life, the Lawyers mine is expected to produce 141,000 oz. of gold and 2.2 million oz. of silver annually, from processing 46.3 million tonnes of ore at diluted grades of 1.23 g/t gold and 23.73 g/t silver.
“The PEA clearly demonstrates the low cost and robust return of the Lawyer’s gold-silver project even when stress tested with considerable contingency in the base case. We continue on a straightforward pathway to advancement,” Benchmark CEO John Williamson said in a news release.
“We continue to test new targets on the large prospective land package to add value to a project that is simple, low risk with a high-grade, near-surface, open pit resource, combined with proximity to existing infrastructure, making it one of the best candidates to become British Colombia’s next precious metal mine,” Williamson said.
The PEA considers a conventional truck and shovel open pit mining operation covering…
