The property is located half-way between Amos and Matagami, in Abitibi, Quebec. Credit: Abcourt Mines
Abcourt Mines (TSXV: ABI) has officially placed the historic Sleeping Giant mine back on the map with its first gold pour, following two months of development work.
The milestone took place on Sept. 11, the Quebec-based gold miner said in a release. The Sleeping Giant site is located in the Eeyou Istchee region, within Canada’s prolific Abitibi Greenstone Belt.
Abcourt CEO Pascal Hamelin said the successful gold pour is “just the beginning of what promises to be an exciting chapter” for the company, which holds about a dozen other gold properties in the region.
In a separate release from earlier this week, he said the next phase in the project will be to start delivering gold bars to the market in a high gold price environment.
Shares of Abcourt traded flat on the news at C$0.08 apiece, for a…
