SolGold PLC Announces Formation of Alpala Project Committee
SolGold has formed the Alpala Project Committee to enhance development strategies for the Alpala Copper-Gold-Silver Project. The committee, including three board members and senior executives, aims to monitor risks, ensure compliance with project commitments, and facilitate decision-making for project advancement. Monthly meetings will track significant changes in risk. This initiative harnesses the expertise of experienced directors to support the project's transition to development. SolGold's ongoing exploration efforts in Ecuador further emphasize its commitment to becoming a leader in copper and gold mining.
- Formation of the Alpala Project Committee to ensure effective project management.
- Expertise of board members and executive team involved, facilitating better decision-making.
- Commitment to monitor and mitigate material project risks.
- None.
BISHOPSGATE, LONDON / ACCESSWIRE / November 10, 2020 / The Board of SolGold (LSE:SOLG)(TSX:SOLG) is pleased to advise of the formation of the Alpala Project Committee. The key objectives of this committee are to actively participate in setting the development strategy, provide advice, support effective decision making and monitor the staged development to achieve agreed outcomes relating to the Alpala Copper-Gold-Silver Project.
The Committee will comprise of least three Board members, two being independent non-executive directors, and senior members of project and executive team:
- Non-Executive Director - Keith Marshall
- Non-Executive Director - Kevin O'Kane
- Chief Executive Officer - Nick Mather
- Director of Studies - Peter Holmes
- Executive General Manager Studies - Eduardo Valenzuela
- Head of Exploration - Jason Ward
- Technical Services Manager - Benn Whistler
- Executive General Manager, Project & Corporate Finance - Ingo Hofmaier
Consistent with good practice, the role and responsibilities of the Committee are:
· Analyse progress versus commitments made to stakeholders;
- Monitor material project risks and approve actions to mitigate identified risks;
- Propose recommendations for any necessary approvals within the mandate of the Board for moving the project to the next stage gate, material contracts, purchases and commitments;
- Ensure the Project's stages/phases are managed by the Project team to achieve project completion criteria and transition to the next stage in line with the Board-approved key performance indicators;
- Monitor and support the Director of Studies and Chief Executive Officer and their teams in the management and control of the stage gates;
- Ensure SolGold's organisational development anticipates necessary resource requirements and provide guidance to create an effective organisational design, and
- Provide counsel during the recruitment, retention and development of high performing technical leaders that are critical to the project's success.
Commenting on the formation of the committee, Chair of the Board Liam Twigger said:
"The establishment of the Project Committee will leverage the vast experience of Keith Marshall and Kevin O'Kane and build on the existing SolGold technical and management skill set. This is another key building bock as we move Alpala forward and transition it into the development phase".
The Project Committee will keep the Board, the Audit and Risk Committee and HSEC Committee informed of significant changes in any material risk of the Project.
The Project Committee will report to the Board of SolGold and will meet on a monthly basis.
By Order of the Board,
Karl Schlobohm
Company Secretary
Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure
Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.
CONTACTS
Nicholas Mather SolGold Plc (Chief Executive Officer) nmather@solgold.com.au | Tel: +61 (0) 7 3303 0665 |
Karl Schlobohm SolGold Plc (Company Secretary) | Tel: +61 (0) 7 3303 0661 |
Ingo Hofmaier SolGold Plc (GM - Project & Corporate Finance) ihofmaier@solgold.com.au | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3823 2131 |
Gordon Poole / Nick Hennis Camarco (Financial PR / IR) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3757 4997 |
Andrew Chubb Hannam & Partners (Joint Broker and Financial Advisor) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7907 8500 |
Ross Allister / David McKeown Peel Hunt (Joint Broker and Financial Advisor) | Tel: +44 (0)20 7418 8900 |
James Kofman / Darren Wallace Cormark Securities Inc. (Financial Advisor) | Tel: +1 416 943 6411 |
Clayton Bush / Scott Mathieson Liberum (Joint Broker and Financial Advisor) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2184 |
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ABOUT SOLGOLD
SolGold is a leading resources company focussed on the discovery, definition and development of world-class copper and gold deposits. In 2018, SolGold's management team was recognised by the "Mines and Money" Forum as an example of excellence in the industry and continues to strive to deliver objectives efficiently and in the interests of shareholders. SolGold is the largest and most active concession holder in Ecuador and is aggressively exploring the length and breadth of this highly prospective and gold-rich section of the Andean Copper Belt.
The Company operates with transparency and in accordance with international best practices. SolGold is committed to delivering value to its shareholders, while simultaneously providing economic and social benefits to impacted communities, fostering a healthy and safe workplace and minimizing the environmental impact.
Dedicated stakeholders
SolGold employs a staff of over 700 employees of whom
About Cascabel and Alpala
The Alpala deposit is the main target in the Cascabel concession, located on the northern section of the heavily endowed Andean Copper Belt, the entirety of which is renowned as the base for nearly half of the world's copper production. The project area hosts mineralisation of Eocene age, the same age as numerous Tier 1 deposits along the Andean Copper Belt in Chile and Peru to the south. The project base is located at Rocafuerte within the Cascabel concession in northern Ecuador, an approximately three-hour drive on sealed highway north of the capital Quito, close to water, power supply and Pacific ports.
Having fulfilled its earn-in requirements, SolGold is a registered shareholder with an unencumbered legal and beneficial
Advancing Alpala towards development
The resource at the Alpala deposit contains a high-grade core which will be targeted to facilitate early cashflows and an accelerated payback of initial capital. SolGold is currently progressing its Pre-Feasibility Study and is fully funded through to development decision following the Net Smelter Royalty Financing with Franco-Nevada Corporation for US
SolGold is currently assessing financing options available to the Company for the development of the Alpala mine following completion of the Definitive Feasibility Study.
SolGold's Regional Exploration Drive
SolGold is using its successful and cost-efficient blueprint established at Alpala, and Cascabel generally, to explore for additional world class copper and gold projects across Ecuador. SolGold is the largest and most active concessionaire in Ecuador.
The Company wholly owns four other subsidiaries active throughout the country that are now focussed on thirteen high priority gold and copper resource targets, several of which the Company believes have the potential, subject to resource definition and feasibility, to be developed in close succession or even on a more accelerated basis compared to Alpala.
SolGold is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (LSE/TSX: SOLG). The Company has on issue a total of 2,072,213,495 fully-paid ordinary shares and 113,175,000 share options.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control on Sample Collection, Security and Assaying
SolGold operates according to its rigorous Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) protocol, which is consistent with industry best practices.
Primary sample collection involves secure transport from SolGold's concessions in Ecuador, to the ALS certified sample preparation facility in Quito, Ecuador. Samples are then air freighted from Quito to the ALS certified laboratory in Lima, Peru where the assaying of drill core, channel samples, rock chips and soil samples is undertaken. SolGold utilises ALS certified laboratories in Canada and Australia for the analysis of metallurgical samples.
Samples are prepared and analysed using 100g 4-Acid digest ICP with MS finish for 48 elements on a 0.25g aliquot (ME-MS61). Laboratory performance is routinely monitored using umpire assays, check batches and inter-laboratory comparisons between ALS certified laboratory in Lima and the ACME certified laboratory in Cuenca, Ecuador.
In order to monitor the ongoing quality of its analytical database, SolGold's QA/QC protocol encompasses standard sampling methodologies, including the insertion of certified powder blanks, coarse chip blanks, standards, pulp duplicates and field duplicates. The blanks and standards are Certified Reference Materials supplied by Ore Research and Exploration, Australia.
SolGold's QA/QC protocol also monitors the ongoing quality of its analytical database. The Company's protocol involves Independent data validation of the digital analytical database including search for sample overlaps, duplicate or absent samples as well as anomalous assay and survey results. These are routinely performed ahead of Mineral Resource Estimates and Feasibility Studies. No material QA/QC issues have been identified with respect to sample collection, security and assaying.
Reviews of the sample preparation, chain of custody, data security procedures and assaying methods used by SolGold confirm that they are consistent with industry best practices and all results stated in this announcement have passed SolGold's QA/QC protocol.
The data aggregation method for calculating Copper Equivalent (CuEq) for down-hole drilling intercepts and rock-saw channel sampling intervals are reported using copper equivalent (CuEq) cut-off grades with up to 10m internal dilution, excluding bridging to a single sample and with minimum intersection length of 50m.
Copper Equivalent is currently calculated (assuming
True widths of downhole intersections are not well constrained. Drill hole one was inclined -55degrees towards the east, and the interpreted trend of the Cacharposa Intrusive Complex and its associated porphyry copper-gold mineralisation is subvertical, dipping approximately 85-90 degrees to the west. The true width of down-hole intersections reported are therefore expected to be approximately 55
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