Oct 17 2014
Gowest Gold Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has engaged Stantec Consulting Ltd. out of their North Bay offices to conduct a Pre-Feasibility Study and complete a National Instrument 43-101-compliant report for the development of the Corporation's Bradshaw Gold Project near Timmins, Ontario.
Plans are currently in place whereby the mined material would be shipped off-site for third-party processing (see Gowest release dated July 8, 2014). The report is expected to be completed in Q1 of CY 2015.
Stantec is an internationally recognized engineering firm that has been responsible for significant infrastructure projects around the world. They are a world leader in underground mine design and related infrastructure requirements. Their teams have worked in over 30 countries over the past 20 years on some of the most technologically advanced and challenging mines in the world, including mines such as PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasburg Block Cave, one of the largest such mines ever to be constructed. Closer to home, they provided the detailed engineering, conceptual scoping, Pre-feasibility and Feasibility studies of the underground infrastructure for the Glencore's Nickel Rim South Project in Sudbury, Ontario. Stantec's proven expertise working on numerous projects of varying scope and costs enables them to bring in-house specialists with the knowledge and capability to provide the "best-in-business" results to all critical areas of their project deliverables.
At the same time, Stantec has proven its commitment to operating in a manner that is sensitive to the environment and the needs of the local communities affected by their work.
Technical Advisor, Mine Development
Gowest has also added Veikko Koskela, a mining engineer with more than 33 years of mining experience, as Technical Advisor, Mine Development to its technical team. Veikko has been involved in the design and construction of numerous projects around the world. Most recently he was Technical Manager, Consulting Engineer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he oversaw the international surface construction and mining teams building Al Masane Cu-Zn Project. He was also responsible for the resource and reserve estimates and implementation of mechanised underground mine development and production utilizing contract miners.
Veikko's primary responsibilities with Gowest will be to work as part of the Corporation's technical team as Gowest advances the Bradshaw Gold Project through the design, engineering and construction phases leading up to production.
"We are very pleased to have Stantec, one of the world's most experienced engineering groups, supporting our team as we move forward in our goal to design, build and operate the Bradshaw Gold Project. We expect Bradshaw will be the next new gold mine in the Timmins Camp," said Greg Romain, Chief Executive Officer of Gowest. "We are also pleased to welcome Veikko as a key advisor and leader helping to ensure the mine is designed and built as efficiently as possible."
Source: http://www.gowestgold.com/