Scottie Resources (TSX-V:SCOT) has progressed its wholly owned namesake direct shipping ore (DSO) project towards environmental baseline studies to assess the potential and fasttrack the project towards permitting.
The Scottie Gold Mine DSO Project will involve privately held SLR Consulting to lead the baseline study, consisting of archaeological, aquatics, terrestrial, hydrogeological, and geochemical data collection.
Environmental and socio-economic firms such as privately held Ecofor Consulting and Two Worlds Consulting will be engaged with the studies.
President Thomas Mumford says this advancement to the DSO Project is an “important” milestone for the company.
“Led by a first-nation-partnered business, this highly experienced group of technical consultants will help Scottie navigate the amendment of the Scottie mine permit needed to operate the project,” Mumford says.
“We look forward to working together to establish the project as a low-impact, high-margin operation made possible through existing local infrastructure and community support.”
Scottie intends to extend its database of environmental data from ongoing studies, which the company first started collating with its first exploration efforts in 2019.
The Scottie Gold Mine DSO Project is located in the Golden Triangle region of British Columbia, previously producing 95,426 ounces of gold with an average grade 16.2 grams per tonnes across 1981-1985.
Scottie Resources is focused on producing “high-margin” DSO by expanding known mineralisation from previously producing mines and advancing gold targets.
Write to Maddison Elliott at Mining.com.au
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