Page 47 is now applying for permit amend ments to operate at 800 tpd in the frst quarter of 2019 In addition to developing the under ground mine Harte continue d to ex plore the site for additional deposits and completed 90000 metres worth of drilling in and around the mine W ith 83850 hectares at their disposal the company said it has a signifcant greenstone belt to explore Infll drilling was conducted at its Sugar Zone and the neighbouring Middle Zone with the aim of shifting their inferred mineral resources into the indicated category An updated mineral resources esti mate and a mine plan for these areas is expected in early 2019 The last mineral resource estimate showed an indicated mineral resource of 2607000 tonnes grading 852 grams per tonne gt for 714200 ounces contain ed gold and an inferred mineral resource of 3590000 tonnes grading 659 gt for 760800 ounces contained gold using a 3 gt gold cut of There s also some stepout drilling underway to follow the trail of gold mineralization at its Sugar Middle and W olf Zones W ith 30000 metres of drilli ng in the books the company thinks its Fox Zone is an area of po tential mineralization The Sugar Zone Property Sugar Zone is locat ed in Ontario approxi mately 80 km east of the Hemlo gold camp and 24 km north of White River of the T ransCanada Highway 17 The Sugar Zone property is comprised of 83850 hectares covering a sig nifcant greenstone belt Harte Gold holds a 100 interest the property Harte Gold is currently in the fnal stages of advancing the Sugar Zone Project to commercial production In 2017 Harte Gold has successfully mined approximately 100000 tonnes of mineralize d material todate through its Advanced Exploration Bulk Sample and Phase I Commercial Production programs Since it s ofcial opening of Harte Gold s Sugar Zone commercial pro duction has commenced as of January 1st 2019 During that tim e the mill had a 908 recovery rate A 2019 budget and mine plan is under way and will form a feasabili ty study tar geted for the frst quarter of 2019 Page 47 Commer cial pr oduction started January 1st 2019 for Harte Gold Contd from pg 46