Page 53 of the zone past the west shore of the lake Drilling confrmed the continu ation of the deposit stratigraphy past the west shore with the presence of the host garnetbiotite felsic gneiss unit intersected in most holes Drilling resumed in the frst quarter of 2017 to test the Borden W est tar get further west along strike Drilling on the Borden deposit high grade zone trend was completed from the northeastern shoreline of Borden Lake to test the depth extension of higher grade mineralization across postore faults which seem to disrupt the consistent plunge of the orebody No signifcant results were received from the Borden North program com pleted in 2016 Results from this drill ing will be assessed to determ ine what followup is warranted in 2017 Goldcorp plans to develop Borden Lake as an all electric minin g opera tion that will use electricity and bat terypowered under ground feet that will eliminate all greenhouse gases GHG from the movement of ore and waste rock equal to roughly 50 of the total GHGs on site or 5000 tonnes of CO2 per year the company says Goldcorp has partnered with Sandvik Mining and MacLean Engineering to provide a range of key technology from batteryo perated drilli ng and blasting equipment to electric bolt ers personnel carriers and a 40met ric tonne battery powered haul truck The decrease in emissions will re duce under ground ventilation needs and will mean the Borden Mine will require 50 less ventilation than a diesel under ground mine As much as 15 of site operating costs come from consumption of electricity diesel propane and natu ral gas so focusing innovation eforts toward a big cost driver makes obvi ous business sense Brent Ber geron Goldcorp s Executive V ice President Corporate Afairs and Sustainability Ber geron noted the move means more upfront capital cost but benefts to health safety and environmental per formance makes the investment worth it Borden has an indicated resource of 16 million ounces of gold as per 2015 and will rely on digital and smart controls including teleremote technology to maximize equipment use for continuous mining Goldcorp will also consider renewable ener gy such as biomass for heating Goldcorp is hopeful that demonstrat ing the numerous benefts of an all electric site will be an example of leadership in innovation clean tech nologies and health and safety that will soon be adopted by other mining companies Contd from pg 52 Proven Engineered Products Complete Material Handling Solutio ns 8003564898 w w w syntronmhc om Our T ransformation Y our R e wards 98 Plus On Time Deliv ery 50 Shor ter L ead Times Same Day RFQ T urnaround Servant Minded Organization P ar tnering with P referred Distributors OEM s and End Users and P roc esses in New Equipment and E n g i n e e r i n g S y s t e m s to Upgraded ERP Impro v e Data Driv en Decision Making The Ne w Generation 865659Syntronindd 1 210417 159 pm Developing Borden Lake as an all electric mining operation