Page 38 B y K e vin V inc ent T he star t of a 12th decade f or the P or cu pine C amp s oldest mining c ompan y in cludes a fur r y of ac tivit y and new s M oneta P or cupine M ines I nc inc or por a t ed in 1910 c on tinues t o tur n heads with a pack age of outstanding pr oper ties in nor theast er n On tar io T he c ompan y star t ed the y ear with the r elease of r esults fr om the frst thr ee dr ill holes t esting the e x t ension of miner aliza tion a t the W indjammer S outh gold deposit on the aptly named G olden H igh w a y P r oj ec t 110k m east of T immins T he c ompan y said the dr illing c onfr med M onetaP or cupine c ontin ues t o fnd gold along str ing of pr oper ties the e x t ension bey ond its most r ec en t No v em ber 2019 43101 fling W e ar e pleased t o ha v e in t er sec t ed multiple z ones of gold miner aliza tion o v er lar ge c om bined thick ness es a t W indjam mer S outh said G ar y O C onnor CEO Chief G e olog ist T he dr ill pr og r am has suc c essfully c on fr med the e x t ensions of gold miner aliza tion with sig nifcan t st ep outs both w est and east of the upda t ed No v ember 2019 R esour c e Estima t e and has c onfr med the new geolog ical in t er pr eta tion T he 20192020 win t er dr ill pr og r am is t est ing new gold tar gets a t W esta w a y and Half w a y as w ell as dr ill t esting the r esour c e e xpansion pot en tial a t W est Block S outh W est 55 and W indjammer S outh deposits T he fully funded dr ill pr og r am is ongoing and will c on tinue o v er the win t er T he W indjammer S outh deposit is loca t ed within a similar geolog ical setting as the S outh W est deposit loca t ed 1400 m t o the south w est A w eek af t er the c ompan y c onfr med the e x t ension a t W indjammer M oneta also r eleased new s tha t t est w or k on its S outh W est deposit indica t ed higher than e xpec t ed gold r ec o v er ies W e ar e pleased tha t the la t est metallur g i cal gold r ec o v er y t est w or k has r esult ed in higher gold r ec o v er ies with no delet er ious elemen ts pr esen t said O C onnor in a sta t e men t T he t est w or k indica t ed gold r ec o v er ies of up t o 939 with 506 being r e c o v er y b y g r a vit y with standar d g r ind siz es a t an estima t ed head g r ade of 465 gt A u and up t o 955 a t fner g r ind siz es T he metallur g ical gold r ec o v er y t est w or k w as c onduc t ed t o assess the pot en tial gold r ec o v er ies and optimum pr oc ess fo w sheet r equir ed t o dev elop the pr ojec t a t a head g r ade r efec tiv e of the la t est miner al r e sour c e estima t e on the S outh W est D eposit M oneta w asn t fnished with Januar y up da t es A c ouple of da y s la t er the c ompan y r eleased details of a dr ill pr og r am a t its new W esta w a y tar get and sta t ed they had hit 12 new goldminer aliz ed v eins