Page 22 Page 22 MLEN SPRING 2020 communities that it s a reckless business or it s not safe Berni er told Mining Life But I think in times like these it shows we are well prepared whether it s a virus or a bad ground situation we at tack them the same way W e do risk assessment we put controls in place we get employees involved and because of that mining has fared pretty well through this It s important that we recognize our employees for their patience and diligence throughout all of this all it would take is a few bad ap ples and that didnt happen which allowed us to keep operating said Bernier W e thank them all the time and we cant thank them enough he added Pan American s Q1 results did not disappoint In the company s quar terly fling they reported gold reve nues of 358 million and net profts of 1 14 million hence the love Gold production for the frst quar ter remained on target and with the Pan American Silver Canadian Country Manager Dave Bernier Contd from pg 20 early year bump in the price of the yellow metal and a favourable ex change rate it was an impressive start to the year Pan American estimated that the impact on production would be about 10 heading into the pan demic Bernier says that estimate proved accurate Our goal was to get back on track by Q3 we are still aiming for that But we also understand that could change be cause there s a lot of uncertainty out there In the meantime the company is anxiously waiting for the permit to expand the Bell Creek Mine so they can test at a higher through put at the mill With the higher price of gold and the appetite to pursue other projects the company wants to add capacity to the mill circuit to 250 tons an hour At the time of this writing Bernier and the rest of the T immins man agement team were waiting for gov ernment approval to pursue what they are calling the W etmore De posit Those plans include a 40000 metre drill program that would ex pand the Bell Creek footprint Lake Shore Gold anxious to expand Bell Creek Mine LEADING PR O VIDER OF ANAL Y TIC AL GE OCHEMIS TR Y SERVICES T r ack s amples submitt ed f or analysis using the ne w ALS Geochemis try App via an in t egr a t ed global ne tw ork o f labor a t ories with c onsis t en t qualit y and dependable clien t servic e Clien tServic esE C ANalsglobalc om 1 7055607225 alsglobalc om geochemis try Righ t Solutions Righ t P ar tner alsglobalc om