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OPERATION FOCUS- CASCAVEL_proof 23/08/2016 09:31 Page 3 OPERATION FOCUS Mustang loads into the skip Parallel lodes very common – the more you mine, the more you find Managing Director Mark Papendieck a Case mini excavator underground. Drilling is by Tornibras jackleg pneumatic drills, made in Brazil. The mining method is tailored to structurally controlled, bonanza-grade gold rich shoots. The average planned height of the stopes is around 1.3-1.4 m and the average thickness of the mineralisation up to about 1 m. Craighead and Gordon report development is largely completed on Levels 0 and 1 where initial ‘T bone’ mining is planned, extracting 90% of the mineralisation. ‘Tboning’ includes developing 3 m wide x 1.6 m high slot raises at 9 m centres (6 m clear between sides), and extracting the in tervening 6 m wide areas at a height of ~1.2 m (or more if the mineralisation is thicker than 1.2m). “Activities are now moving to Level 2, where it is planned to commence the use of long-hole open stoping as the main mining method. Development has also included the addition of an internal decline, which will expedite delivery of ore from the stoping areas to the main incline shaft.” They report impressive grades returned from panel sampling, including: I 14.78 m @ 75.36 g/t Au in Level 1 South development I 10.3 m @ 100 g/t Au and 11.6 m @ 50.3 g/t Au on opposite walls of the Level 0 Central Level drive I 3.66 m @ 142.6 g/t Au in Level 1 central. Orinoco Gold notes that gold has been panned from most advance faces. The work has also resulted in the addition of the Northern Zone to the mining inventory, with the initial level drive intersecting high grade mineralisation. This area was previously not accessible, however drilling had intersected the mineralised structure with the recent work confirming the mineralisation. The company has stated that development has KEEPING YOU UP AND RUNNING HYDRAULEX GLOBAL’S NEW UNITS, REMAN UNITS, NEW OEM PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES CAN HELP REDUCE DOWNTIME. Whether your equipment lifts, digs, hauls, drills or just moves, you can rely on Hydraulex Global’s hydraulic products and services to deliver the performance and reliability you need to keep your equipment going. We stock units, parts and provide repair services for main pumps, swing pumps, KYP]LTV[VYZMHUTV[VYZÄUHSKYP]LZZ^PUNNLHYIV_ KYP]LZTHPUJVU[YVS]HS]LZHUKJ`SPUKLYZ Manufacturers of components include Kawasaki®, Bosch®/Rexroth®, Hitachi®, Linde®, Caterpillar®, Sundstrand®, Vickers®, Eaton®, Denison®, Komatsu®, Parker®, Moog®, Oilgear® and many more. -VYTVYLPUMVYTH[PVU]PZP[^^^O`KYH\SPJYLWHPYUL[ VYNP]L\ZHJHSS 1-877-225-3827 1-253-350-4720 (Mining Representative) [email protected] © Hydraulex Global. All Rights Reserved. www.hydraulicrepair.net www.hydraulex.com