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Anglogold Ashanti is taking a 14.9 per cent ownership stake in Pure Gold Mining, a mine developer with an advanced gold project in the Red Lake district of northwestern Ontario.
It’s part of a larger $20.9 million financing deal announced by Pure Gold on April 27 as it moves the Madsen Gold Project towards a production decision later this year.
Anglogold Ashanti is purchasing 12,800,000 units of Pure Gold for gross proceeds of $7.9 million.
More financing is coming through an agreement with Sprott Capital Partners, acting on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, to purchase more than 16.1 million units of Pure Gold for $10 million, plus $3 million worth of flow-through shares for gross proceeds of $13 million.
The gross proceeds raised from the sale of the shares are earmarked for exploration financing. The net proceeds from the sale of the units will be used exploration and development of the Madsen. The offering closes on May 24, subject to certain regulatory conditions.
The Madsen project contains two significant former producing gold mines with active exploration targets which could lead to other discoveries.
A feasibility study is underway with results expected in the fourth quarter of this year.
A preliminary economic assessment indicated a 14-year mine life for Madsen, producing 900,000 ounces of gold. The company is reconditioning the underground ramp and upgrade the infrastructure.
There’s an indicated resource of 1,744,000 ounces gold at 8.7 g/t gold (in 6.2 million tonnes) and an inferred resource of 296,000 ounces gold at 7.9 g/t gold in 1.2 million tonnes.
Pure Gold plans to do 33,000 metres of exploration drilling for 2018, aimed at the Wedge Target and a deep extension of the Russet South deposit.
The company was lauded as the Developer of the Year by the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association in early April.
