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our
proposed acquisition of the mill complex from St Andrew Goldfields
Ltd.,
which we refer to as St Andrew and SAS;
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the
establishment and estimates of mineral reserves and
resources;
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production
costs, including costs associated with development projects recommended
by
SRK Consulting in this summary;
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daily
production and mill throughput rates;
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cash
operating costs;
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grade
of ore mined and milled;
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grade
of concentrates produced;
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anticipated
procedures for and methods of development, exploration, and mineral
extraction;
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timing
and issue of permits;
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expansion
plans for existing properties;
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plans
for Black Fox, including drilling and other mining
techniques;
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estimates
of environmental liabilities;
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our
ability to obtain financing to fund our estimated expenditure and
capital
requirements; and
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factors
impacting our results of operations.
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Holt
Mill - Toll milling up to 2,500tpd ore at St Andrew (SAS) Holt
Mill;
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Stock
Mill - Milling up to 1,100tpd at the Stock Mill currently owned by
SAS but
the subject of a letter of intent signed in March 2008 between Apollo
and
SAS for Apollo to purchase the mill from SAS;
and
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Black
Fox Mill - Design build and operate a 1,500tpd mill at the Black
Fox
mine.
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Certificate
of Approval (C of A) for Industrial Sewage Works
4-0125-96-006;
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Amended
Certificate of Approval - Air - (mine heaters and generators)
3505-56R2JP;
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Amended
Certificate of Approval - Air - (laboratory)
3505-56R2JP;
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Permit
to Take Water (PTTW) - (mine dewatering) 00-P-6025;
and
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Waste
Generator Registration ON2142400.
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Blake
River Group;
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Kinojevis
Group;
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Stoughton-Roquemaure
Group (Black Fox Host Units);
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Hunter
Mine Group; and
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Porcupine
Group.
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Mafic
volcanic units;
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Metasediments;
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Green
carbonate schist;
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Ultramafic
volcanics; and
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Felsic
intrusive units.
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Low-sulfide
mineralization associated with abundant quartz veining and quartz
stockwork within strong ankerite-fuchsite altered ultramafic volcanic
rocks;
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Mineralization
hosted within mafic volcanic units associated with >5% pyrite and minor
to moderate quartz veining; and
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Mineralization
hosted by silicified felsic dikes.
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The
gold mineralization is readily amenable to cyanidation. When grinding
in a
sodium cyanide solution, approximately 90% of the gold contained
in the
mill feed is dissolved by the time the pulp has exited the cyclone
overflow;
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The
degree of dissolution is dependent on the leach feed grind. Optimum
size
distribution for west zone ore appears to be
50μm while the East Zone mineralization requires grinding 30 to
40μm;
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The
Bond Ball Mill work index of the ore varies within the range of 14
to
17kWh/t;
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Gold
dissolution is relatively insensitive to variations in leach times
over
the ranges examined;
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Black
Fox mineralization contains no deleterious elements that could adversely
affect operating efficiencies or the
environment;
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To
varying degrees, Black Fox mineralization is amenable to gravity
concentration; and
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The
ground mineralization exhibits favorable settling
characteristics.
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Classification
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Category
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Resource
(kt)
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Grade
(gpt)
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Gold
(koz)
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Proven
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0
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0
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0
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Open
Pit
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Probable
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4,350
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5.2
|
730
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Proven
and Probable
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4,350
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5.2
|
730
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Proven
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0
|
0
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0
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Underground
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Probable
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2,110
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8.8
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600
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Proven
and Probable
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2,110
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8.8
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600
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Total
Proven
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0
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0
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0
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Combined
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Total
Probable
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6,460
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8.8
|
1,330
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Total
Proven and Probable
|
6,460
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6.4
|
1,330
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Primary
crushing;
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Closed
circuit, single staged fine crushing;
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Two
staged grinding;
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Pre-leach
thickener and carbon columns;
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Leach
and Carbon-in-Pulp (CIP) circuits;
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Carbon
stripping and electrowinning; and
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Cyanide
destruction.
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Absence
of static liquefaction assessment of tailings, which is a key issue
in
tailings dams raised by upstream method of
construction;
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Lack
of base filter drains or filter blanket to control phreatic surface
within
the dam (thus, the phreatic surface is likely either to emerge on
the dam
slope surface or be very close to it);
and
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The
design strength values used for the existing and future (improved
by
preloading) appear to be high (in comparison to the N-values mentioned
in
the report) for sensitive silty clays that exist in the general area
(site
specific strength and sensitivity data is not
available).
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Continue
to core drill specific areas of the ore body to further upgrade and
extend
the geological modeling for the project;
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Complete
Stock Mill tailings testwork;
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Establish
optimal Stock Mill capacity;
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Complete
detailed engineering design work in all areas;
and
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Refine
the project implementation schedule.
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