Maudore Reports an Exceptional Intercept of 673.0 g/t Gold (>19 oz/t) over
0.5 m from the Potential Eastern Extension of the Company’s Resource >> more info
- November 1, 2011
Maudore Reports Four New Drilling Results Above 2½ oz/ton (85.8 g/t Au)--
Highest 127.5 g/t (3.7 oz/ton) & Broad Near-Surface Intervals at Comtois >> more info
- August 8, 2011
Maudore Reports 5 New Drilling Results Above 2 oz/ton (68.6 g/t Gold) including 496.0 g/t over 0.5 m (14.5 oz/ton) Gold at Comtois >> more info
- June 6, 2011
About Maudore
Maudore Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: MAO) owns 100% of the Comtois Gold Project in Quebec, Canada and is focused on developing this resource. Maudore also owns a large land package west of Comtois with volcanogenic gold/massive sulphide (VMS) potential. Maudore has only 26.7 million shares outstanding - 30.3 million shares fully diluted. Insiders and institutions hold about 75% of the shares. Cost effective financings since the end of 2010 allowed Maudore to raise all of 2011’s and 2012’s financial needs at 55% to 92% premiums to share price, thus minimizing dilution.
Location - Quebec
Quebec is a mineral-rich, mining-friendly, politically and economically stable environment. Maudore’s Comtois high-grade gold property is located within Quebec’s portion of the prolific Abitibi Greenstone belt - ranking second only to South Africa for historic gold output. Maudore’s semi-contiguous land package comprises 90,000 hectares or about 349 square miles. Our main focus, Comtois, is located on a highway, has nearby access to North America’s lowest-cost power, and is close to abundant water resources and a local labor force. For the last three years, Quebec was named by the Fraser Institute as the one of the best places in the world to conduct mineral exploration.
Comtois Project Resource
On August 11 of 2010 Maudore announced a 43-101 compliant Inferred Resource Estimate (8,126,000 tons grading 4.6 g/t gold) with 1.2 million ounces gold, utilizing a high-grade capping factor, or cut-off, of 65 g/t Au. As the Resource contains many intercepts well above the 65 g/t cap, note that for comparative purposes the estimate would have been over 1.4 million ounces uncut. The Resource included: (1) near-surface (0 to 150 meter depth, open pit potential) of 504,384 ounces at a grade of 3.2 g/t Au using a 1 g/t cut-off, and (2) underground potential (below 150 metres) of 708,409 ounces at a grade of 6.8 g/t Au using a 3 g/t Au cut-off. The calculation employed a minimum 2 metres width.
Financial Position
Maudore has $15+ million cash on hand. Quebec has rebated 40% of mining exploration expenditures, in cash, providing Maudore with extremely cost-effective development.
Ongoing Drilling & Development Work at Comtois
Between 2006 and February 2010 Maudore completed about 89,000m of drilling, which contributed to the August 2010 Resource Estimate. The Estimate also incorporated just over 100,000m drilled by previous operators. In the past two years, Maudore has completed over 80,000 meters of drilling per year (2010 and 2011). For these two years, Maudore has deployed four rigs operating 24/7, every week of the year except Christmas week.
The potential for expansion of the Resource is reflected by numerous intercepts reported since the resource cut-off date, as laid out in the table below:
NOTE: The November 1, 2011 intercept (last in the table) is from a hole located about 285m south of the known resource area, and therefore indicates good potential for resource expansion in the potential Eastern Extension.
These and many other high-grade intercepts, including broad, shallow mineralization adding to the potential open pit, demonstrate that gold exists along a 1.8km known trend, and possibly well beyond that mark. Drilling for possible Eastern and Western extensions is under way at Comtois, and exploration work is also ongoing on Maudore’s other semi-contiguous properties.
Additionally, Maudore is very actively developing as well as exploring. Ongoing work includes updating the 43-101 Resource Estimate; metallurgical test work; environmental baseline studies and community relations.
Jan 22-23- Vancouver Resource Conference, Booth 1532
Jan 23-26- Mineral Exploration Round-Up, Vancouver
Jan 31- Feb 1- Meetings with Fund Managers & Analysts, Toronto
March 4-7- PDAC - Booth 2540, Toronto
Updated January 11, 2012: Updated May 30, 2011
September 21, 2011:
Article on Maudore written by David Kempton
>> more info
September 20, 2011:
A Letter From the Chairman of the Board >> more info
Feb 10 2011:
Quebec Favourable Towards Mining >> more info
Feb 4 2011:
CEO CFO Interview With Ron Shorr >> more info