Project OverviewThe Romero Project is a resource development gold and copper project owned 100% by GoldQuest Mining Corp. (GoldQuest) and is located within the Tireo property (3,997ha) of the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic, near San Juan de la Maguana. The project consists of the Romero and Romero South deposits with thick intervals of gold and copper mineralization.
The Romero Project is a resource development gold and copper project owned 100% by GoldQuest Mining Corp. (GoldQuest) and is located within the Tireo property (3,997ha) of the Central Cordillera of the Dominican Republic, near San Juan de la Maguana. The project consists of the Romero and Romero South deposits with thick intervals of gold and copper mineralization.
Project ScopeJDS Energy & Mining (JDS) was retained by GoldQuest to lead their revised preliminary economic assessment (PEA), focusing on a smaller, high-grade underground mine concentrating on high-grade core.
The following project enhancements were delivered in the 2015 JDS revised PEA:
- Payback of capital within 2.7 production years;
- A nine year underground mine at an average production rate of 912,500tpa (2,500tpd) with an average production of 117,000 recovered gold equivalent ounces per year;
- 86% (6.6Mt) of the mineral resources are indicated and 14% (1.1Mt) are inferred. The remaining 12.8Mt indicated and 8.9Mt inferred are available for extraction in the future; and
- A smaller environmental footprint with no use of cyanide on site.
Working together, JDS and GoldQuest improved the overall project economics to an after-tax IRR of 34% and NPV of C$219M.
JDS was retained in mid-2016 by GoldQuest to advance the project to the Pre-Feasibility Study.
JDS Energy & Mining (JDS) was retained by GoldQuest to lead their revised preliminary economic assessment (PEA), focusing on a smaller, high-grade underground mine concentrating on high-grade core.
The following project enhancements were delivered in the 2015 JDS revised PEA:
- Payback of capital within 2.7 production years;
- A nine year underground mine at an average production rate of 912,500tpa (2,500tpd) with an average production of 117,000 recovered gold equivalent ounces per year;
- 86% (6.6Mt) of the mineral resources are indicated and 14% (1.1Mt) are inferred. The remaining 12.8Mt indicated and 8.9Mt inferred are available for extraction in the future; and
- A smaller environmental footprint with no use of cyanide on site.
Working together, JDS and GoldQuest improved the overall project economics to an after-tax IRR of 34% and NPV of C$219M.
JDS was retained in mid-2016 by GoldQuest to advance the project to the Pre-Feasibility Study.
