Brucejack By the Numbers
by Keith Powell
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Vancouver-based Pretivm Resources' Brucejack mine. — Photo courtesy Pretium Resources
Vancouver-based Pretivm Resources' Brucejack mine is a massive project with huge numbers associated with it.
- 65: Kilometres north of Stewart, B.C.
- 122,133: Hectares of property
- 301,797: Acres of property
- 8.1 million: Ounces of gold (proven and probable mineral reserves)
- 63,470: Metres of targeted drill holes (2016)
- 367: Number of drill holes on targeted mine stope areas (2016)
- 504,000: Ounces of annual production of gold over the first eight years (projected)
- US $811 million: Estimated capital cost
- 57: Kilometres of power transmission line
- 187,000: Tonnes of ore stockpile on surface and underground
- 18: Years of mine life (projected)
- 2,700: Tonnes per day processing rate
- 8.7 million: Ounces total gold reserves
- $2.34 billion: Net present value (pre-tax)
- 34.4: Percentage internal rate of return (pre-tax)
- 10,000: Metres of underground development to date
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500: Number of employees (projected)
