Terry Harbort, President and CEO of Talisker Resources (TSX: TSK) (OTCQX:TSKFF), joins me to highlight the key milestone of the first development ore being milled at  Nicola Mining’s Craigmont Mill located in Merritt, British Columbia.  Talisker announced on July 7th that the Company has commenced milling and processing of run of mine material from the Mustang Mine vein material extracted from the 1060 and 1075 development levels.  We unpacked this major positive milestone for the Company, and what the ramp up in to production will look like for the second half of this year.

Talisker continues to develop on the 1060, 1075, 1105 and 1120 levels with in-vein development active on the BK vein on the 1075 level and both the BK and BK9870 veins on the 1105 level. Long-hole drilling in preparation for the mining and extraction of the first stope is underway targeting the 3264 stope from the Alhambra vein located between the 1060 and 1075 levels. Blasting and extraction of the first stope is expected to occur later this week.

We review that main area of focus for the development declines and work up until this point in time has been in the unmined area, between the historically mined Bralorne  and King mines, now referred to as the Mustang Mine. We shift over to the measured ramp-up of throughput from mined ore at the Mustang Mine with throughput now above 200 tonnes per day (tpd) and the goal to get that up to 250 tpd by year-end.  Moving into next year it is anticipated that throughput can rise from 300 tpd, up to 500 tpd, and then eventually 750 tpd in the years thereafter.  That will involve pulling in material from the unmined areas between the historic Bralorne and Pioneer mines as a second eventual area of focus.

In addition to being amenable to toll milling at nearby processing centers with spare capacity, there is a second study underway looking at upgrading the ore on site using ore-sorting technology, so that higher-grade material, with less associated waste would make it more economical to be shipped to additional processing centers. An economic study is slated for later this year that will explore some of these concepts in more detail. Wrapping up we discuss the key milestones and news on tap for the balance of this year.

If you have any follow up questions for Terry then please email me at [email protected].

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