Harte Gold is targeting the second quarter of 2018 for commercial production at its Sugar Zone deposit 60 kilometres east of the Hemlo gold camp.
The Sugar Zone contains 980,900 tonnes grading 10.13 grams per tonne for 319,280 ounces of gold in the indicated category and an additional 580,500 tonnes grading 8.36 grams per tonne, for 155,960 ounces in the inferred category.
A 75,000-metre drilling program is scheduled for 2017, with six rigs turning.
The company, led by chairman and CEO Stephen Roman, is targeting initial production of 50,000 ounces per year from the Sugar Zone.
The company is also encouraged by evidence of high-grade mineralization in several other zones on its property covering 620 square kilometres.
