VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 29,
2024 /CNW/ - Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM)
(OTCQB: LMGDF) ("Lumina" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce that it has appointed Ausenco Engineering Canada ULC
("Ausenco") to lead the Feasibility Study on its Cangrejos
Gold-Copper Project ("Cangrejos" or the "Project") in southwest
Ecuador. Lumina is expecting the
Feasibility Study to be completed in H1 2025.
Along with Ausenco, Lumina has appointed a full team of consultants
to support the completion of the Feasibility Study. Key consultants
and responsibilities are listed below in
Table 1.
Table 1: Appointed Consultants
Consultant
|
Responsibility
|
Ausenco Engineering
Canada ULC
|
Lead author, including
process and infrastructure engineering
|
SIM Geological
Inc.
|
Resource
estimation
|
Laboratorio C.H. Plenge
& Cia. S.A.
|
Metallurgical
testing
|
International
Metallurgical and Environmental Inc.
|
Metallurgical Qualified
Person
|
Independent Mining
Consultants Inc.
|
Mineral reserves, mine
design and mining costs
|
MTB Enterprises
Inc.
|
Project
manager
|
RM
Enterprises
|
Economic
model
|
Wyllie & Norrish
Rock Engineers Inc.
|
Mine
geotechnical
|
Global Resource
Engineering
|
Ground water &
hydrology
|
BARR Engineering
Company
|
Ground water &
hydrology
|
Social Capital
Group
|
Social and
community
|
Ron Halas, Chief Operating
Officer commented: "Most of these consultants have been working
on Cangrejos since the first PEA that was released in 2018 and
bring a wealth of project knowledge to this Feasibility Study. I
have been working hand in hand with Ausenco on a number of
trade-off studies and potential improvements that could be
integrated into the Feasibility Study."
About Ausenco
Ausenco has a global team based across 26 offices in 15
countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide. Combining
deep technical expertise with a 30-year track record, Ausenco
provides innovative, value-add consulting studies, project
delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions to the mining
& metals and industrial sectors.
About Lumina Gold
Lumina Gold Corp. (TSXV: LUM) is a Vancouver, Canada based precious and base
metals exploration and development company focused on the Cangrejos
Gold-Copper Project located in El Oro Province, southwest
Ecuador. In 2023, the Company
completed a Pre-Feasibility Study for Cangrejos, which is the
largest primary gold deposit in Ecuador. Lumina has an experienced management
team with a successful track record of advancing and monetizing
exploration projects.
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LUMINA GOLD CORP.
Signed: "Marshall Koval"
Marshall Koval, President
& CEO, Director
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statements that are not historical facts, contain forward-looking
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including among other things, assumptions about general business
and economic conditions, the prices of gold and copper, and
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and engineering assumptions (including with respect to the tonnage,
grade and recoverability of reserves and resources); risks relating
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