The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry accepted the Canadian miner’s new prospecting rights applications.

The PEA estimated a mine life of eight years producing an average of 85,931 oz. of gold annually.

Jean Marie is a 6,300-hectare copper-gold-silver-molybdenum porphyry project located 50 kilometres west of Mt. Milligan mine.

The Vancouver-based miner signed a deal that will make it the owner of 99.9% of the shares of Minera Cachinal, which owns the Cachinal silver-gold project.