A total of 3,181 oz. of gold and 2,052 oz. of silver were recovered from the sample.

Palladium rose for a 15th day, heading for its longest run of gains on record and exceeding the highest-ever price of gold.

Panguna has an estimated 5.3 million tones of copper and 19.3 million ounces of gold, which would make the reserves worth about $60 billion at today’s prices.

The following is the analysis of monthly gold exploration trends from January to September 2019.

Drill highlights from the Kiena Deep A zone include 13.2 metres of 141.4 g/t gold, 3.1 metres of 185.8 g/t gold and 6.9 metres of 70.9 g/t gold.

This year, Macassa is expected to produce 240,000-250,000 oz out of the company’s total production guidance of 950,000 to 1 million oz.