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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
x ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
¨ TRANSITION
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File No. 000-54653
AUGUSTA GOLD CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
Nevada | |
41-2252162 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
Of Incorporation or Organization) | |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number) |
Suite
555 – 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC,
Canada | |
V6C
3E1 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | |
(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code (604) 687-1717
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common
Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company.
See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”
and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
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If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public
accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ¨
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act,
indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to
previously issued financial statements. ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation
received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Yes ¨
No x
The aggregate market value of the voting and
non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common stock was last sold as of the
last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $37,573,924.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of
each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 85,929,753 shares of common stock par value $0.0001,
were outstanding on December 19, 2023.
Auditor Firm ID:
731 |
Auditor Name:
DAVIDSON & COMPANY LLP |
Auditor Location:
Vancouver, Canada |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Augusta Gold Corp. (the
“Company”) hereby files this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amended Report”) to its annual report on Form 10-K
as originally filed with the SEC on March 16, 2023 (the “Original Report”) to update our mineral property disclosures
in the Original Report to align with certain of the technical requirements of subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K (“S-K 1300”).
This Amended Report is being filed to (i) amend “Item 2. Properties”, and (ii) file amended versions of “Exhibit 96.1
S-K 1300 Technical Report, Mineral Resource Estimate, Bullfrog Gold Project, Nye County, Nevada” and “Exhibit 96.2 Mineral
Resource Estimate for the Reward Project, Nye County, Nevada, USA”, in each case, to update only the following disclosure:
| · | Revisions to include cutoff grades for our mineral resource estimates and related disclosure thereto; |
| · | Revisions to opinions of certain qualified persons to conform to respective requirements of S-K 1300;
and |
| · | Revisions to explain with particularity, your reasons for using the selected commodity price, including
the material assumptions underlying this selection |
These updates do not
change the conclusions, economic results, or mineral resources estimates. This Amended Report also contains updated consents of
the authors of the revised technical report summary filed as exhibits hereto.
In addition, pursuant
to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as a result of this Form 10-K/A, the Company is refiling
the certifications of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Form 10-K/A.
Outside of changes to
the items and exhibit as noted above, the updated consents of the authors of the technical reports, and the certifications of the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, this Amended Report does not otherwise amend, supplement, update or revise any portion
of the Original Report which remains unchanged since the date of its filing. Furthermore, this Amended Report does not change any previously
reported financial results, nor does it reflect events occurring after the date of the Original Report. Information not affected by this
Form 10-K/A remains unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time the Original Report was filed. Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A
should be read in conjunction with the Original Report and the Company’s other filings with the SEC subsequent to the filing of
the Original Report.
CAUTIONARY NOTE TO INVESTORS REGARDING ESTIMATES
OF MEASURED, INDICATED AND INFERRED RESOURCES AND PROVEN AND PROBABLE MINERAL RESERVES
We are subject to the reporting requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and applicable Canadian securities laws, and as
a result we report our mineral reserves and mineral resources according to two different standards. U.S. reporting requirements are governed
by subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act (“S-K 1300”). Canadian reporting requirements for disclosure
of mineral properties are governed by NI 43-101. Both sets of reporting standards have similar goals in terms of conveying an appropriate
level of confidence in the disclosures being reported, but the standards embody slightly different approaches and definitions.
In our public filings in the U.S. and Canada and
in certain other announcements not filed with the SEC, we disclose proven and probable reserves and measured, indicated and inferred resources,
each as defined in S-K 1300 and NI 43-101. As currently reported, there are no material differences in our disclosed measured, indicated
and inferred resource under each of S-K 1300 and NI 43-101. The estimation of measured resources and indicated resources involve greater
uncertainty as to their existence and economic feasibility than the estimation of proven and probable reserves, and therefore investors
are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of measured or indicated resources will ever be converted into S-K 1300-compliant or
NI 43-101-compliant reserves. The estimation of inferred resources involves far greater uncertainty as to their existence and economic
viability than the estimation of other categories of resources, and therefore it cannot be assumed that all or any part of inferred resources
will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Therefore, investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of inferred resources
exist, or that they can be mined legally or economically.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K/A and the
exhibits attached hereto contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, as amended, and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation,
collectively “forward-looking statements”. Such forward-looking statements concern our anticipated results and developments
in the operations of the Company in future periods, planned exploration activities, the adequacy of the Company’s financial resources
and other events or conditions that may occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are frequently, but not always, identified by
words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends,” “estimates,”
“potential,” “possible” and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions or results “will,”
“may,” “could” or “should” (or the negative and grammatical variations of any of these terms) occur
or be achieved. These forward looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements concerning:
| · | the Company’s strategies and objectives, both generally and in respect of the Bullfrog Gold Project
and Reward Gold Project; |
| · | the recommendations of the Technical Reports for the Bullfrog Gold Project and Reward Gold Project; |
| · | the Company’s decisions regarding the timing and costs of exploration programs with respect to,
and the issuance of the necessary permits and authorizations required for, the Company’s exploration programs at the Bullfrog Gold
Project and Reward Gold Project; |
| · | the Company’s estimates of the quality and quantity of the mineralized materials at its mineral
properties; |
| · | the potential discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/reserves and any expansion thereof beyond
the current estimate; |
| · | the Company’s expectation that it will become a gold producer; |
| · | the Company’s estimates of future operating and financial performance; |
| · | the Company’s potential funding requirements and sources of capital, including near-term sources
of additional cash and long-term financing through the sale of equity and/or debt financings and through the exercise of stock options
and warrants; |
| · | the Company’s expectation that the Company will continue to raise capital; |
| · | the Company’s expectation that the Company will continue to incur losses and will not pay dividends
for the foreseeable future; |
| · | the Company’s estimates of its future cash position; |
| · | the Company’s anticipated general business and economic conditions; |
| · | the Company’s ability to meet its financial obligations as they come due, and to be able to raise
the necessary funds to continue operations; and |
| · | that the Company will operate at a loss for the foreseeable future. |
Such forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s
current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors
could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks related to:
| · | our limited operating history; |
| · | increased costs affecting our financial condition; |
| · | the Bullfrog Gold Project and Reward Gold Project being in the exploration stage; |
| · | whether the Bullfrog Gold Project and Reward Gold Project are feasible; |
| · | the Bullfrog Gold Project and Reward Gold Project requiring substantial capital investment; |
| · | our inability to obtain required permits; |
| · | our status as a junior mining company; |
| · | difficulties in managing growth; |
| · | our potential loss of key persons; |
| · | risks related to the evolving novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and health crisis and
the governmental and regulatory actions taken in response thereto; |
| · | the risks of mineral exploration; |
| · | evaluation uncertainty in estimating mineralized material; |
| · | changes in estimates of mineralized material; |
| · | our exploration projects not succeeding; |
| · | price volatility of gold and silver; |
| · | environmental regulations; |
| · | challenges to title to our properties; |
| · | amendments to mining law; |
| · | inability to maintain infrastructure to conduct exploration activities; |
| · | new regulation related to climate change; |
| · | relationships with communities in which we operate; |
| · | newly adopted mining disclosure regulations; |
| · | evolving corporate standards; |
| · | Canadian reporting requirements; and |
| · | The price of the shares of common stock being volatile. |
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein. This list
of factors that may affect any of the Company’s forward-looking statements is not exhaustive. Forward-looking statements are statements
about the future and are inherently uncertain, and actual achievements of the Company or other future events or conditions may differ
materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including
without limitation those discussed in “Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors”, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as
filed with the SEC on March 16, 2023, as well as other factors described elsewhere in that Annual Report, this report and the Company’s
other reports filed with the SEC.
The Company’s forward-looking statements
contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A are based on the beliefs, expectations and opinions of management as of the date of
this Annual Report. The Company does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s
beliefs, expectations or opinions should change, except as required by law. For the reasons set forth above, investors should not attribute
undue certainty to or place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
GLOSSARY OF SELECTED MINING TERMS
Ag |
Silver |
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Au |
Gold |
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Breccia |
Broken sedimentary and volcanic rock fragments cemented by a fine-grained matrix |
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Clastic Rock |
Fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals |
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Cutoff Grade |
The grade (i.e., the concentration of metal or mineral in rock) that determines the destination of the material during mining. For purposes of establishing “prospects of economic extraction,” the cut-off grade is the grade that distinguishes material deemed to have no economic value (it will not be mined in underground mining or if mined in surface mining, its destination will be the waste dump) from material deemed to have economic value (its ultimate destination during mining will be a processing facility). Other terms used in similar fashion as cut-off grade include net smelter return, pay limit, and break-even stripping ratio. |
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Deposit |
A mineralized body which has been physically delineated by sufficient drilling, trenching, and/or underground work, and found to contain a sufficient average grade of metal or metals to warrant further exploration and/or development expenditures. Such a deposit does not qualify as a commercially mineable ore body or as containing reserves or ore, unless final legal, technical and economic factors are resolved |
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Detachment Fault |
A regionally extensive, gently dipping normal fault that is commonly associated with extension in large blocks of the earth’s crust |
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g/t |
Grams per metric tonne |
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Metamorphic Rock |
Rock that has transformed to another rock form after intense heat and pressure |
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Miocene |
A geologic era that extended from 5 million to 23 million years ago |
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Mineralization |
The concentration of metals and their chemical compounds within a body of rock |
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Net Smelter Royalty |
A percentage payable to an owner or lessee from the production or net proceeds received by the operator from a smelter or refinery, less transportation, insurance, smelting and refining costs and penalties as set out in a royalty agreement. |
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Paleozoic |
A geologic era extending from 230 million to 540 million years ago |
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Photogrammetry |
The science of making measurements from photographs; the output is typically a map or a drawing |
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Proterozoic |
A geologic era extending from 540 million years to 2,500 million years ago. |
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Reverse Circulation (RC) |
A drilling method whereby drill cuttings are returned to the surface through the annulus between inner and outer drill rods, thereby minimizing contamination from wall rock. |
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Rhyolite |
An igneous, volcanic extrusive rock containing more than 65% silica. |
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Schist |
A group metamorphic rocks that contain more than 50% platy and elongated minerals such as mica. |
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Siliciclastic Rock |
Non-carbonate sedimentary rocks that are almost exclusively silicas-bearing, either as quartz or silicate minerals. |
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Tertiary |
A geologic era from 2.6 million to 65 million years ago. |
S-K 1300 Definitions
Exploration Stage Issuer |
An “exploration stage issuer” is an issuer that has no material property with mineral reserves disclosed. |
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Exploration Stage Property |
An “exploration stage property” is a property that has no mineral reserves disclosed. |
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Development Stage Issuer |
A “development stage issuer” is an issuer that is engaged in the preparation of mineral reserves for extraction on at least one material property. |
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Development Stage Property |
A “development stage property” is a property that has mineral reserves disclosed, pursuant to this subpart, but no material extraction. |
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Indicated Mineral Resource |
An “indicated mineral resource” is that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of adequate geological evidence and sampling. The level of geological certainty associated with an indicated mineral resource is sufficient to allow a qualified person to apply modifying factors in sufficient detail to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. Because an indicated mineral resource has a lower level of confidence than the level of confidence of a measured mineral resource, an indicated mineral resource may only be converted to a probable mineral reserve |
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Inferred Mineral Resource |
An “inferred mineral resource” is that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of limited geological evidence and sampling. The level of geological uncertainty associated with an inferred mineral resource is too high to apply relevant technical and economic factors likely to influence the prospects of economic extraction in a manner useful for evaluation of economic viability. Because an inferred mineral resource has the lowest level of geological confidence of all mineral resources, which prevents the application of the modifying factors in a manner useful for evaluation of economic viability, an inferred mineral resource may not be considered when assessing the economic viability of a mining project, and may not be converted to a mineral reserve. |
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Measured Mineral Resource |
A “measured mineral resource” is that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of conclusive geological evidence and sampling. The level of geological certainty associated with a measured mineral resource is sufficient to allow a qualified person to apply modifying factors, as defined in this section, in sufficient detail to support detailed mine planning and final evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. Because a measured mineral resource has a higher level of confidence than the level of confidence of either an indicated mineral resource or an inferred mineral resource, a measured mineral resource may be converted to a proven mineral reserve or to a probable mineral reserve. |
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Mineral Reserve |
A “mineral reserve” is an estimate of tonnage and grade or quality of indicated and measured mineral resources that, in the opinion of the qualified person, can be the basis of an economically viable project. More specifically, it is the economically mineable part of a measured or indicated mineral resource, which includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined or extracted |
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Mineral Resource |
A “mineral resource” is a concentration or occurrence of material of economic interest in or on the Earth's crust in such form, grade or quality, and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for economic extraction. A mineral resource is a reasonable estimate of mineralization, taking into account relevant factors such as cut-off grade, likely mining dimensions, location or continuity, that, with the assumed and justifiable technical and economic conditions, is likely to, in whole or in part, become economically extractable. It is not merely an inventory of all mineralization drilled or sampled. |
Modifying Factors |
Modifying factors are the factors that a qualified person must apply to indicated and measured mineral resources and then evaluate in order to establish the economic viability of mineral reserves. A qualified person must apply and evaluate modifying factors to convert measured and indicated mineral resources to proven and probable mineral reserves. These factors include, but are not restricted to: Mining; processing; metallurgical; infrastructure; economic; marketing; legal; environmental compliance; plans, negotiations, or agreements with local individuals or groups; and governmental factors. The number, type and specific characteristics of the modifying factors applied will necessarily be a function of and depend upon the mineral, mine, property, or project. |
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Probable Reserve |
A “probable mineral reserve” is the economically mineable part of an indicated and, in some cases, a measured mineral resource. |
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Production Stage Issuer |
A “production stage issuer” is an issuer that is engaged in material extraction of mineral reserves on at least one material property. |
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Production Stage Property |
A “production stage property” is a property with material extraction of mineral reserves. |
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Proven Reserve |
A “proven mineral reserve” is the economically mineable part of a measured mineral resource and can only result from conversion of a measured mineral resource. |
USE OF NAMES
In this Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms "we", "us", "our", "Augusta Gold", "Augusta Gold
Corp." or the "Company" refer to Augusta Gold Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries.
CURRENCY
References to CDN or C$ refer to Canadian currency
and USD or $ to United States currency.
METRIC CONVERSION TABLE
To Convert Metric Measurement Units |
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To Imperial Measurement Units |
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Multiply by |
Hectares |
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Acres |
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2.4710 |
Meters |
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Feet |
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3.2808 |
Kilometers |
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Miles |
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0.6214 |
Tonnes |
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Tons (short) |
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1.1023 |
Liters |
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Gallons |
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0.2642 |
Grams |
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Ounces (troy) |
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0.0322 |
Grams per tonne |
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Ounces (troy) per ton (short) |
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0.0292 |
PART I
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Technical Report Summaries
The technical report
for the Bullfrog Gold Project is the technical report summary, prepared pursuant to S-K 1300, entitled “S-K 1300 Technical Report,
Mineral Resource Estimate, Bullfrog Gold Project, Nye County, Nevada” with an effective date of December 31, 2021, and an issue
date of March 16, 2022 (the “Bullfrog Technical Report”).
The Bullfrog Technical
Report was prepared by Forte Dynamics, Inc. under the supervision of Russ Downer, P. Eng. and Adam House, MMSA QP, each of whom is
a qualified person under S-K 1300 and NI 43-101.
The description of the
Bullfrog Gold Project contained herein is based upon the Bullfrog Technical Report.
The technical report
for the Reward Gold Project is the technical report summary, prepared pursuant to S-K 1300, entitled “Mineral Resource Estimate
for the Reward Project, Nye County, Nevada” with an effective date of May 31, 2022, and an issue date of June 29, 2022
(the “Reward Technical Report”).
The Reward Technical
Report was prepared by Michael Dufresne, M.Sc., P. Geol., P.Geo, and Timothy D. Scott, SME, each of whom is a qualified person under S-K
1300 and NI 43-101.
The description of the
Reward Gold Project contained herein is based upon the Reward Technical Report.
Summary of Mineral Properties
Augusta Gold currently
has interests in four gold exploration properties located in the state of Nevada, including the Bullfrog Gold Project and the Reward Gold
Project. Each of the properties are exploration stage properties with measured, indicated and inferred resources but no known mineral
reserves and our primary operations are exploring these properties to move them towards a development decision.
Ownership Interests
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At our Bullfrog Project, we have four option/lease/purchase agreements in place and, with the additional claims it has located, give it control of 734 unpatented lode mining claims and mill site claims, and 87 patented mining claims. The claims do not have an expiration date, as long as the fees and obligations are maintained. For additional details see “Bullfrog Gold Project, Nye County Nevada – Property Holdings” below. |
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At our Reward Project, the project encompasses 123 unpatented Bureau of Land Management (BLM) placer and lode mining claims and six patented placer mining claims, totalling approximately 2,333 net acres (944 hectares). Only the patented claims have been legally surveyed. Under United States mining law, claims may be renewed annually for an unlimited number of years upon a small payment per claim (currently $155 per claim due to the BLM and an aggregate $1,502 due to Nye County) and the same claim status-whether lode or placer-may be used for exploration or exploitation of the lodes or placers. |
Several blocks of unpatented claims are leased
by CR Reward from underlying owners, and are referred to as Connolly, Webster, Orser-McFall and Van Meeteren leases.
In total our options
and leases cover 15,998 net acres in the aggregate, consisting of a mix of 93 patented mining claims, 857 unpatented mining claims
either leased with option to purchase, or joint ventured, and private property leases.
Summary Mineral Resources
Summary Mineral Resources
at End of Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
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Measured mineral resources (koz) | | |
Indicated mineral resources (koz) | | |
Measured and indicated mineral resources (koz) | | |
Inferred mineral resources (koz) | |
Gold | |
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United States (Nevada) | |
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Bullfrog Project | |
| 526.7 | | |
| 682.6 | | |
| 1,209.3 | | |
| 257.9 | |
Reward Project | |
| 169.9 | | |
| 256.8 | | |
| 426.7 | | |
| 27.1 | |
Total Gold | |
| 696.6 | | |
| 939.4 | | |
| 1636.0 | | |
| 285.0 | |
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Silver | |
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United States (Nevada) | |
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Bullfrog Project | |
| 1309.1 | | |
| 1557.5 | | |
| 2866.6 | | |
| 515.7 | |
Total Silver | |
| 1309.1 | | |
| 1557.5 | | |
| 2866.6 | | |
| 515.7 | |
Notes:
| · | Bullfrog oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz
and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
| · | Bullfrog sulphide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of
US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. |
| · | Gold price and Silver price used in the Bullfrog estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices and compared
to a three-year trailing average at the time of the estimates with a good correlation. |
| · | Reward oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,700/oz
and a recovery of 80% for Au were utilized. |
| · | Gold price used in the Reward estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices at the time of the estimate and
assumed a price of US$1,700 per oz of gold based upon a 3 year trailing average. |
| · | Bullfrog oxide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.192 g/tonne and sulphide Mineral Resources are reported
using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.315 g/tonne. |
| · | Reward Mineral Resources are reported using a 0.2 g/tonne incremental cut-off grade. |
| · | Bullfrog mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
| · | Reward mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.20/tonne |
| · | Bullfrog processing, general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
| · | Reward processing and general and administration are US$6.06/tonne and US$0.83/tonne per tonne processed, respectively |
| · | Bullfrog Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
| · | The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant
issues |
Bullfrog Gold Project, Nye County, Nevada
Summary Disclosure
We hold the Bullfrog
Project through our wholly-owned subsidiaries Bullfrog Mines, Rocky Mountain Minerals Corp., a Nevada corporation (“RMMC”)
and Standard Gold Corp., a Nevada corporation (“SGC”).
Property Location
and Access
The Bullfrog Gold Project
is located in the Bullfrog Hills of Nye County, Nevada and in the southern half of the Bullfrog Mining District (Figure 1). Project properties
are located in Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35 and 36 of T11S, R46E and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 23 of T12S, R46E, Mt. Diablo Meridian.
The Bullfrog Gold Project
is accessible via a 2½ hour (120 mile) drive north of Las Vegas, Nevada on US Highway 95. Las Vegas, the largest city in Nevada,
is serviced by a major international airport, and has ample equipment, supplies and services to support many of the project’s needs.
The project is 4 miles west of the Town of Beatty, Nevada via a paved highway. Beatty has a population of approximately 1,000 and can
provide basic housing, services, and supplies. Access around the project is by a series of reasonably good gravel roads that extend to
the open pit mines and most of the significant exploration areas.
Figure 1: Location
Map
Project Stage
The Bullfrog Gold Project
is an exploration stage property with measured, indicated and inferred mineral resources but no known mineral reserves.
Mineral Resources
Estimates
Mineral resources utilize
all new drilling through the end of 2021 in addition to updated geologic models and database improvements by the Company’s staff.
Three-dimensional block models for each area (Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone and Bonanza) were created using Vulcan software. Surfaces
and solids representing topography, overburden, geologic units, historic stope shapes and gold mineralization were incorporated into the
resource models. Resource estimates utilize drill hole, survey, analytical and bulk density information provided by the project personnel.
Gold and silver values have been given null values for all material that has been historically mined by both open pit and underground
methods. Bulk density has been adjusted for backfill material placed in the historical open pit and underground operations.
Mineral resources are
pit constrained using reasonable cost assumptions, however detailed costing and economic evaluations have not been performed. The resources
only consider mining mineralization and waste that will take place on lands controlled by the Company. Pit slope parameters are based
on the existing pit wall angles and vary by geology, depth and lateral extent. Different metallurgical recoveries were assigned to oxide
and sulphide material and used in the calculation of the optimized pit shells.
Mineral resources are
reported inside optimized pit shells with Minemax software using high-level economic assumptions, geotechnical pit slope parameters and
property boundaries. Estimated mineral resources for the Bullfrog Project are being reported for the Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone and
Bonanza areas, respectively.
The following table presents
the combined global gold and silver mineral resources for the three areas, Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone and Bonanza, at the Bullfrog
Gold Project.
Bullfrog Gold Project
- Summary of Gold and Silver Mineral Resources at the End of the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Based on $1,550/oz. Gold and
$20/oz. Silver
Combined Global Resources - Oxide and Sulphide |
Classification | |
Tonnes (Mt) | | |
Au grade (g/t) | | |
Ag grade (g/t) | | |
Au Contained (koz) | | |
Ag Contained (koz) | |
Measured | |
| 30.13 | | |
| 0.544 | | |
| 1.35 | | |
| 526.68 | | |
| 1,309.13 | |
Indicated | |
| 40.88 | | |
| 0.519 | | |
| 1.18 | | |
| 682.61 | | |
| 1,557.49 | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 71.01 | | |
| 0.530 | | |
| 1.26 | | |
| 1,209.29 | | |
| 2,866.62 | |
Inferred | |
| 16.69 | | |
| 0.481 | | |
| 0.96 | | |
| 257.90 | | |
| 515.72 | |
Notes:
1. |
Oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
2. |
Sulphide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Montgomery-Shoshone or Bonanza. |
3. |
Gold price and Silver price used in the Bullfrog estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices and compared to a three-year trailing average at the time of the estimate with good correlation. |
4. |
Bullfrog oxide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.192 g/tonne and sulphide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.315 g/tonne.. |
5. |
Mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
6. |
Processing, general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
7. |
Due to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
8. |
Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
9. |
The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. |
The following tables
present the gold and silver mineral resources for each of the three project areas, Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone and Bonanza.
Bullfrog Gold Project
- Bullfrog Area, Gold and Silver Mineral Resources at the End of the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Based on $1,550/oz. Gold
and $20/oz. Silver
Mineral Resources - Bullfrog |
Redox | |
Classification | |
Tonnes (Mt) | | |
Au grade (g/t) | | |
Ag grade (g/t) | | |
Au Contained (koz) | | |
Ag Contained (koz) | |
| |
Measured | |
| 24.50 | | |
| 0.537 | | |
| 1.28 | | |
| 422.77 | | |
| 1,010.02 | |
| |
Indicated | |
| 36.32 | | |
| 0.515 | | |
| 1.14 | | |
| 602.02 | | |
| 1,332.18 | |
Oxide | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 60.82 | | |
| 0.524 | | |
| 1.20 | | |
| 1,024.79 | | |
| 2,342.20 | |
| |
Inferred | |
| 14.40 | | |
| 0.460 | | |
| 0.77 | | |
| 213.06 | | |
| 358.49 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Measured | |
| 1.30 | | |
| 0.710 | | |
| 1.28 | | |
| 29.77 | | |
| 53.52 | |
| |
Indicated | |
| 1.99 | | |
| 0.625 | | |
| 1.32 | | |
| 39.94 | | |
| 84.47 | |
Sulphide | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 3.29 | | |
| 0.659 | | |
| 1.30 | | |
| 69.72 | | |
| 137.99 | |
| |
Inferred | |
| 1.05 | | |
| 0.657 | | |
| 1.14 | | |
| 22.14 | | |
| 38.53 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| |
Measured | |
| 25.80 | | |
| 0.545 | | |
| 1.28 | | |
| 452.55 | | |
| 1,063.54 | |
| |
Indicated | |
| 38.31 | | |
| 0.521 | | |
| 1.15 | | |
| 641.96 | | |
| 1,416.65 | |
Total - Oxide and Sulphide | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 64.12 | | |
| 0.531 | | |
| 1.20 | | |
| 1,094.51 | | |
| 2,480.19 | |
| |
Inferred | |
| 15.44 | | |
| 0.474 | | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 235.20 | | |
| 397.02 | |
Notes:
1. |
Oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
2. |
Sulphide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. |
3. |
Gold price and Silver price used in the Bullfrog estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices and compared to a three-year trailing average at the time of the estimate with good correlation. |
4. |
Bullfrog oxide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.192 g/tonne and sulphide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.315 g/tonne. |
5. |
Mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
6. |
Processing, general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
7. |
Due to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
8. |
Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
9. |
The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. |
Bullfrog Gold Project
- Montgomery-Shoshone Area, Gold and Silver Mineral Resources at the End of the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Based on $1,550/oz.
Gold and $20/oz. Silver
Mineral Resources - Montgomery-Shoshone |
Redox | |
Classification | |
Tonnes (Mt) | | |
Au grade (g/t) | | |
Ag grade (g/t) | | |
Au Contained (koz) | | |
Ag Contained (koz) | |
| |
Measured | |
| 1.97 | | |
| 0.637 | | |
| 3.35 | | |
| 40.35 | | |
| 212.12 | |
| |
Indicated | |
| 1.35 | | |
| 0.555 | | |
| 2.85 | | |
| 24.04 | | |
| 123.66 | |
Oxide | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 3.32 | | |
| 0.603 | | |
| 3.15 | | |
| 64.38 | | |
| 335.78 | |
| |
Inferred | |
| 1.05 | | |
| 0.586 | | |
| 3.45 | | |
| 19.76 | | |
| 116.41 | |
Notes:
1. |
Oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
2. |
Sulphide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Montgomery-Shoshone. |
3. |
Gold price and Silver price used in the Bullfrog estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices and compared to a three-year trailing average at the time of the estimate with good correlation. |
4. |
Bullfrog oxide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.192 g/tonne and sulphide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.315 g/tonne. |
5. |
Mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
6. |
Processing, general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
7. |
Due to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
8 |
Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
9. |
The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. |
Bullfrog Gold Project
- Bonanza Area, Gold and Silver Mineral Resources at the End of the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022 Based on $1,550/oz. Gold
and $20/oz. Silver
Mineral Resources - Bonanza |
Redox | |
Classification | |
Tonnes (Mt) | | |
Au grade (g/t) | | |
Ag grade (g/t) | | |
Au Contained (koz) | | |
Ag Contained (koz) | |
| |
Measured | |
| 2.35 | | |
| 0.446 | | |
| 0.44 | | |
| 33.78 | | |
| 33.48 | |
| |
Indicated | |
| 1.22 | | |
| 0.422 | | |
| 0.44 | | |
| 16.61 | | |
| 17.17 | |
Oxide | |
Measured and Indicated | |
| 3.58 | | |
| 0.438 | | |
| 0.44 | | |
| 50.40 | | |
| 50.65 | |
| |
Inferred | |
| 0.19 | | |
| 0.473 | | |
| 0.37 | | |
| 2.94 | | |
| 2.28 | |
Notes:
1. |
Oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
2. |
Sulphide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Bonanza. |
3. |
Gold price and Silver price used in the Bullfrog estimated Mineral Resources were based on a review of commodity prices and compared to a three-year trailing average at the time of the estimate with good correlation. |
4. |
Bullfrog oxide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.192 g/tonne and sulphide Mineral Resources are reported using a breakeven cutoff grade of 0.315 g/tonne. |
5. |
Mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
6. |
Processing, general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
7. |
Due to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
8. |
Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
9. |
The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues |
In each case above, Estimated
Mineral Resources have not changed from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2022 due to the fact that Bullfrog Gold Project is
in the exploration stage and no new resources were added to the project through exploration activities in 2022. The material assumptions
underlying mineral resources as previously disclosed at December 31, 2021 remain current in all material respects.
Property Holdings
We have four option/lease/purchase
agreements in place and, with the additional claims it has located, give it control of 734 unpatented lode mining claims and mill site
claims, and 87 patented mining claims. The claims do not have an expiration date, as long as the fees and obligations are maintained.
NPX Assignment of
Lands
In September 2011,
we issued 14.4 million shares of the Company to the shareholders of SGC to acquire 100% of SGC and its assets. SGC is a private Nevada
corporation and now wholly owned by the Company. Concurrently, NPX Metals, Inc. (“NPX”) and Bull Frog Holding, Inc.
(“BHI”) assigned all title and interests in 79 claims and two patents to SGC. The Company granted a production royalty of
3% NSR on the property to NPX and BHI, plus an aggregate 3% NSR cap on any acquired lands within one mile of the 2011 boundary. Thus,
NPX and BHI would not receive any royalty on acquisitions having a 3% or greater NSR.
Mojave Gold Option
In March 2014, we
formed RMMC, a private Nevada corporation, as a wholly owned subsidiary, specifically for holding and acquiring assets. On October 29,
2014, RMMC exercised an option to purchase from Mojave Gold Mining Co. 12 patents west and adjacent to our initial property holdings and
that cover the NE half of the M-S pit. Mojave was paid 750,000 shares of our common stock plus $16,000. RMMC agreed to make annual payments
totaling $180,000 over nine years to fully exercise the option, and expend as a minimum work commitment for the benefit of the Property
$100,000 per year and a total of $500,000 over five years on the properties and surrounding lands within one-half mile of the 12 Mojave
patents. Alternatively, RMMC can pay cash to Mojave at 50% of the difference between the minimum required and the actual expenditures.
Mojave retained a sliding scale Net Smelter Return royalty ranging from 1% for gold prices below $1,200/ounce and up to 4% for gold prices
above $3,200 per ounce.
Lunar Landing Lease
On July 1, 2017,
RMMC entered a lease with Lunar Landing LLC on 24 patents in the Bullfrog District:
|
· |
Two patents are adjacent and west of the M-S pit that could allow potential expansion of the pit down dip of the Polaris vein and stock work system. |
|
· |
Ten patents have provided the Company with contiguous and connecting lands between the M-S and Bullfrog pits. These patents will also allow further expansions of the Bullfrog pit to the north and east. |
|
· |
Four patents are within 0.5 to 1.2 miles west of the Bullfrog pit in the vicinity of the Bonanza Mountain open pit mine. |
|
· |
Eight patents are in an exploration target area located about 1.5 miles NW of the Bullfrog pit and where the Company has owned the Aurium patent since 2011. |
The lease includes the
following:
|
· |
The Company paid $26,000 on signing and is scheduled to annually pay $16,000 for years 2-5, $21,000 for years 6-10, $25,000 for years 11-15, $30,000 for years 16-20, $40,000 for years 21-25 and $45,000 for years 26-30. |
|
· |
Production royalty of 5% net smelter returns with the right to buy-down to 2.5%. |
|
· |
The Company is to expend as a work commitment not less than $50,000 per year and $500,000 in total to maintain the lease. |
|
· |
The Company has rights to commingle ores and the flexibility to operate the Project as a logical land and mining unit. |
Brown Claims
On January 29, 2018,
RMMC purchased two patented claims (the “Brown Claims”), thereby eliminating minor constraints to expand the Bullfrog pit
to the north. As partial consideration for the Brown Claims, RMMC granted the sellers of the Brown Claims a 5% net smelter returns royalty
on the Brown Claims, of which 2.5% can be purchased by RMMC for aggregate consideration of US$37,500.
Barrick Claims
On October 26, 2020,
the Company completed its acquisition of Bullfrog Mines pursuant to the MIPA with the Barrick Parties.
Pursuant to the MIPA,
the Company purchased from the Barrick Parties all of the Equity Interests in Bullfrog Mines for aggregate consideration of (i) 54,600,000
units of the Company, each unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company and one four-year warrant purchase one share of
common stock of the Company at an exercise price of C$0.30 (such number of units and exercise price are set out on a pre-Consolidation
basis), (ii) a 2% net smelter returns royalty (the “Barrick Royalty”) granted on all minerals produced from all of the
patented and unpatented claims (subject to the adjustments set out below), pursuant to a royalty deed, dated October 26, 2020 by
and among Bullfrog Mines and the Barrick Parties (the “Royalty Deed”), (iii) the Company granting indemnification to
the Barrick Parties pursuant to an indemnity deed, dated October 26, 2020 by and among the Company, the Barrick Parties and Bullfrog
Mines, and (iv) certain investor rights, including anti-dilution rights, pursuant to the investor rights agreement, dated October 26,
2020, among the Company, Augusta Investments Inc., and Barrick.
Through the Company’s
acquisition of the Equity Interests, the Company acquired rights to the 1,500 acres of claims adjoining the Company’s Bullfrog Gold
deposit.
Pursuant to the Royalty
Deed, the Barrick Royalty is reduced to the extent necessary so that royalties burdening any individual parcel or claim included in the
Barrick Properties on October 26, 2020, inclusive of the Barrick Royalty, would not exceed 5.5% in the aggregate, provided that the
Barrick Royalty in respect of any parcel or claim would not be less than 0.5%, even if the royalties burdening a parcel or claim included
in the Barrick Properties would exceed 5.5%.
Abitibi Royalties
Option
On December 9, 2020,
Bullfrog Mines entered into a mining option agreement with Abitibi Royalties (USA) Inc. (“Abitibi”) granting Bullfrog Mines
the option (the “Abitibi Option”) to acquire forty-three unpatented lode mining claims to the south of the Bullfrog deposit.
The Abitibi Option was amended on December 9, 2022, to extend the exercise deadline and to increase the last payment amount required
to exercise the option. Bullfrog Mines made an initial payment to Abitibi of C$25,000 and exercised the Abitibi Option in full on January 30,
2023, by:
|
· |
Paying to Abitibi C$50,000 in cash before December 9, 2021; |
|
· |
Paying to Abitibi C$78,750 in cash before January 30, 2023; and |
|
· |
Granting to Abitibi a 2% net smelter royalty on the claims subject to the Abitibi Option on January 30, 2023, of which Bullfrog Mines has the option to purchase 0.5% for C$500,000 on or before December 9, 2030. |
Other Property Holding
Payments
All the unpatented lode
mining claims are on U.S. public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and, therefore, are subject to
exploration and development permits as required by the several current regulations. The unpatented lode mining claims require annual payments
of $155 per claim to the BLM and $12 per claim to Nye County.
Infrastructure
Augusta Gold maintains
sufficient surface rights to support mining operations, including areas for potential waste disposal, tailings storage, heap leach pads
and potential mill sites. The Company recently located additional mining claims and is pursuing the acquisition of other lands in the
area. Most claim blocks are contiguous, and the water rights that Barrick held through Bullfrog Mines were indirectly acquired by Augusta
Gold as part of its acquisition of Bullfrog Mines.
The towns of Beatty,
Pahrump and Tonopah in Nye County have populations that support mining operations in the area.
Valley Electric Association
based in Pahrump, Nevada owns a 138 KV transmission line and a 24.9 KV distribution line that remain on-site and serviced mining at the
site previously. The substation connected to the 24.9 KV line remains on-site, but the transformers and switchgear have been removed.
Current monthly demand and energy rates are $3.75/kw and $0.12/kw-h, respectively.
Pumping from relatively
shallow wells completed near the bottom of the Bullfrog pit is required to access deeper mineralization and could produce most of the
Project water needs. Water may also be available from Barrick’s production wells located a few miles south of Highway 374, possibly
from the Town of Beatty wellfield in Section 2, and to a limited extent from deepening the M-S pit.
Geological Setting,
Mineralization, and Deposit Type
The Bullfrog Gold Project
is in the southern Walker Lane trend within brittle upper-plate volcanic host rocks that were severely broken from dominant detachment
faulting and associated dip-slip and strike-slip displacements. Epithermal solutions permeated the broken host rocks in the Montgomery-Shoshone
(M-S) and Bullfrog deposits precipitating micron-sized and relatively high-grade gold (Au) within major quartz-calcite veins and disseminated
gold in associated stock-work veins. The veins contain gangue minerals other than quartz, such as calcite and manganese oxides, the latter
of which contributes associated silver (Ag) recoveries and gold.
The strike length of
the Bullfrog mineralization is about 1,600 m, including the underground portion which accounts for about 600 m of the strike length. True
widths mined in the underground, where the ore cutoff was 3.0 g/t Au, typically average 5-10 m and local zones may be as much as 15-20
m wide. The highest grades typically correlate with zones of black manganese-rich material, where much of the early manganiferous calcite
has been leached out, rendering the vein a rubble zone of quartz, calcite, and wad. Veins continue up dip and down dip, but the gold grades
and thicknesses diminish rapidly above and below these elevations.
As in the underground
mine, the highest grades in the open pit were associated with veins and vein breccias along the MP fault and its immediate hanging wall.
Higher ore grades also occurred in veins along the UP fault, but widths were generally narrow. Zones of quartz stockwork veins and breccia
were developed between the MP and UP faults in intensely silicified and adularized wall rocks. The ore zone in the hanging wall of the
MP fault, was termed the upper stockwork zone (Jorgensen et al., 1989). Many of the stockwork veins are subparallel in strike to the MP
and UP faults, but dip more steeply. A zone of stockwork quartz veins also occurs in the footwall latite lavas (Tr1g) immediately beneath
the MP fault, but here the ore zone is usually <10-15 m thick. This was termed the lower stockwork zone (Jorgensen et al., 1989). In
this zone individual veins are often subparallel to the MP fault, and vein densities are typically in the range of 5-15%.
In most parts of the
open pit, mineralized rock is truncated by the erosional surface and gravels. The ore zone thinned up-dip and only a modest amount of
ore was probably lost to erosion. Below the open pit, ore grade values persist.
In the Bullfrog mineralization,
the high-grade zones do not comprise obvious discrete plunging ore shoots. Instead high-grade ore zones are developed along the plane
of the MP fault/vein, within 10-20° of the dip of the fault. The overall geometry of these zones is that of elongate lenses in the
plane of the fault, with long dimensions that strike roughly north-south at a low angle of plunge. The highest gold grades roughly coincided
with the oxidation-reduction boundary in the deposit and the pre-mining water table, and modest localized supergene enrichment of precious
metals near this boundary is suggested.
The gold deposits of
the southern Bullfrog Hills are contained in epithermal quartz-calcite veins and stockworks.
Historical Operations
In 1904 the Original
Bullfrog and Montgomery-Shoshone mines were discovered by local prospectors. Prospecting activity was widespread over the Bullfrog Hills
and encompassed a 200 square mile area but centered within a two-mile radius around the town of Rhyolite and included part of the Company’s
property. The Montgomery-Shoshone mine reportedly produced about 67,000 ounces of gold averaging 0.47 gold opt prior to its closure in
1911. The District produced about 94,000 ounces of gold prior to 1911. Mines in the District were sporadically worked from 1911 through
1941, but the Company has no production records of such limited activities.
The Company’s Providence
lode mining claim designated by the Surveyor General as Survey No. 2470 was located in October 1904, surveyed in April 1906,
patented in May 1906 and recorded in Nye County Nevada in June 1908. The unpatented Lucky Queen claim is immediately east and
adjacent to the Providence patent and is believed to have been located in the same time period but was not patented.
With the rise of precious
metal prices in the early 1970’s, the Bullfrog District again underwent intense prospecting and exploration activity for gold as
well as uranium. Companies exploring the area included Texas Gas Exploration, Inc., Phillips Uranium, Tenneco /Copper Range, U.S.
Borax, Western States Minerals, Rayrock, St. Joe American and successors Bond, Lac and Barrick Minerals, Noranda, Angst Mining Company,
Placer Dome, Lac-Sunshine Mining Company Joint Venture, Homestake, and others. In addition to these major companies, several junior mining
companies and individuals were involved as prospectors, promoters and owners. These scientific investigations yielded a new deposit model
for the gold deposits that were mined by others in the Bullfrog District. The identification and understanding of the detachment fault
system led to significant changes in exploration program techniques, focus, and success.
In 1982 St. Joe American, Inc.
initiated drilling in the Montgomery-Shoshone mine area. By 1986, sixty holes had been drilled and a mineral inventory was defined. Subsequent
drilling outlined a reported 2.9 million ounces of gold equivalent in the Bullfrog deposit. A series of corporate takeovers transferred
ownership from St. Joe, to Bond Gold, to Lac Minerals and eventually to Barrick Minerals. Production started in 1989 and recovered approximately
200,000 ounces of gold annually from a conventional, 9,000 ton/day cyanidation mill mainly fed from open pit operations and later supplemented
with underground production. Barrick discontinued production operations in 1999 and completed reclamation in 2003. Thereafter several
groups continued exploration on a limited basis on some of the lands currently held by the Company, but no reserves were ever defined
by these companies on those portions of the Company’s lands.
Exploration and Drilling
The Company’s exploration activities
to date have focused on the following:
|
· |
Exploration drilling, data acquisition and geologic modeling; |
|
· |
Acquiring, organizing, digitizing and vetting electronic and paper data bases obtained from Barrick mainly related to drill data, metallurgy and project infrastructure; and |
|
· |
Maintaining and expanding the land holdings. |
The project drilling
includes 1,311 holes, for a total of 263,757 meters completed between 1983 and early 2021. The holes were drilled using both core and
reverse circulation methods, as detailed in the drilling section of this report.
The following table summarizes project drilling
by year:
Table 1: Project Drilling
by Year
| |
Total Drilling | | |
Coring | | |
Reverse Circulation | |
Year | |
Holes | | |
Meters | | |
Holes | | |
Meters | | |
Holes | | |
Meters | |
1983 | |
| 6 | | |
| 975 | | |
| 6 | | |
| 975 | | |
| 0 | | |
| 0 | |
1984 | |
| 37 | | |
| 3,560 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 37 | | |
| 3,560 | |
1985 | |
| 3 | | |
| 303 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 3 | | |
| 303 | |
1986 | |
| 29 | | |
| 3,364 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 29 | | |
| 3,364 | |
1987 | |
| 163 | | |
| 29,479 | | |
| 3 | | |
| 732 | | |
| 163 | | |
| 28,747 | |
1988 | |
| 321 | | |
| 66,325 | | |
| 32 | | |
| 6,121 | | |
| 321 | | |
| 60,204 | |
1989 | |
| 71 | | |
| 12,285 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 71 | | |
| 12,285 | |
1990 | |
| 154 | | |
| 37,114 | | |
| 33 | | |
| 3,676 | | |
| 154 | | |
| 33,438 | |
1991 | |
| 79 | | |
| 22,954 | | |
| 42 | | |
| 3,627 | | |
| 79 | | |
| 19,327 | |
1992 | |
| 23 | | |
| 4,907 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 23 | | |
| 4,907 | |
1993 | |
| 9 | | |
| 387 | | |
| | | |
| 0 | | |
| 9 | | |
| 387 | |
1994 | |
| 210 | | |
| 31,362 | | |
| 9 | | |
| 1,412 | | |
| 210 | | |
| 29,951 | |
1995 | |
| 99 | | |
| 22,370 | | |
| 3 | | |
| 248 | | |
| 99 | | |
| 22,122 | |
1996 | |
| 58 | | |
| 15,254 | | |
| 19 | | |
| 3,329 | | |
| 45 | | |
| 11,924 | |
2020 | |
| 26 | | |
| 4,405 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 502 | | |
| 25 | | |
| 3,903 | |
2021 | |
| 43 | | |
| 14,820 | | |
| 38 | | |
| 12,749 | | |
| 5 | | |
| 2,071 | |
2022 | |
| 6 | | |
| 2,596 | | |
| 6 | | |
| 2,596 | | |
| 0 | | |
| 0 | |
Total | |
| 1,337 | | |
| 272,460 | | |
| 192 | | |
| 35,967 | | |
| 1,273 | | |
| 236,493 | |
A total of 69 drill holes,
30 reverse circulation (RC) and 39 core holes have been drilled by Augusta from 2020-2021. The purpose of the drilling was to further
define resources and the ultimate limits of the Bullfrog and Montgomery-Shoshone pits and gather data to support advanced geotechnical
and metallurgical studies. The 2020 program also fulfilled a final work commitment for the Company to purchase a 100% interest in lands
under lease from Barrick by mid-September 2020. Two holes were drilled at the Paradise Ridge target.
Permitting
Baseline studies necessary
to advance permitting are in progress.
The following outlines
the general framework for permitting a mine in Nevada and the required permits. Many of the permits discussed herein apply to the construction
stage and are not currently being pursued.
Exploration activities
on Federal mining claims on BLM lands requires a Notice of Intent (NOI) for exploration activities under five acres of disturbance and
a Plan of Operations for larger scale exploration activities. A Plan of Operations is also required with the Nevada Department of Environmental
Protection (NDEP) to fulfill the State of Nevada permitting obligations on private and public lands, respectively. Reclamation bonds related
to environmental liabilities need to be calculated and posted to cover activities on the Project. Additional permits and bonding will
be required for developing, constructing, operating, and reclaiming the Project.
Additional Baseline Studies
will be required to update the historical studies completed by Barrick. This will include geochemistry, hydrologic studies of the in-pit
water and water in existing wells, plant, wildlife and threatened and endangered species surveys, meteorological information, and cultural
surveys:
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· |
Water Pollution Control Permits (WPCP): The WPCP application must address the open pit, heap leach pad, mining activities and water management systems with respect to potentially degrading of the waters of Nevada. Sufficient engineering, design and modeling data must be included in the WPCP. A Tentative Permit Closure Plan must be submitted to the NDEP-BMRR in conjunction with the WPCP. A Final Permanent Closure Plan will be needed two years prior to Project closure. |
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· |
Air Quality: An application for a Class II Air Quality Permit must be prepared using Bureau of Air Pollution Control (BAPC) forms. The application must include descriptions of the facilities, a detailed emission inventory, plot plans, process flow diagrams and a fugitive dust control plan for construction and operation of the Project. A Mercury Operating Permit and a Title V Operating permit will also be necessary for processing loaded carbon or electro-winning precipitates. |
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· |
Water Right: Additional water rights will need to be acquired from third parties or obtained from the Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) for producing Project water. |
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· |
Industrial Artificial Pond: Water storage ponds, which are part of the water management systems, will require Industrial Artificial Pond permits (IAPP) from the Nevada Department of wildlife. Approval from the Nevada State Engineer’s Office is also required if embankments exceed specified heights. |
Additional minor permits
will be required for the project to advance to production and are listed in Table 8.
Table 8: Additional
Minor Permits Required
Notification/Permit |
|
Agency |
Mine Registry |
|
Nevada Division of Minerals |
Mine Opening Notification |
|
State Inspector of Mines |
Solid Waste Landfill |
|
Nevada Bureau of Waste Management |
Hazardous Waste Management Permit |
|
Nevada Bureau of Waste Management |
General Storm Water Permit |
|
Nevada Bureau of Water Pollution Control |
Hazardous Materials Permit |
|
State Fire Marshall |
Fire and Life Safety |
|
State Fire Marshall |
Explosives Permit |
|
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives |
Notification of Commencement of Operation |
|
Mine Safety and Health Administration |
Radio License |
|
Federal Communications Commission |
Public Water Supply Permit |
|
NV Division of Environmental Protection |
MSHA Identification Number and MSHA Coordination |
|
U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) |
Septic Tank |
|
NDEP-Bureau of Water Pollution Control |
Petroleum Contaminated Soils |
|
NV Division of Environmental Protection |
2023 Project Exploration
Plans
Subject to funding, the
Company’s focus in 2023 for exploration at the Bullfrog Gold Project is drilling at the Gap Target, an epithermal lithocap at the
northern end of the Bullfrog land package, as well as continued support of ongoing permitting and engineering work.
Reward Gold Project,
Nye County, Nevada
Property Location
and Access
The Reward Gold Project
(the “Project” or “Reward Project”) is situated about 11.3 km (7 miles) south-southeast of the town of Beatty,
NV about 3.2 km (2 miles) east of US Highway 95 in Nye County (Figure 1). The Project can be accessed from Beatty by paved road on Highway
95 followed by traveling two miles east on a gravel road. Several dirt roads diverge into various canyons of the Bare Mountains. The Project
area lies within Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 16 of Township 13 South, Range 47 East and Sections 33, 34, and 35 of Township 12
South, Range 47 East, all referred to the Mount Diablo Baseline and Meridian. The Project can be accessed from Beatty by paved road on
Highway 95 followed by traveling two miles east on a gravel road. Several dirt roads diverge into various canyons of the Bare Mountains.
Project Stage
The Project is an exploration
stage property with measured, indicated and inferred mineral resources but no known mineral reserves.
Mineral Resource
Estimates
Mineral Resources were
classified using a combination of assessment of geological confidence, data quality and grade continuity. Reasonable prospects of eventual
economic extraction were considered by constraining the estimate within a conceptual pit shell that used the assumptions in Table 9.
Table 9. Reward Conceptual
Open Pit Parameters.
Parameter | |
Unit (Imperial) | |
Cost (Imperial) | | |
Unit (Metric) | |
Cost (Metric) | |
Gold Price | |
US$/oz | |
| 1,700 | | |
US$/g | |
| 54.656 | |
Gold Metallurgical Recovery | |
% | |
| 80 | | |
% | |
| 80 | |
Pit Wall Angles | |
° | |
| 48-58 | | |
° | |
| 48-58 | |
Mining Cost | |
US$/st | |
| 2.00 | | |
US$/tonne | |
| 2.20 | |
Processing Rate | |
Mst/a | |
| 3 | | |
Mtonne/a | |
| 2.7 | |
Processing Cost | |
US$/st | |
$ | 5.50 | | |
US$/tonne | |
$ | 6.06 | |
G & A Cost | |
US$/st | |
| 0.75 | | |
US$/tonne | |
| 0.80 | |
Cut-off Grade (break even) | |
oz/st | |
| 0.0047 | | |
g/tonne | |
| 0.158 | |
Royalty | |
% | |
| 3 | | |
% | |
| 3 | |
The Mineral Resource Estimate for the Reward
Project is presented in Table 10 below.
Table 10. Reward Project
Mineral Resource Estimate at December 31, 2022 Based on USD$1,700/oz. Au
Classification | |
Tonnage (Mt) | | |
Average Grade (g/t) | | |
Contained Au (koz) | |
Good Hope | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Measured | |
| 6.19 | | |
| 0.86 | | |
| 169.9 | |
Indicated | |
| 10.76 | | |
| 0.69 | | |
| 240.0 | |
M&I Total | |
| 16.94 | | |
| 0.75 | | |
| 409.9 | |
Inferred | |
| 0.29 | | |
| 0.56 | | |
| 5.3 | |
Gold Ace | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Indicated | |
| 0.83 | | |
| 0.63 | | |
| 16.8 | |
Inferred | |
| 1.03 | | |
| 0.73 | | |
| 21.8 | |
Reward (Combined Good Hope and Gold Ace) | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Measured | |
| 6.19 | | |
| 0.86 | | |
| 169.9 | |
Indicated | |
| 11.58 | | |
| 0.69 | | |
| 256.8 | |
M&I Total | |
| 17.77 | | |
| 0.75 | | |
| 426.7 | |
Inferred | |
| 1.23 | | |
| 0.68 | | |
| 27.1 | |
Notes:
1. |
Oxide estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman algorithm, a gold price of US$1,700/oz and a recovery of 80% for Au were utilized. |
2. |
Gold price used in the Reward estimated Mineral Resources were
based on a review of commodity prices at the time of the estimate and assumed a price of US$1,700 per oz of gold based upon a three year
trailing average. |
3. |
Mining costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.20/tonne. |
4. |
Processing and general and administration are US$6.06/tonne and US$0.83/tonne per tonne processed, respectively. |
5. |
Reward Mineral Resources are reported using a 0.2 g/tonne incremental cut-off grade. |
6 |
Due to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
7. |
Estimated Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes and are partially diluted. |
8. |
The estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. |
9. |
The effective date of the Reward mineral resource estimate is December 31, 2022. |
Estimated Mineral Resources
have not changed from May 22, 2022 (the date estimates were initially reported to the Commission in the Company Current Report on
Form 8-K dated July 7, 2022) to December 31, 2022 due to the fact that the Reward Gold Project is in the exploration stage
and no new resources were added to the project through exploration activities in the remainder of 2022. The material assumptions underlying
mineral resources as previously disclosed at May 31, 2022 remain current in all material respects.
Property Holdings
The Project area lies
within Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 and 16 of Township 13 South, Range 47 East and Sections 33, 34, and 35 of Township 12 South, Range
47 East, all referred to the Mount Diablo Baseline and Meridian.
Canyon Resources Corporation
(Canyon Resources) holds a 100% interest in the mineral claims that form the Project. In 2008, Canyon Resources assigned all of the patented
and unpatented claims comprising the Project to an entity which was subsequently converted into CR Reward.
The Project encompasses
123 unpatented Bureau of Land Management (BLM) placer and lode mining claims and six patented placer mining claims, totalling approximately
2,333 net acres (944 hectares). Only the patented claims have been legally surveyed. Under United States mining law, claims may be renewed
annually for an unlimited number of years upon a small payment per claim (currently $155 per claim due to the BLM and an aggregate $1,502
due to Nye County) and the same claim status-whether lode or placer-may be used for exploration or exploitation of the lodes or placers.
Several blocks of unpatented
claims are leased by CR Reward from underlying owners, and are referred to as Connolly, Webster, Orser-McFall and Van Meeteren leases.
Connolly
Lease
This lease agreement
(the Connolly Lease), effective as of September 28th, 2004, covers a two-third interest in each of the Sunshine and Reward
unpatented lode claims (collectively, the Connolly Claims). The Connolly Lease is for an initial term of 20 years and continues so long
thereafter as the Project remains in commercial production. A 3% NSR royalty is payable on any minerals mined from the Connolly Claims,
but is reduced to 2% due to the fact that CR Reward only owns a two-third interest in the Connolly Claims. Annual advance minimum royalty
payments are payable under the Connolly Lease in an amount equal to $10,000 per year. These annual advance minimum royalty payments shall
be applied toward, credited against and fully deductible from earned mineral production royalty payments due from the Connolly Claims.
Webster
Lease
This lease agreement
(the Webster lease), effective as of November 9, 2004 (as amended on November 9th, 2004 and November 8th,
2006), covers a one-third interest in each of the Sunshine and Reward unpatented lode claims and a half interest in the Good Hope unpatented
lode claim (collectively, the Webster Claims). The Webster Lease is for an initial term of 20 years and continues so long thereafter as
the Project remains in commercial production. A 3% NSR royalty is payable on any minerals mined from the Webster Claims, but is (i) reduced
to 1% on the Sunshine and Reward claims due to the fact that the lessee only owns a one-third interest, and (ii) reduced to 1.5%
on the Good Hope claim due to the fact that CR Reward only owns a half interest in this claim. Annual advance minimum royalty payments
are payable under the Webster Lease in an amount equal to $7,500 per year. The annual advance minimum royalty payments paid in any given
year may be applied toward, credited against and fully deductible from any earned mineral production royalty payments due on the Webster
Claims during the calendar year in which such annual advance minimum royalty payments are due.
Orser-McFall Lease
This lease agreement
(the Orser-McFall Lease), effective as of February 5, 2005 (as amended on August 18th, 2005 and November 14th,
2006), applies to 12 unpatented lode and six unpatented placer mining claims (collectively, the Orser-McFall Claims). The Orser-McFall
Lease is for an initial term of 20 years and continues so long thereafter as the Project remains in commercial production. The lessors
under the Orser-McFall Lease own 100% of the Orser-McFall Claims, except for the Good Hope claim, in which they own a half interest (the
other half being owned by the Daniel D. Webster Living Trust and leased to CR Reward pursuant to the Webster Lease). A 3% NSR royalty
is payable on minerals mined from the Orser-McFall Claims, but is reduced to 1.5% on the Good Hope claim due to the fact that the lessee
only owns a half interest in that claim. Annual advance minimum royalty payments are payable under the Orser-McFall Lease in an amount
equal to $20,000 per year. These annual advance minimum royalty payments shall be applied toward, credited against and fully deductible
from earned mineral production royalty payments due from the Orser-McFall Claims.
Van
Meeteren et al Lease
This lease agreement
(the Van Meeteren Lease), effect as of December 1st, 2011 (applies to the Double RS and the Durlers Hope unpatented placer
claims (the Van Meeteren Claims). The Van Meeteren Lease is for an initial term of 20 years and continues so long thereafter as the Project
remains in commercial production or CR Reward is actively conducting exploration, development, reclamation or remediation operations.
A 3% NSR royalty is payable on minerals mined from the Van Meeteren Claims. Annual advance minimum royalty payments are payable under
the Van Meeteren Lease in an amount equal to $15/acre from 2011 through 2020, for a total of $1,800 per year, and $20/acre from and after
2021, for a total of $2,400 per year. These annual advance minimum royal payments are recoupable from earned mineral production royalties.
All payments described above have been timely paid by CR Reward and its predecessor and the agreements are all in good standing.
The Project area mainly
consists of Federal public domain lands administered by the BLM. There are no State or private tracts within the Project area, except
the six patented claims owned by CR Reward, all of which carry surface and mineral rights ownership.
The Project is not subject
to any other back-in rights payments, agreements or encumbrances.
CR Reward has the right
to use 391,494 m3 (317.39 acre-ft) of water annually under Application No. 61412, Certificate No. 16384 and Permit No. 76390.
The Amargosa River basin
is an enclosed basin, and the water rights are thus not affected by the Colorado River Compact or other agreements.
Infrastructure
The Project is located
seven miles by road southeast of Beatty, a town of approximately 1,000 people that serves as a transit hub and service centre for travellers
between Las Vegas and Reno, and those going to Death Valley. Several motels and restaurants, gas stations, a post office, and several
small stores provide basic services.
The Project is currently
serviced by an existing 14.4/24.9 kV power line owned and operated by Valley Electric. A water well currently provides water for exploration
activities.
Project employees would
likely be recruited from the local area, including the communities of Beatty, Amargosa, and Pahrump, located within Nye County, and the
regional urban centre of Las Vegas, located within Clark County. There is available nearby accommodation to the Project site in Beatty
and other smaller communities
The Project has sufficient
land area, with adjacent public-domain lands also potentially available, to allow mine development, including space for the mining operations,
waste rock disposal facilities (WRDs), heap leach pads and processing plants.
Geological Setting, Mineralization and
Deposit Type
Mineralization in the
Good Hope Deposit and Golden Ace Zone can be classified as examples of a structurally controlled, locally disseminated, sediment hosted,
mesothermal quartz vein gold deposit.
The Project is hosted
within the Bare Mountain Complex which lies within an intricate tectonic setting of the Nevada Basin and Range Province.
The Bare Mountain Complex
consist of up to 6,096 m (20,000 ft) of Upper Proterozoic to Paleozoic marine sedimentary rocks in the lower plate that have been juxtaposed
against Miocene silicic volcanic sequences in the upper plate. The lower plate units were deformed through folding, thrust faulting, low
and high angle normal faulting during a Mesozoic compression event, and have been metamorphosed from lower amphibolite to sub-greenschist
grade. Two dominant normal fault sets have been mapped in the lower plate, including the moderately east-dipping Bare Mountain and Gold
Ace faults, and shallowly southeast-dipping faults that cut or curve into east-dipping faults.
The Project is located
on the southwestern flank of the Bare Mountain Complex and is underlain by moderately-deformed marine clastic and carbonate rocks of Late
Proterozoic and Late Cambrian age that have been metamorphosed to greenschist grade. Tertiary and younger alluvium cover the lower slopes
and the adjacent Armagosa Valley to the south and west. The east-dipping Gold Ace fault, locally termed the Good Hope fault zone, separates
northeast dipping Late Proterozoic to Early Cambrian units in the footwall block from Middle to Late Cambrian units in the hanging wall
block.
The gold mineralization
in the Good Hope Deposit is spatially associated with, and along, the Good Hope fault zone, and is primarily hosted in altered and veined
Wood Canyon Formation, and to a lesser extent, in the Juhl and Sutton Members of the Stirling Formation. Mineralization hosted along the
contact between the Sutton and Morris Marble Members of the Stirling Formation is referred to as the Gold Ace Zone. Although there are
small historic prospects along the Good Hope fault zone, most of the historic production came from the Gold Ace Zone.
Historical Operations
Historical exploration
of the Project was completed by several other companies from 1976 to 2004, including Galli Exploration Associates (Galli Exploration),
Teco Inc. (Teco), St. Joe Minerals Corporation (St Joe), Gexa Gold Corp (Gexa), Cloverleaf Gold Inc. (Cloverleaf), Homestake Mining Company
(Homestake), Pathfinder Gold Corporation (Pathfinder), Bond Gold Exploration Inc. (Bond Gold), Barrick, US Nevada Gold Search (USNGS),
Rayrock Mines, Inc (Rayrock), Glamis Gold, Ltd. (Glamis Gold), and Marigold Mining Company (Marigold Mining). Historical exploration
included airborne geophysics, reverse circulation (RC) and core drilling, initial metallurgical testwork, mineral resource estimates and
technical studies.
Canyon Resources acquired
the Project in 2004, and together with Atna Resources Ltd. (Atna) and CR Reward, have completed data compilation and validation, ground
induced polarization/resistivity geophysical surveys, RC and core drilling, mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates, metallurgical
testwork, permitting studies, environmental baseline studies, and technical studies. The following permits and authorizations were granted
to CR Reward in 2007:
· |
Plan of Operations authorized under N-82840. |
· |
Water Pollution Control Permit (WPCP); WPCP NEV2007101. |
· |
General construction permit; NVR100000 CSW-17415. |
· |
Water rights permitted by Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) under Mining, Milling, & Domestic permit 76390. |
· |
Mining reclamation permit granted by the Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (BMRR) under mine site permit #0300. |
· |
Nevada Bureau of Air Pollution Control (BAPC) authorized Class II Air Quality permit AP1041-2492. |
Permitting
The current Project area
includes public and private lands within Nye County, Nevada. The Project, therefore, falls under the jurisdiction and permitting requirements
of Nye County, the State of Nevada (primarily the BMRR) and the BLM.
The following permits
and authorizations were granted to CR Reward:
· |
Plan of Operations authorized under N-82840. |
· |
Water Pollution Control Permit (WPCP); WPCP NEV2007101. |
· |
Water rights permitted by Nevada Division of Water Resources (NDWR) under Mining, Milling, & Domestic permit 76390 and permit 89658. |
· |
Mining reclamation permit granted by the Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (BMRR) under mine site permit #0300. |
· |
Nevada Bureau of Air Pollution Control (BAPC) authorized Class II Air Quality permit AP1041-2492. |
The reader is referred
to Evans et al. (2019) for additional information regarding permitting considerations for mining activities at the Project. Regarding
exploration activities, during early phases of exploration, when surface disturbance is generally limited, authorization from the BLM
is conditionally granted under a notice (40 CFR § 3890.21). There are currently no exploration notices associated with the Project
and none are likely to be granted given the Project has a mine plan of operations (MPO) that was granted in 2020.
2023 Project Exploration
Plans
Subject to funding, the
Company’s focus in 2023 for exploration at the Reward Project is expanding the resource down-dip, and performing infill drilling
where there are gaps in the current resource model.
PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS
Documents Filed as
Part of Report
Financial Statements
The following Consolidated
Financial Statements of the Company were filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2023:
|
1. |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Davidson & Company LLP. |
|
2. |
Consolidated Balance Sheets – As of December 31, 2022 and 2021. |
|
3. |
Consolidated Statements of Income/(Loss) – Years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. |
|
4. |
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – Years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. |
|
5. |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. |
|
6. |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
See
“Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
Financial Statement
Schedules
No financial statement
schedules are filed as part of this report because such schedules are not applicable or the required information is shown in the Consolidated
Financial Statements or notes thereto. See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
Exhibits:
The exhibits, listed on the following exhibit
index are filed or furnished as part of this Amended Report on Form 10-K/A. These exhibits should be read in conjunction with the
exhibits in Item 15 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 24, 2022.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 20, 2023 |
AUGUSTA GOLD CORP. |
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|
|
By: |
/s/ Donald R. Taylor |
|
|
Name: Donald R. Taylor |
|
|
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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|
|
Date: December 20, 2023 |
AUGUSTA GOLD CORP. |
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|
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By: |
/s/ Michael McClelland |
|
|
Name: Michael McClelland |
|
|
Title: Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Donald R. Taylor, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Augusta Gold Corp.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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a) |
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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b) |
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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c) |
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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d) |
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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a) |
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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b) |
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Dated: December 20, 2023 | |
/s/ Donald
R. Taylor |
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Donald R. Taylor, |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Michael McClelland, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Augusta Gold Corp.; |
| 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
| 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report; |
| 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
|
a) |
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
|
b) |
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
|
c) |
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
|
d) |
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
| 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
|
a) |
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
|
b) |
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Dated: December 20, 2023 | |
/s/ Michael McClelland |
| |
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Michael McClelland, |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 96.1
|
S-K
1300 Technical Report
Mineral
Resource Estimate
Bullfrog
Gold Project
Nye
County, Nevada
EFFECTIVE
DATE: December 31, 2021
Amended:
December 18, 2023
PREPARED
FOR:
Augusta
Gold Corp.
Vancouver,
BC
BY
QUALIFIED
PERSONS:
Forte
Dynamics, Inc.
120
Commerce Drive, Units 3-4
Fort
Collins, CO 80524 |
|
| | Augusta Gold Corp. |
Date
and Signature Page
This
report titled “S-K 1300 Technical Report Mineral Resource Estimate on the Bullfrog Gold Project, Nye County, Nevada”
is current as of December 31, 2021 and was prepared and signed by Forte Dynamics, Inc., acting as a Qualified Person Firm.
(signed
and sealed)
Date:
December 18, 2023
Forte
Dynamics, Inc.
120
Commerce Drive, Units 3-4
Fort
Collins, CO 80524
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Table
of Contents
1. |
Executive Summary |
9 |
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1.1 |
Location, Property Description and Ownership |
9 |
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1.2 |
Geology and Mineralization |
10 |
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1.3 |
Exploration, Drilling, Sampling and QA/QC |
11 |
|
1.3.1 |
Exploration |
11 |
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1.3.2 |
Drilling |
12 |
|
1.3.3 |
Sampling |
13 |
|
1.3.4 |
QA/QC |
14 |
|
1.3.5 |
Database Improvements |
14 |
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1.4 |
Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing |
14 |
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1.5 |
Mineral Resource Estimates |
17 |
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1.6 |
Conclusions |
20 |
|
1.6.1 |
Geology and Mineral Resources |
20 |
|
1.6.2 |
Metallurgical Test Work and Mineral Processing |
21 |
|
1.6.3 |
Infrastructure |
22 |
|
1.7 |
Recommendations |
22 |
|
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2. |
Introduction |
23 |
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2.1 |
Units of Measure |
23 |
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2.2 |
Abbreviations |
24 |
|
2.3 |
Qualified Persons and Details of Inspection |
24 |
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3. |
Property Description |
25 |
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3.1 |
NPX Assignment of Lands |
51 |
|
3.2 |
Mojave Gold Option |
51 |
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3.3 |
Barrick Bullfrog Inc. Lease and Option |
51 |
|
3.4 |
Lunar Landing Lease |
51 |
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3.5 |
Brown Claims |
52 |
|
3.6 |
Barrick Claims (2020) |
52 |
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3.7 |
Abitibi Royalties Option |
53 |
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3.8 |
Other Property Considerations |
53 |
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3.9 |
Environmental and Permitting |
53 |
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3.10 |
Significant Risk Factors |
54 |
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4. |
Accessibility, Climate, Local Resources, Infrastructure and Physiography |
55 |
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4.1 |
Accessibility |
55 |
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4.2 |
Physiography, Climate and Vegetation |
55 |
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4.3 |
Local Resources and Infrastructure |
56 |
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5. |
History |
57 |
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6. |
Geological Setting, Mineralisation and Deposit |
59 |
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6.1 |
Regional Geology |
59 |
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6.2 |
Local and Property Geology |
60 |
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6.2.1 |
Cenozoic Rocks |
62 |
|
6.2.2 |
Pre-14 Ma Rocks |
62 |
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6.2.3 |
14 to 11 Ma Rocks |
64 |
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6.2.4 |
Post 11 Ma to 7.6 Ma Rocks |
66 |
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6.2.5 |
10.6-10.0 Ma Rainbow Mountain Sequence (Trm,
Tr11-16 and other units) |
67 |
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6.3 |
District Geology |
68 |
|
6.4 |
Mineralization and Veining |
69 |
|
6.4.1 |
Bullfrog Mineralization |
69 |
|
6.4.2 |
Montgomery-Shoshone Mineralization |
70 |
|
6.4.3 |
Bonanza Mineralization |
72 |
|
6.5 |
Deposit |
72 |
|
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7. |
Exploration |
74 |
|
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|
|
7.1 |
Bullfrog |
75 |
|
7.1.1 |
Mystery Hills |
75 |
|
7.1.2 |
Ladd Mountain |
75 |
|
7.2 |
Montgomery-Shoshone Area |
75 |
|
7.2.1 |
Polaris Vein |
75 |
|
7.2.2 |
East Zone |
75 |
|
7.2.3 |
Deep Potential |
75 |
|
7.3 |
Bonanza Mountain |
76 |
|
7.4 |
Gap |
76 |
|
7.5 |
Drilling |
77 |
|
7.5.1 |
2020 - 2021 Drilling |
79 |
|
7.5.2 |
2021 Additional Drilling Included in the End of Year 2021 Resource
Model |
89 |
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8. |
Sample Preparation, Analyses, and Security |
95 |
|
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8.1 |
Historic Data (1983 – 1996) |
95 |
|
8.2 |
Augusta Gold Corp. (2020-2021) |
95 |
|
8.2.1 |
Augusta Gold Corp. 2020 |
95 |
|
8.2.2 |
Augusta Gold Corp 2021 |
97 |
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9. |
Data Verification |
107 |
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9.1 |
Check Assay |
108 |
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9.2 |
Qualified Person’s Opinion |
111 |
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10. |
Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing |
112 |
|
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10.1 |
St. Joe |
112 |
|
10.1.1 |
Large Column Leach Test |
112 |
|
10.1.2 |
Bottle Roll Tests on UG Samples |
113 |
|
10.1.3 |
Column Testing by Kappes Cassiday & Associates |
113 |
|
10.2 |
Pilot Testing by Barrick |
114 |
|
10.3 |
Column Leach Tests |
115 |
|
10.4 |
Conclusions for Heap Leaching |
116 |
|
10.5 |
Leach Pad Siting |
117 |
|
10.6 |
Additional Testing |
118 |
|
10.7 |
Qualified Person’s Opinion |
119 |
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11. |
Mineral Resource Estimates |
120 |
|
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11.1 |
Summary |
120 |
|
11.2 |
Database |
123 |
|
11.2.1 |
Vulcan Isis Drillhole Database |
124 |
|
11.2.2 |
Drillhole Exclusion |
126 |
|
11.3 |
Grade Shells |
127 |
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11.4 |
Statistical Analyses and Capping of Outlier Values |
129 |
|
11.5 |
Compositing |
130 |
|
11.6 |
Variography |
130 |
|
11.7 |
Block Model |
133 |
|
11.8 |
Estimation Methodology |
135 |
|
11.9 |
Resource Estimate Classification |
138 |
|
11.10 |
Density Data |
138 |
|
11.11 |
Pit Slopes |
140 |
|
11.12 |
Reblocking |
141 |
|
11.13 |
Pit Shell Optimization |
142 |
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12. |
Mineral Reserve Estimates |
145 |
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13. |
Mining Methods |
145 |
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14. |
Process and Recovery Methods |
145 |
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15. |
Infrastructure |
145 |
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16. |
Market Studies |
145 |
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17. |
Environmental Studies, Permitting, and Plans,
Negotiations, or Agreements with Local Individuals or Groups |
145 |
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18. |
Capital and Operating Costs |
145 |
|
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19. |
Economic Analysis |
145 |
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20. |
Adjacent Properties |
146 |
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21. |
Other Relevant Data and Information |
147 |
|
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22. |
Interpretation and Conclusions |
148 |
|
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|
22.1 |
Geology and Mineral Resources |
148 |
|
22.2 |
Metallurgical Test Work and Mineral Processing |
149 |
|
22.3 |
Infrastructure |
149 |
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|
23. |
Recommendations |
150 |
|
|
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23.1 |
Exploration |
150 |
|
23.2 |
Baseline Studies |
150 |
|
23.3 |
Additional Studies |
150 |
|
23.4 |
Estimated Costs |
150 |
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24. |
References |
152 |
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25. |
Reliance on Information Provided by the Registrant |
158 |
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26. |
Appendix 1 |
159 |
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26.1 |
Statistical Analysis of Drillhole Data for Gold Assays |
159 |
|
26.2 |
Statistical Analysis of Drillhole Data for Silver
Assays |
166 |
|
26.3 |
Swath Plots |
173 |
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List
Of Tables
Table
1-1: Location and Depth of 2020 - 2021 Holes |
12 |
Table
1-2: 1994 Leach Test Results |
14 |
Table
1-3: 1995 Pilot Heap Leach Test Results |
15 |
Table
1-4: 2018 Column Leach Test Results |
15 |
Table
1-5: 2019 Column Leach Test Results |
16 |
Table
1-6: 2020 Bottle Roll Test Results |
17 |
Table
1-7: Bullfrog Mineral Resources |
18 |
Table
1-8: Montgomery-Shoshone Mineral Resources |
19 |
Table
1-9: Bonanza Mineral Resources |
19 |
Table
1-10: Combined Mineral Resources |
20 |
Table
3-1: Lands Under the Control of Augusta Gold Corp. |
26 |
Table
3-2: Additional Minor Permits Required |
54 |
Table
5-1: Bullfrog Project Production |
57 |
Table
7-1: Drilling Totals by Type |
78 |
Table
7-2: Active Years by Operator |
79 |
Table
7-3: Location and Depth of 2020 - 2021 Holes |
81 |
Table
7-4: Drilling Results from the 2020 - 2021 Program |
84 |
Table
7-5: Location and Depth of Additional 2021 Holes |
90 |
Table
7-6: Drilling Results from Additional Drilling in 2021 Program |
91 |
Table
8-1: CRM Expected Values |
96 |
Table
8-2: Summary of Gold in CRM’s |
96 |
Table
8-3: CRM Expected Values |
96 |
Table
8-4: Blank Failure Threshold |
97 |
Table
8-5: Duplicate Sample Results |
97 |
Table
8-6: CRM Expected Values |
104 |
Table
8-7: Summary of Gold in CRMs |
105 |
Table
8-8: Blank Failure Threshold |
105 |
Table
9-1: Check Assay Gold Statistics |
110 |
Table
10-1: Typical Processing Statistics from 1989-1999 |
112 |
Table
10-2: Leach Test Results |
113 |
Table
10-3: Heap Leach Pilot Tests – Barrick |
114 |
Table
10-4: Column Leach Test Results (2018) |
115 |
Table
10-5: Column Leach Test Results (2019) |
116 |
Table
10-6: Estimated Heap Leach Recovery |
116 |
Table
10-7: Summary Metallurgical Results – Bottle Roll Tests |
118 |
Table
11-1: Bullfrog Mineral Resources |
121 |
Table
11-2: Montgomery-Shoshone Mineral Resources |
122 |
Table
11-3: Bonanza Mineral Resources |
122 |
Table
11-4: Combined Property Mineral Resources |
123 |
Table
11-5: Drillhole Exclusion for Bullfrog Deposit |
126 |
Table
11-6: Drillhole Exclusion for Montgomery-Shoshone Deposit |
127 |
Table
11-7: DOMAIN Codes and Corresponding Grade Shell Triangulations |
129 |
Table
11-8: Capping Values and Statistics for Gold Assays |
130 |
Table
11-9: Capping Values and Statistics for Silver Assays |
130 |
Table
11-10: Block Model Extents |
133 |
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Table
11-11: Block Estimation Parameters |
136 |
Table
11-12: Block Estimation Parameters |
138 |
Table
11-13: Density Assignments for Mineralized Domains |
139 |
Table
11-14: Density Assignments for Unmineralized Domains |
139 |
Table
11-15: Density Assignments for Dump, Fill and Alluvium |
139 |
Table
11-16: LG Pit Optimization Parameters |
142 |
Table
23-1: Land Positions of the Bullfrog Project and Adjacent Properties |
151 |
List
Of Figures
Figure
1-1: Location Map |
10 |
Figure
1-2: District Geology Map |
11 |
Figure
3-1: Location Map |
25 |
Figure
3-2: Property Map of the Bullfrog Project |
50 |
Figure
4-1: Photo of Bullfrog Hills at Rhyolite |
55 |
Figure
6-1: Regional Setting of the Bullfrog Mine (Eng et al., 1996) |
59 |
Figure
6-2: Bullfrog District – Stratigraphy and Mineralization |
61 |
Figure
6-3: Cross Section of the Bullfrog Project Area |
62 |
Figure
6-4: District Geology Map — Each Section is 1.6 km, or 1 Mile Square |
69 |
Figure
7-1: Exploration and Mining Targets at the Bullfrog Project |
74 |
Figure
7-2: Plan Map of Drill Hole Collars |
80 |
Figure
7-3: Drilling in the Montgomery-Shoshone Area from the 2020 - 2021 Drill Campaign |
83 |
Figure
7-4: Drilling in the Bullfrog Area from the 2020 - 2021 Drill Campaign |
83 |
Figure
8-1: Truck Mounted Core Rig |
98 |
Figure
8-2: Laydown Yard and Sample Storage |
98 |
Figure
8-3: Logging Laptop |
99 |
Figure
8-4: Core Shed and Quick Log Station |
100 |
Figure
8-5: Logging Facility |
101 |
Figure
8-6: Core Saw |
102 |
Figure
8-7: Sampling Tables |
102 |
Figure
8-8: Core Cutting Facility |
103 |
Figure
8-9: Sample Pick Up Area |
104 |
Figure
8-10: Gold Pulp Comparison |
106 |
Figure
9-1: Check Assay Gold Comparison |
109 |
Figure
9-2: Check Assay Gold - Percent Difference |
110 |
Figure
9-3: Silver Check Assay Comparison |
111 |
Figure
10-1: Leach Test Results |
114 |
Figure
10-2: Potential Leach Pad Sites & Approximate Capacities |
117 |
Figure
11-1: Drillhole Collar Locations |
125 |
Figure
11-2: Grade Shell (DOMAIN) Triangulations |
128 |
Figure
11-3: Variogram for Bullfrog Low Grade Domain (11) |
131 |
Figure
11-4: Variogram for Bullfrog High Grade Vein Domain (12) |
131 |
Figure
11-5: Variogram for Montgomery-Shoshone Low Grade Domain (21) |
132 |
Figure
11-6: Variogram for Bonanza Low Grade Domain (31) |
132 |
Figure
11-7: Bullfrog Underground Stope Shapes |
134 |
Figure
11-8: Bullfrog 8620N Cross-Section Showing Gold Blocks and Composites |
137 |
Figure
11-9: Oxide and Sulfide Coding – Bullfrog Section 8600N |
138 |
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Figure
11-10: Bullfrog Pit Slope Angles and Slope Sector Assignments |
140 |
Figure
11-11: Bonanza Pit Slope Angles and Slope Sector Assignments |
141 |
Figure
11-12: Montgomery-Shoshone Pit Slope Angles and Slope Sector Assignments |
141 |
Figure
11-13: Bullfrog |
143 |
Figure
11-14: Montgomery-Shoshone |
143 |
Figure
11-15: Bonanza |
144 |
Figure
20-1: Land Positions of the Bullfrog Project and Adjacent Properties |
146 |
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This
report has been updated from the Technical Report Summary submitted on July 14, 2023.
PP11.1
– Added a paragraph to the report describing the cut off grade selection. Added the oxide and sulfide cutoff grades to the
tables.
Break-even
cutoff grades, which consider mining cost and can identify blocks have a positive net value, including mining costs. Mineral resources
are reported at break-even cutoffs of 0.192g/t for oxide-leach and 0.315 g/t for sulfide-leach.
PP9.2
- The qualified person has reviewed these data and believes that they are sufficient and appropriate for use in this report to
determine the mineral resource estimate.
PP10.7
– “The qualified person has reviewed these data and believes that they are sufficient and appropriate for use in this
report to determine the mineral resource estimate.”
PP11.1
– “The comparable pricing for gold of $1,550 compares well with the three-year trailing average of $1,558/oz Au in
June 2021, an accepted method for a mineral resource reporting price. The $20/oz silver price compares to a three-year average
of $19.07 and was typical of other similar reports.”
This
technical report has been prepared for Augusta Gold Corp. (Augusta, Augusta Gold, or the Company) by Forte Dynamics for the Bullfrog
Gold Project (Project, project, or Bullfrog Project) in Nye County, Nevada. This is a Technical Report Summary (TRS) summarizing
an Initial Assessment of Mineral Resources aligned with Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K subpart 1300 (S-K 1300).
This
report was prepared for the purpose of producing an updated mineral resource statement for the project that includes new drilling
information, and geologic modeling associated with the work that was completed through 2021.
New
resource models were completed for the three deposits at Bullfrog (Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone, Bonanza) and mineral resource
estimates were calculated within optimized pit shells for the Bullfrog area, Montgomery-Shoshone area and the Bonanza area. Previously,
resources were reported from earlier models in an August 2021 NI 43-101 technical report.
| 1.1 | Location,
Property Description and Ownership |
The
Company’s wholly owned Bullfrog Gold Project is located in the Bullfrog Hills of Nye County, Nevada and in the southern
half of the Bullfrog Mining District (Figure 1-1). Basic amenities are available in the town of Beatty, which is situated 6.5
km east of the Project. Las Vegas is the largest regional city with full services and is a 260 km drive to the site. Project properties
are located in Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 of T11S, R46E and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and
23 of T12S, R46E, Mt. Diablo Meridian. The location of the property is shown in Figure 1-1.
The
Company has four option/lease/purchase agreements in place and has located 61 claims that give it control of 439 unpatented lode
mining claims and mill site claims, and 86 patented. The claims do not have an expiration date, as long as the fees and obligations
are maintained.
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Figure
1-1: Location Map
| 1.2 | Geology and Mineralization |
The Project is in the southern
Walker Lane trend within brittle upper-plate volcanic host rocks that were severely deformed from dominant detachment faulting
and associated dip-slip and strike-slip displacements. Epithermal solutions permeated the broken host rocks in the Bullfrog Montgomery-Shoshone
(M-S) and Bonanza areas precipitating micron-sized and relatively high-grade gold (Au) within major quartz-calcite veins and disseminated
gold in associated stock-works. The veins contain gangue minerals other than quartz, such as calcite and manganese oxides, the
latter of which contributes associated silver (Ag) recoveries and gold. The district geology map is shown below in Figure 1-2.
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Figure
1-2: District Geology Map
| 1.3 | Exploration,
Drilling, Sampling and QA/QC |
The
Company’s exploration activities to date have focused on the following:
| ● | Exploration
drilling, data acquisition and geologic modeling; |
| ● | Acquiring,
organizing, digitizing and vetting electronic and paper data bases obtained from Barrick mainly related to drill data, metallurgy
and project infrastructure; and |
| ● | Maintaining
and expanding the land holdings. |
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The
project drilling includes 1,311 holes, for a total of 263,757 meters completed between 1983 and early 2021. The holes were drilled
using both core and reverse circulation methods, as detailed in the drilling section of this report. Table 1-1 summarizes the
project drilling by year.
Table
1-1: Location and Depth of 2020 - 2021 Holes
Year |
Total Drilling |
Coring |
Reverse Circulation |
Holes |
Meters |
Holes |
Meters |
Holes |
Meters |
1983 |
6 |
975 |
6 |
975 |
0 |
0 |
1984 |
37 |
3,560 |
|
0 |
37 |
3,560 |
1985 |
3 |
303 |
|
0 |
3 |
303 |
1986 |
29 |
3,364 |
|
0 |
29 |
3,364 |
1987 |
163 |
29,479 |
3 |
732 |
163 |
28,747 |
1988 |
321 |
66,325 |
32 |
6,121 |
321 |
60,204 |
1989 |
71 |
12,285 |
|
0 |
71 |
12,285 |
1990 |
154 |
37,114 |
33 |
3,676 |
154 |
33,438 |
1991 |
79 |
22,954 |
42 |
3,627 |
79 |
19,327 |
1992 |
23 |
4,907 |
|
0 |
23 |
4,907 |
1993 |
9 |
387 |
|
0 |
9 |
387 |
1994 |
210 |
31,362 |
9 |
1,412 |
210 |
29,951 |
1995 |
99 |
22,370 |
3 |
248 |
99 |
22,122 |
1996 |
58 |
15,254 |
19 |
3,329 |
45 |
11,924 |
2020 |
26 |
4,405 |
1 |
502 |
25 |
3,903 |
2021 |
43 |
14,820 |
38 |
12,749 |
5 |
2,071 |
Total |
1,331 |
269,864 |
186 |
33,371 |
1,273 |
236,493 |
A
total of 69 drill holes, 30 reverse circulation (RC) and 39 core holes have been drilled by Augusta from 2020-2021. The purpose
of the drilling was to further define resources and the ultimate limits of the Bullfrog and Montgomery-Shoshone pits and gather
data to support advanced geotechnical and metallurgical studies. The 2020 program also fulfilled a final work commitment for the
Company to purchase a 100% interest in lands under lease from Barrick by mid-September 2020. Two holes were drilled at the Paradise
Ridge target. Section 7 of this report details the results of the 2020 - 2021 drilling program.
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1.3.3.1 | Historic
(1983-1986) |
Historic
drilling and coring information used in this resource estimate was obtained from several drill programs that began in 1983 with
St. Joe Minerals, continued with Bond Gold and Lac Minerals, and ended by Barrick in late 1996. Of 1,262 total holes drilled in
the area, 147 holes included core and 1,243 holes were drilled using reverse circulation methods. Most of the cored holes included
intervals of core plus RC segments. Percent recovery and RQD measurements were made on all core intervals. An assessment was made
of the quality of the orientation data and the core was marked accordingly. The core was then logged, recording lithological,
alteration, mineralization, and structural information including the orientation of faults, fault lineation’s, fractures,
veins, and bedding. With few exceptions, the entire lengths of the holes were sampled. Sample intervals were 5 feet and occasionally
based on the geological logging, separating different lithologies and styles of mineralization and alteration. Samples were marked
and tagged in the core box before being photographed, after which the core was sawed in half, with one half sent for assay and
one half retained for future reference. Each sample interval was bagged separately and shipped to the lab for analysis.
Cuttings
from nearly all reverse circulation drill programs were divided into two streams, one was sampled and the other was disposed during
the reclamation of each drill site. Using a Jones splitter, the sample stream was further divided into two sample bags, one designated
for assaying and the second duplicate designated as a field reject. Samples were collected at five-foot intervals and bagged at
the drill site. Each five-foot sample was sealed at the drill site and not opened until it reached the analytical lab. At each
20-foot rod connection, the hole was blown clean to eliminate material that had fallen into the hole during the connection. The
designated assay samples for each five-foot interval were collected by the site geologist and moved to a secure sample collection
area for shipment to accredited laboratories off site. When duplicate samples were collected, they were retained at the drill
site as a reference sample, if needed. If the duplicate samples were not used, they were blended with site materials during site
reclamation.
1.3.3.2 | Augusta
Gold Corp (2020-2021) |
Augusta
Gold Corporation (Augusta Gold) commenced exploration on the Bullfrog Gold Project in 2020, continuing through the second quarter
of 2021. Work performed consisted of oriented diamond core drilling, conventional Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling and reconnaissance
mapping and surface sampling for drill target generation. A digital, Access based database (GeoSpark) has been maintained by Augusta
Gold, including all assays from drill samples and geochemical analysis from surface rock chip samples, completed on the project.
Oriented
diamond core drilling (HQ3) was performed using two track-mounted LF-90 drills and one truck mounted LF-90 drill. Core orientation
was collected using Reflex ACTIII tooling, overseen by staff geologists and verified by a third-party contractor. All drill core
was logged, photographed, split, and sampled on-site.
Conventional
Reverse Circulation drilling was performed using a single Atlas Copco RD 10+, with a hole diameter of 6.75 inches. All RC samples
were logged and sampled on-site. Samples were air dried, sealed in bulk bags on-site. Additionally, surface rock chip samples
were collected during field reconnaissance. These samples were collected, described, and geolocated in the field before being
in sealed rice bags for transport.
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The
sampling QA/QC program was originally established by St. Joe Minerals. Subsequent owners followed the procedures with any necessary
updates to meet quality assurance standards of the time. The standard practices included the supervision of drilling, logging
of core, as well as in-stream sample submittal for blanks, certified standards, and duplicate testing to ensure laboratory performance.
All assay testing was completed by outside, fully accredited laboratories, such as Skyline, Legend, Iron King, Barringer, American
Assay, Chemex, ALS and Paragon Geochemical. Assay certificates are available and have been electronically scanned to complete
the project drilling database.
1.3.5 | Database
Improvements |
During
the later half of 2021, Augusta Gold Corp. staff conducted an in-depth review and update of legacy data in the Bullfrog drilling
database. During the process, previously missing assay information was found on old assay certificates, was verified against drill
logs, and added to the database. Additionally, assay grades were checked throughout the legacy data set and consistent conversions
from imperial to metric grade units were updated where needed. During the process, it was discovered that some series of older
drillholes had improper imperial-metric grade conversions and were subsequently updated, resulting in grade increases for the
majority of affected drillholes. Forte Dynamics requested and received assay certificate and logging data for approximately 10%
of the relevant legacy drillholes in the economically important portions of gold deposits and has verified the accuracy of the
database for those drillholes.
1.4 | Mineral
Processing and Metallurgical Testing |
Metallurgical
testing programs that are relevant to the development plans of the Project are summarized below.
In
1986 St. Joe American performed two large column tests on composites of M-S samples and recovered 56% of the gold after 59 days
of leaching material grading 0.034 opt and crushed to -19 mm (-3/4 inch). The other column recovered 49% of the gold after 59
days of leaching minus 304.8 mm (-12-inch) material grading 0.037 opt. Projected 90-day recoveries were 61% and 54% respectively.
Results
from leach tests performed in 1994 by Kappes Cassiday of Reno, Nevada on 250 kg of sub-grade material from the Bullfrog mine are
shown below:
Table
1-2: 1994 Leach Test Results
|
Bottle |
Column |
Column |
Size,
mesh, & mm (inch) |
-100
mesh |
-38
mm (-1.5”) |
-9.5
mm (-3/8”) |
Calc. Head,
opt Au |
0.029 |
0.035 |
0.029 |
Rec
% |
96.6 |
71.4 |
75.9 |
Leach
time, days |
2.0 |
41 |
41 |
NaCN,
kg/t (lb/short ton) |
0.5
(0.1) |
0.385
(0.77) |
5.35
(10.7) |
Lime,
kg/t (lb/short ton |
1.0
(2.0) |
0.155
(0.31) |
1.75
(0.35) |
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In
1995 Barrick performed pilot heap leach tests on 765 t (844 short tons) of BF subgrade material and 730 t (805 short tons)
from the M-S pit. Both composites were crushed to 12.7 mm (-1/2 inch). Results are shown in Table 1-3 below.
Table
1-3: 1995 Pilot Heap Leach Test Results
|
BF
Low-Grade |
M-S
Mineralization |
Calc. Head,
opt Au |
0.019 |
0.048 |
Calc. Head,
opt Ag |
0.108 |
0.380 |
Projected
Au Rec % |
67 |
74 |
Projected
Ag Rec % |
9 |
32 |
Leach
Time, days |
41 |
37 |
NaCN,
kg/t (lb/short ton) |
0.10
(0.20) |
0.125
(0.25) |
Lime,
kg/t (lb/short ton) |
Nil
(Nil) |
Nil
(Nil) |
In
2018 and 2019, standard column leach tests were performed on materials from the Bullfrog property by McClelland Laboratories,
located in Reno, NV. The sample tested in 2018 was a composite sample created from a bulk sample representing “Brecciated
Vein Ore Type”. Results from the 2018 test work are shown in Table 1-4 below.
Table
1-4: 2018 Column Leach Test Results
Feed
Size |
Crush
Method |
Test |
Time |
Au
Recovery, % |
9.5mm
(3/8”) |
Conventional |
Column |
60
days |
58 |
9.5mm
(3/8”) |
Conventional |
Bottle
Roll |
4
days |
59 |
1.7mm
(10 mesh) |
HPGR |
Column |
60
days |
77 |
1.7mm
(10 mesh) |
HPGR |
Bottle
Roll |
4
days |
70 |
150µm |
Conventional/Grind |
Bottle
Roll |
4
days |
89 |
The
2018 column leach test results suggest a crush size dependency where HPGR crushing (high pressure grinding rolls) may have the
potential to significantly improve recovery. The lime requirement for protective alkalinity was low and cyanide consumption was
moderate. The results of the 2019 program are summarized in Table 1-5 below.
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Table
1-5: 2019 Column Leach Test Results
Sample |
Feed
Size |
Crush
Method |
Test |
Time |
Au
Rec., % |
Composite
E |
9.5mm
(3/8”) |
Conventional |
Column |
151
days |
75 |
Composite
E |
6.3mm
(1/4”) |
HPGR |
Column |
122
days |
77 |
Composite
E |
1.7mm
(10 mesh) |
HPGR |
Column |
102
days |
89 |
MS-M-1 |
9.5mm
(3/8”) |
Conventional |
Column |
108
days |
66 |
MS-M-1 |
6.3mm
(1/4”) |
HPGR |
Column |
108
days |
77 |
MS-M-1 |
1.7mm
(10 mesh) |
HPGR |
Column |
89
days |
85 |
MH-M-2 |
9.5mm
(3/8”) |
Conventional |
Column |
109
days |
83 |
MH-M-2 |
6.3mm
(1/4”) |
HPGR |
Column |
105
days |
88 |
MH-M-2 |
1.7mm
(10 mesh) |
HPGR |
Column |
86
days |
91 |
In
2020, cyanidation bottle rolls tests were conducted on 14 variability composites from the Bullfrog project. Details of this testing
can be found in Section 10 of this report. The Bullfrog variability composites generally were amenable to agitated cyanidation
treatment at a nominal 1.7 mm feed size. The samples were not crushed with an HPGR. Gold recovery ranged from 38.7% to 86.8% and
averaged 68.0%. Recovery was 58.1% or greater for 12 of the 14 composites. Gold recovery was not correlated to gold head grades
for these 14 composites. Gold recovery consistently decreased with increasing sulfide sulfur content. Results from the bottle
roll test are shown below in Table 1-6.
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Table
1-6: 2020 Bottle Roll Test Results
Composite |
Drillhole |
|
REAGENT
REQUIREMENTS |
Interval
(ft) |
Au
Rec. |
Head
Grade Au
g/tonne |
kg/tonne
mineralized
material |
From |
To |
% |
Calculated |
Assayed |
NaCN
Cons. |
Lime
Added |
4594-001 |
BM-20-1 |
0 |
40 |
67.8 |
0.59 |
0.80 |
0.15 |
1.1 |
4594-002 |
BM-50-1 |
40 |
75 |
67.2 |
0.58 |
0.50 |
0.11 |
1.2 |
4594-003 |
BM-20-4 |
280 |
335 |
44.4 |
0.27 |
0.26 |
0.12 |
1.7 |
4594-004 |
BM-20-4 |
335 |
390 |
38.7 |
0.31 |
0.30 |
0.17 |
1.5 |
4594-005 |
BM-20-6 |
295 |
395 |
66.7 |
0.27 |
0.29 |
0.11 |
1.4 |
4594-006 |
BM-20-6 |
395 |
485 |
58.5 |
1.06 |
0.86 |
0.11 |
1.6 |
4594-007 |
BM-20-11 |
95 |
185 |
72.7 |
0.22 |
0.18 |
<0.07 |
1.1 |
4594-008 |
BM-20-14 |
0 |
45 |
58.1 |
0.31 |
0.27 |
<0.07 |
1.8 |
4594-009 |
BM-20-14 |
90 |
135 |
80.0 |
0.15 |
0.13 |
0.14 |
1.5 |
4594-010 |
BM-20-14 |
170 |
235 |
84.2 |
0.19 |
0.21 |
0.14 |
1.2 |
4594-011 |
BM-20-14 |
235 |
260 |
86.8 |
0.53 |
0.57 |
0.09 |
1.2 |
4594-012 |
BM-20-15 |
35 |
130 |
72.3 |
0.47 |
0.46 |
0.17 |
1.4 |
4594-013 |
BM-20-19 |
0 |
115 |
73.3 |
0.30 |
0.27 |
0.08 |
1.4 |
4594-014 |
BM-20-22 |
305 |
385 |
81.0 |
0.63 |
0.67 |
0.09 |
1.6 |
1.5 | Mineral
Resource Estimates |
Mineral
resources were updated based on technical information as of December 31, 2021, by Forte Dynamics for the Bullfrog project. The
update utilizes all new drilling through the end of 2021 in addition to updated geologic models and database improvements by Augusta
Gold Corp. staff. Three-dimensional block models for each area (Bullfrog, Montgomery-Shoshone and Bonanza) were created using
Vulcan software. Surfaces and solids representing topography, overburden, geologic units, historic stope shapes and gold mineralization
were incorporated into the resource models. Resource estimates utilize drill hole, survey, analytical and bulk density information
provided by the project personnel. Gold and silver values have been given null values for all material that has been historically
mined by both open pit and underground methods. Bulk density has been adjusted for backfill material placed in the historical
open pit and underground operations.
Mineral
resources are pit constrained using reasonable cost assumptions, however detailed costing and economic evaluations have not been
performed. The resources only consider mining mineralization and waste that will take place on lands controlled by Augusta Gold
Corp. Pit slope parameters are based on the existing pit wall angles and vary by geology, depth and lateral extent. Different
metallurgical recoveries were assigned to oxide and sulphide material and used in the calculation of the optimized pit shells.
Mineral
resources are reported inside optimized pit shells with Minemax software using high-level economic assumptions, geotechnical pit
slope parameters and property boundaries. Estimated mineral resources for the Bullfrog Project are being reported for the Bullfrog,
Montgomery-Shoshone and Bonanza areas, respectively.
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Table
1-7: Bullfrog Mineral Resources
Mineral
Resources as of December 31, 2021 - Bullfrog |
Redox/
Cutoff
|
Classification |
Tonnes
(Mt) |
Au
grade
(g/t) |
Ag
grade
(g/t) |
Au
Contained
(koz) |
Ag
Contained
(koz) |
Oxide/
0.192
g/t
|
Measured |
24.50 |
0.537 |
1.28 |
422.77 |
1,010.02 |
Indicated |
36.32 |
0.515 |
1.14 |
602.02 |
1,332.18 |
Measured
and Indicated |
60.82 |
0.524 |
1.20 |
1,024.79 |
2,342.20 |
Inferred |
14.40 |
0.460 |
0.77 |
213.06 |
358.49 |
|
Sulfide/
0.315g/t
|
Measured |
1.30 |
0.710 |
1.28 |
29.77 |
53.52 |
Indicated |
1.99 |
0.625 |
1.32 |
39.94 |
84.47 |
Measured
and Indicated |
3.29 |
0.659 |
1.30 |
69.72 |
137.99 |
Inferred |
1.05 |
0.657 |
1.14 |
22.14 |
38.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
-
Oxide
and
Sulfide |
Measured |
25.80 |
0.545 |
1.28 |
452.55 |
1,063.54 |
Indicated |
38.31 |
0.521 |
1.15 |
641.96 |
1,416.65 |
Measured
and Indicated |
64.12 |
0.531 |
1.20 |
1,094.51 |
2,480.19 |
Inferred |
15.44 |
0.474 |
0.80 |
235.20 |
397.02 |
Notes:
| 1. | Oxide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
| 2. | Sulphide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. |
| 3. | Mining
costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
| 4. | Processing,
general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and
US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
| 5. | Due
to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
| 6. | Estimated
Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
| 7. | The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing, or other relevant issues. |
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Table
1-8: Montgomery-Shoshone Mineral Resources
Mineral
Resources as of December 31, 2021 - Montgomery-Shoshone |
Redox/
Cutoff |
Classification |
Tonnes
(Mt) |
Au
grade
(g/t) |
Ag
grade
(g/t) |
Au
Contained
(koz) |
Ag
Contained
(koz) |
Oxide/
0.192
g/t
|
Measured |
1.97 |
0.637 |
3.35 |
40.35 |
212.12 |
Indicated |
1.35 |
0.555 |
2.85 |
24.04 |
123.66 |
Measured
and Indicated |
3.32 |
0.603 |
3.15 |
64.38 |
335.78 |
Inferred |
1.05 |
0.586 |
3.45 |
19.76 |
116.41 |
Notes:
| 1. | Oxide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
| 2. | Sulphide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Montgomery-Shoshone. |
| 3. | Mining
costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
| 4. | Processing,
general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and
US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
| 5. | Due
to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
| 6. | Estimated
Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
| 7. | The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing, or other relevant issues. |
Table
1-9: Bonanza Mineral Resources
Mineral
Resources as of December 31, 2021 - Bonanza |
Redox/
Cutoff |
Classification |
Tonnes
(Mt) |
Au
grade
(g/t) |
Ag
grade
(g/t) |
Au
Contained
(koz) |
Ag
Contained
(koz) |
Oxide/
0.192
g/t
|
Measured |
2.35 |
0.446 |
0.44 |
33.78 |
33.48 |
Indicated |
1.22 |
0.422 |
0.44 |
16.61 |
17.17 |
Measured
and Indicated |
3.58 |
0.438 |
0.44 |
50.40 |
50.65 |
Inferred |
0.19 |
0.473 |
0.37 |
2.94 |
2.28 |
Notes:
| 1. | Oxide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
| 2. | Sulphide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Bonanza. |
| 3. | Mining
costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
| 4. | Processing,
general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and
US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
| 5. | Due
to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
| 6. | Estimated
Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
| 7. | The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing, or other relevant issues. |
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Table
1-10: Combined Mineral Resources
|
Combined
Global Resources as of December 31, 2021 - Oxide and Sulphide |
|
Classification |
Tonnes
(Mt) |
Au
grade
(g/t) |
Ag
grade
(g/t) |
Au
Contained
(koz) |
Ag
Contained
(koz) |
|
Measured |
30.13 |
0.544 |
1.35 |
526.68 |
1,309.13 |
|
Indicated |
40.88 |
0.519 |
1.18 |
682.61 |
1,557.49 |
|
Measured
and Indicated |
71.01 |
0.530 |
1.26 |
1,209.29 |
2,866.62 |
|
Inferred |
16.69 |
0.481 |
0.96 |
257.90 |
515.72 |
Notes:
| 1. | Oxide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 82% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 20% For Ag. |
| 2. | Sulphide
estimated Mineral Resources are reported within a pit shell using the Lerch Grossman
algorithm, a gold price of US$1,550/oz and a recovery of 50% for Au and silver price
of US$20/oz and a recovery of 12% for Ag. No sulphide material was reported for Montgomery-Shoshone
or Bonanza. |
| 3. | Mining
costs for mineralized material and waste are US$2.25/tonne. |
| 4. | Processing,
general and administration, and refining costs are US$5.00/tonne, US$0.50/tonne, and
US$0.05/tonne respectively. |
| 5. | Due
to rounding, some columns or rows may not compute as shown. |
| 6. | Estimated
Mineral Resources are stated as in situ dry metric tonnes. |
| 7. | The
estimate of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing, or other relevant issues. |
Combined
Mineral Resources presented in this report have increased over those reported in the June 2021 Bullfrog NI 43-101 technical report.
Measured and Indicated Resources increased by 18.7 million tonnes, 329,500 gold ounces, and 476,000 silver ounces. Inferred Resources
increased by 7.6 million tonnes, 127,900 gold ounces, and 272,200 silver ounces. The changes are primarily due to new drilling,
database improvements, and the updated geological controls that have led to greater continuity of higher-grade material in lower
portions of the Bullfrog pit resulting in a more robust pit optimization.
This
report is based on all technical and scientific data as of December 31, 2021, the effective date of this report. Mineral resources
are considered by the QP to meet the reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction. Analytical data has been collected
and analyzed using industry standard methods at the time they were collected. Geologic data has been interpreted and modeled using
historic maps, reports, field mapping, drillhole logging and three-dimensional computer modeling. Resource block models were developed
using the geologic and analytical data to best represent the mineralization within each of the areas and accounts for historic
mining of the resource by open pit and underground methods. Lerch-Grossman optimized pit shells have been generated for each area
using representative costs, metal recoveries and slope angles and resources have been summarized within those pit shells.
1.6.1 | Geology
and Mineral Resources |
| ● | The
exploration potential within the district is high and recent drilling has shown that
mineralized structures and features continue both laterally and vertically along the
known mineralized trends in and near all three major areas. Specific areas for additional
exploration drilling and interpretation include Ladd Mountain and Mystery Hills near
the Bullfrog pit; the Polaris vein and related disseminated mineralization near the Montgomery-Shoshone
pit; along strike and beneath Bonanza Mountain near the Bonanza pit; and in the structurally
prospective Gap area in the northern portion of the property. |
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| ● | Considerable
effort has been placed on verifying historic assays and surveys by checking against historic
drill logs and assay certificates. The database has been updated to include additional
assay certificate data that was recently discovered. Problems with imperial-metric grade
conversions in a porting of the legacy data have been corrected. |
| ● | Forte
Dynamics completed a review of the drilling database for Bullfrog and has verified assay
data against lab certificates for approximately 10% of drillholes in the economically
important portions of the deposits. |
| ● | The
recent assay data has been collected in a manner appropriate for the deposit type and
mineralization style. Assay QA/QC analyses have been taken to ensure that assays are
of a quality suitable for the estimation of mineral resources. |
| ● | The
level of understanding of the geology is very good. A district wide geologic model has
been constructed using historic maps, geology reports and field mapping. Drillhole logs
are used in the interpretation, when possible, but more effort should be placed on utilizing
the downhole logging data to help refine the geologic models. |
| ● | Drillholes
excluded from resource estimation have been reviewed and the list has been updated. Some
holes now have assay data and have been removed from the exclusion list. A few additional
RC drillholes with downhole contamination have been added to the exclusion list. Location
and downhole survey issues for a few holes have also been identified. |
| ● | Historical
production data, blastholes, pit maps, underground maps, stope surveys should be extracted
from the historical archives and digitized into a format that can aid in the interpretation
of the geologic model and resource block model. The historic data can be used to calibrate
the resource model and provide a validation check. |
| ● | The
treatment of outlier assays in the database is appropriate and reasonable. The block
grade interpretations have been carried out using conventional methods consistent with
common industry practice. |
| ● | Block
model grades have been zeroed out in areas of historic underground and open pit mining.
Block model grades were also zeroed out within geologic units known to be barren. Backfilled
areas within the open pit and underground mines have been accounted for in the volume
and tonnage to be mined. |
| ● | Mining
and processing costs based on similar Nevada operations have been applied in the pit
optimization. The existing pit walls remain very stable with steep overall slope angles
on a majority of the pit walls. The existing wall angles have been measured and applied
in the pit optimization. |
1.6.2 | Metallurgical
Test Work and Mineral Processing |
Metallurgical
testing performed to date indicates reasonable gold recovery at small particle sizes. The column leach tests on HPGR fine crushed
materials suggest gold recovery could exceed 85% on 10 mesh material; however, further testing is required to properly characterize
the recovery potential for each mineralized zone.
The
metallurgical test program should be comprehensive, and include the following (at a minimum):
| ● | Full
characterization of composite samples – Au/Ag content, carbon and sulfur speciation,
typical Geochem including Hg, solids specific gravity |
| ● | Crushing
work index testing |
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| ● | Column
leach testing at various HPGR crush sizes, including comparative bottle roll tests and
size fraction recovery analysis |
| ● | Compacted
permeability testing |
| ● | Any
required environmental tests on column test residues measured |
| ● | The
project is in a jurisdiction that is amenable to mining. |
| ● | The
project site is near the town of Beatty, Nevada which has adequate amenities and services. |
| ● | The
project was open pit and underground mined from 1989-1999 and has remaining infrastructure
that includes power lines on site, a paved highway to site and a network of roads across
the district. |
| ● | Availability
of adequate power through the local utility, as well as available water and water rights
to support operations require further evaluation. |
The
current estimation of mineral resources indicate the potential for further work to advance the project to a Preliminary Economic
Assessment (PEA).
Additional
exploration drilling and delineation drilling should be carried out to expand the resource base and to further refine the geologic
models and resource block models.
Metallurgical
testing performed to date indicates gold recovery is reasonable at small particle sizes. The column leach tests on HPGR fine crushed
materials suggest gold recovery could exceed 85% on 10 mesh material; however, further testing is required to properly characterize
the recovery potential for each mineralized zone.
Baseline
study work across a range of activities can be started to support permitting activities for future study stages.
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This
report has been prepared for Augusta Gold Corp. for the Bullfrog Gold Project in Nevada with the purpose of updating and reporting
mineral resources utilizing the most recent drilling and geologic models. The drillhole and geologic information has been used
to generate a three-dimensional block model of the mineralized areas and optimized pit shells have been developed from those block
models to report mineral resources.
Technical
information, including locations, orientations, mapping, and analytical data has been supplied by Augusta Gold Corp. Information
pertaining to title, environment, permitting and access has also been supplied by Augusta Gold Corp. Introductory summaries pertaining
to infrastructure, location, geology, and mineralization have been primarily sourced from the historical reports from past producers
and by Augusta Gold Corp.
The
project site was inspected by Forte on December 14, 2021.
All
references to dollars in this report are to U.S. dollars (US$) unless otherwise noted. Distances, areas, volumes, and masses are
expressed in the metric system unless indicated otherwise. Historic data is expressed in English units, such as feet and tons.
For
the purpose of this report, common measurements are given in metric units. All tonnages shown are in Tonnes (t) of 1,000 kilograms,
and precious metal grade values are given in grams per tonne (g/t), precious metal quantity values are given in troy ounces (toz).
To convert to English units, the following factors should be used:
| ● | 1
short ton = 0.907 tonne (T) |
| ● | 1
troy ounce = 31.1035 grams (g) |
| ● | 1
troy ounce/short ton = 34.286 grams per tonne (g/t) |
| ● | 1
foot = 30.48 centimeters (cm) = 0.3048 meters (m) |
| ● | 1
mile = 1.61 kilometer (km) |
| ● | 1
acre = 0.405 hectare (ha) |
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The
following is a list of the abbreviations used in this report:
Abbreviation |
Unit
or Term |
2D |
two-dimensional |
3D |
three-dimensional |
Ag |
silver |
Au |
gold |
cm |
centimeter |
cm3 |
cubic centimeters |
g |
gram |
g/t |
grams per tonne |
g/cm3 |
grams per cubic centimeter |
ha |
hectare |
kg |
kilogram |
km |
kilometer |
km2 |
square kilometers |
km/h |
kilometers per hour |
kw-h |
kilowatt per hour |
m |
meter |
M |
million |
Mm |
millimeter |
mm/yr |
millimeters per year |
Mya |
million years before present |
NDEP |
Nevada Department of Environmental Projection |
NI 43-101 |
Canadian Securities Administrators’ National
Instrument 43-101 |
NSR |
Net Smelting Return |
Pb |
lead |
PEA |
Preliminary Economic Assessment |
ppm |
parts per million |
QA/QC |
quality assurance/quality control |
T |
metric ton |
toz |
Troy ounces |
T/d |
Tonnes per day |
US$ |
United States dollars |
2.3 | Qualified
Persons and Details of Inspection |
Forte
is acting as a Qualified Person firm consisting of mining experts to prepare the report. Below is a list of details of the QPs
inspection of the property.
A
Forte QP conducted a site visit of the property on December 14, 2021, where he was able to review infrastructure, existing pits,
waste dumps, roads, and the observable geologic features of the site. The exploration program had been completed earlier so logging
and sample preparation were not directly reviewed, although the sampling and logging procedures were reviewed. The Forte team
did receive a thorough geologic review of the site by the project geologist.
Information
contained in the report is current as of December 31, 2021.
The
reports and documents listed in Chapter 24 and Chapter 25 of this Report were used to support Report preparation.
Augusta
Gold has not previously filed a technical report summary on the Project.
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The
Project is located in the Bullfrog Hills of Nye County, Nevada (Figure 3-1). Bullfrog Mine’s property covers approximately
3,157 hectares of patented and unpatented lode mining claims in Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 of T11S, R46E and Sections 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 23 of T12S, R46E, Mt. Diablo Meridian. The Project is accessible via a 2¼
hour (260 km) drive north of Las Vegas, Nevada along US Highway 95. Las Vegas is serviced by a major international airport and
is the closest major hub for providing equipment, supplies, services, and other support to the Project. The Project lies 4 miles
west of the Town of Beatty, Nevada, which has a population of approximately 1,000 and contains most basic services, including
motels, gasoline stations, schools, and a variety of stores and services. Access around the Project is provided by a series of
reasonably good gravel roads that extend to the existing mines and important exploration areas.
Figure
3-1: Location Map
Augusta
Gold has four option/lease/purchase agreements in place and has located 61 claims that give it control of 439 unpatented lode
mining claims and mill site claims, and 86 patented. These lands are listed in Table 3-1. A property map with the locations shown
in detail can be seen in Figure 3-2. The claims do not have an expiration date, as long as the fees and obligations are maintained.
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Table
3-1: Lands Under the Control of Augusta Gold Corp.
Augusta
Gold Corp. Patented Claims |
Standard
Gold |
Patent
Name |
Mineral
Survey No. |
Providence |
2470 |
Aurium |
2654 |
Augusta
Gold Corp. Patented Claims |
Mojave
Gold Mining |
Patent
Name |
Mineral
Survey No. |
Polaris
Fraction |
2426 |
Inaugural
Fraction |
2426 |
Three
Peaches |
2426 |
Little
Fraction |
2471A |
Indian
Johnnie |
2471A |
Shoshone |
2471A |
Del
Monte Fraction |
2501A |
Shoshone
Two |
2471A |
Shoshone
Three |
2471A |
Oro
Grande |
2470 |
Shoshone
Extension |
2470 |
Greenhorn |
2470 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Patented Claims |
Brown
Claims |
Patent
Name |
Mineral
Survey No. |
Crystal |
2418 |
Oliver |
2340 |
Augusta
Gold Corp. Patented Claims |
Lunar
Landing Claims |
Patent
Name |
Mineral
Survey No. |
Elkhorn |
2736 |
Red
Bluff |
2540 |
Black
Bull |
2425 |
Bell
Boy Fraction |
2425 |
South
Fraction |
2425 |
Lookout |
2461 |
Molly
Gibson #1 |
3043 |
Molly
Gibson # 2 |
3043 |
Molly
Gibson #3 |
3043 |
Molly
Gibson #4 |
3043 |
Molly
Gibson #5 |
3043 |
Rand |
2784 |
Rand
#1 |
2784 |
Rand
#2 |
2784 |
Rand
#3 |
2784
|
Rand
Fraction |
2784 |
Early
Bird |
2491 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Patented Claims |
Lunar
Landing Claims |
Patent
Name |
Mineral
Survey No. |
Unexpected |
2735 |
Scorpion |
2411 |
St.
Anthony |
2734 |
Eva
Bell |
2576 |
Gem
Fraction |
2377 |
Quartzsite
Fraction |
2422 |
Annex |
2715 |
Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
1 |
NMC1147851 |
BFGC
2 |
NMC1147852 |
BFGC
3 |
NMC1147853 |
BFGC
4 |
NMC1147854 |
BFGC
5 |
NMC1147855 |
BFGC
6 |
NMC1147856 |
BFGC
8 |
NMC1147857 |
BFGC
9 |
NMC1147858 |
BFGC
10 |
NMC1147859 |
BFGC
11 |
NMC1147860 |
BFGC
12 |
NMC1147861 |
BFGC
13 |
NMC1147862 |
BFGC
14 |
NMC1147863 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
15 |
NMC1147864 |
BFGC
16 |
NMC1147865 |
BFGC
17 |
NMC1147866 |
BFGC
18 |
NMC1147867 |
BFGC
19 |
NMC1147868 |
BFGC
20 |
NMC1147869 |
BFGC
21 |
NMC1147870 |
BFGC
22 |
NMC1147871 |
BFGC
23 |
NMC1147872 |
BFGC
24 |
NMC1147873 |
BFGC
25 |
NMC1147874 |
BFGC
26 |
NMC1147875 |
BFGC
27 |
NMC1147876 |
BFGC
28 |
NMC1147877 |
BFGC
29 |
NMC1147878 |
BFGC
30 |
NMC1147879 |
BFGC
31 |
NMC1147880 |
BFGC
32 |
NMC1147881 |
BFGC
33 |
NMC1147882 |
BFGC
34 |
NMC1147883 |
BFGC
35 |
NMC1147884 |
BFGC
36 |
NMC1147885 |
BFGC
37 |
NMC1147886 |
BFGC
38 |
NMC1147887 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
39 |
NMC1147888 |
BFGC
40 |
NMC1147889 |
BFGC
41 |
NMC1147890 |
BFGC
42 |
NMC1147891 |
BFGC
43 |
NMC1147892 |
BFGC
44 |
NMC1147893 |
BFGC
45 |
NMC1147894 |
BFGC
46 |
NMC1147895 |
BFGC
47 |
NMC1147896 |
BFGC
48 |
NMC1147897 |
BFGC
49 |
NMC1147898 |
BFGC
50 |
NMC1147899 |
BFGC
51 |
NMC1147900 |
BFGC
52 |
NMC1147901 |
BFGC
53 |
NMC1147902 |
BFGC
54 |
NMC1147903 |
BFGC
55 |
NMC1147904 |
BFGC
56 |
NMC1147905 |
BFGC
57 |
NMC1147906 |
BFGC
58 |
NMC1147907 |
BFGC
59 |
NMC1147908 |
BFGC
60 |
NMC1147909 |
BFGC
61 |
NMC1147910 |
BFGC
62 |
NMC1147911 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
7 |
NMC1154057 |
BFGC
63 |
NMC1154058 |
BFGC
64 |
NMC1154059 |
BFGC
65 |
NMC1154060 |
BFGC
66 |
NMC1154061 |
BFGC
67 |
NMC1154062 |
BFGC
68 |
NMC1154063 |
BFGC
69 |
NMC1154064 |
BFGC
70 |
NMC1154065 |
BFGC
71 |
NMC1154066 |
BFGC
72 |
NMC1154067 |
BFGC
73 |
NMC1154068 |
BFGC
74 |
NMC1154069 |
BFGC
75 |
NMC1154070 |
BFGC
76 |
NMC1154071 |
BFGC
77 |
NMC1154072 |
BFGC
78 |
NMC1154073 |
BFGC
79 |
NMC1154074 |
BFGC
80 |
NMC1154075 |
BFGC
81 |
NMC1154076 |
BFGC
82 |
NMC1154077 |
BFGC
83 |
NMC1154078 |
BFGC
84 |
NMC1154079 |
BFGC
85 |
NMC1154080 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
86 |
NMC1154081 |
BFGC
87 |
NMC1154082 |
BFGC
88 |
NMC1154083 |
BFGC
89 |
NMC1177609 |
BFGC
90 |
NMC1177610 |
BFGC
91 |
NMC1177611 |
BFGC
92 |
NMC1177612 |
BFGC
93 |
NMC1177613 |
BFGC
94 |
NMC1177614 |
BFGC
95 |
NMC1177615 |
BFGC
96 |
NMC1177616 |
BFGC
97 |
NMC1177617 |
BFGC
98 |
NMC1177618 |
BFGC
99 |
NMC1177619 |
BFGC
100 |
NMC1177620 |
BFGC
101 |
NMC1177621 |
BFGC
102 |
NMC1177622 |
BFGC
103 |
NMC1177623 |
BFGC
104 |
NMC1177624 |
BFGC
105 |
NMC1177625 |
BFGC
106 |
NMC1177626 |
BFGC
107 |
NMC1177627 |
BFGC
108 |
NMC1177628 |
BFGC
109 |
NMC1177629 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
110 |
NMC1177630 |
BFGC
111 |
NMC1177631 |
BFGC
112 |
NMC1185280 |
BFGC
113 |
NMC1185281 |
BFGC
114 |
NMC1185282 |
BFGC
115 |
NMC1185283 |
BFGC
116 |
NMC1185284 |
BFGC
117 |
NMC1185285 |
BFGC
118 |
NMC1185286 |
BFGC
119 |
NMC1185287 |
BFGC
120 |
NMC1185288 |
BFGC
121 |
NMC1185289 |
BFGC
122 |
NMC1185290 |
BFGC
123 |
NMC1185291 |
BFGC
124 |
NMC1185292 |
BFGC
125 |
NMC1185293 |
BFGC
126 |
NMC1185294 |
BFGC
127 |
NMC1185295 |
BFGC
128 |
NMC1185296 |
BFGC
129 |
NMC1185297 |
BFGC
130 |
NMC1185298 |
BFGC
131 |
NMC1185299 |
BFGC
132 |
NMC1185300 |
BFGC
133 |
NMC1185301 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BFGC
134 |
NMC1185302 |
BEATTY
CON # 1 |
NMC109662 |
LUCKY
QUEEN |
NMC109667 |
BC
# 8 BABINGTON |
NMC109697 |
BC
# 9 CORNELL |
NMC109698 |
BC
# 10 FLIN FLON 2 |
NMC109699 |
BVD
6 |
NMC987963 |
BVD
5 |
NMC987964 |
BVD
324 |
NMC987965 |
BVD
323 |
NMC987966 |
BVD
322 |
NMC987967 |
BVD
321 |
NMC987968 |
BVD
317 |
NMC987969 |
BVD
316 |
NMC987970 |
BVD
315 |
NMC987971 |
BVD
314 |
NMC987972 |
BVD
303 |
NMC987973 |
BVD
302 |
NMC987974 |
BVD
301 |
NMC987975 |
BVD
300 |
NMC987976 |
BVD
207 |
NMC987977 |
BVD
206 |
NMC987978 |
BVD
205 |
NMC987979 |
BVD
204 |
NMC987980 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BVD
203 |
NMC987981 |
BVD
202 |
NMC987982 |
BVD
201 |
NMC987983 |
BVD
200 |
NMC987984 |
BVD
107 |
NMC987985 |
BVD
106 |
NMC987986 |
BVD
105 |
NMC987987 |
BVD
41 |
NMC987988 |
BVD
40 |
NMC987989 |
BVD
32 |
NMC987990 |
BVD
31 |
NMC987991 |
BVD
30 |
NMC987992 |
BVD
29 |
NMC987993 |
BVD
36 |
NMC987994 |
BVD
35 |
NMC987995 |
BVD
34 |
NMC987996 |
BVD
33 |
NMC987997 |
BVD
28 |
NMC987998 |
BVD
27 |
NMC987999 |
BVD
26 |
NMC988000 |
BVD
25 |
NMC988001 |
BVD
19 |
NMC988002 |
BVD
18 |
NMC988003 |
BVD
17 |
NMC988004 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BVD
16 |
NMC988005 |
BVD
24 |
NMC988006 |
BVD
23 |
NMC988007 |
BVD
22 |
NMC988008 |
BVD
21 |
NMC988009 |
BVD
20 |
NMC988010 |
BVD
15 |
NMC988011 |
BVD
14 |
NMC988012 |
BVD
13 |
NMC988013 |
BVD
12 |
NMC988014 |
BVD
11 |
NMC988015 |
BVD
39 |
NMC988016 |
BVD
38 |
NMC988017 |
BVD
37 |
NMC988018 |
BVD
10 |
NMC988019 |
BVD
9 |
NMC988020 |
BVD
8 |
NMC988021 |
BVD
7 |
NMC988022 |
BVD
4 |
NMC988023 |
BVD
3 |
NMC988024 |
BVD
2 |
NMC988025 |
BVD
1 |
NMC988026 |
BVD
401 |
NMC992989 |
BVD
402 |
NMC992990 |
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Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
BVD
403 |
NMC992991 |
BVD
404 |
NMC992992 |
BVD
405 |
NMC992993 |
BVD
406 |
NMC992994 |
BVD
407 |
NMC992995 |
BVD
408 |
NMC992996 |
BVD
409 |
NMC992997 |
BVD
410 |
NMC992998 |
BFG
135 |
NV105225834 |
BFG
136 |
NV105225835 |
BFG
137 |
NV105225836 |
BFG
138 |
NV105225837 |
Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Abitibi
Option |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
AR
1 |
1209019 |
AR
2 |
1209020 |
AR
3 |
1209021 |
AR
4 |
1209022 |
AR
5 |
1209023 |
AR
6 |
1209024 |
AR
7 |
1209025 |
AR
8 |
1209026 |
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| | Augusta Gold Corp. |
Augusta
Gold Corp. Unpatented Claims |
Abitibi
Option |
Claim
Name |
BLM
Serial Number |
AR
9 |
1209027 |
AR
10 |
1209028 |
AR
11 |
1209029 |
AR
12 |
1209030 |
AR
13 |
1209031 |
AR
14 |
1209032 |
AR
15 |
1209033 |
AR
16 |
1209034 |
AR
17 |
1209035 |
AR
18 |
1209036 |
AR
19 |
1209037 |
AR
20 |
1209038 |
AR
21 |
1209039 |
AR
22 |
1209040 |
AR
23 |
1209041 |
AR
24 |
1209042 |
AR
25 |
1209043 |
AR
26 |
1209044 |
AR
27 |
1209045 |
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