North
Bay Resources Announces Operation of New Gravity Circuit at Bishop
Gold Mill, California
Bishop, CA -- January 10,
2025 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- North Bay Resources Inc. (the
"Company"
or "North
Bay") (OTC:
NBRI) is pleased to announce the Company has acquired,
installed and began processing ore from its Fran Gold Project using
new gravity separation and gold recovery equipment at its Bishop
Gold Mill. Microscopic analysis of the
concentrate has shown significant recovery of gold
(see Picture
1). Samples have been shipped to the
Company's Metallurgy Laboratory for assay and further analyses,
prior to shipment to its gold refinery partner. The processing of gold continues. The
concentrate was produced using centrifugal gravity recovery in a
Knudsen Bowl. The Company is also adding a Gemini
Table for further gravity concentrate and concentrate upgrading
purposes as part of a switch to gravity primary operation with
scavenger recovery by flotation. Commissioning of the flotation
circuit is underway with the arrival of reagents earlier this week
and one final reagent expected within 10 days.
Picture
1. Gold Concentrate from Knudsen Concentrator at Bishop Gold
Mill
Metallurgy
Study
Recent metallurgical
recovery studies (see Press Release
dated December 13, 2024) from Fran Gold Project ore totaled in
excess of 97% from combined 67% by gravity and 29% by flotation
have been reported. Head grade, reported at 0.91 ounces
per ton gold, was upgraded by gravity to 8.54 ounces per ton gold
with follow-on flotation of 2.69 ounces per ton gold producing a
total concentrate of 11.23 ounces per ton, representing a 12x
concentration.
Fran
Gold Project
The Property is 34,360
acres and is located 20 miles from Centerra Gold's 60,000 tonne per
day Mt. Milligan Copper, Gold Mine (299Mt @ 0.22% Cu, .45 g/t Au).
To date there has been in excess of 50,000 feet of diamond drilling
in 104 holes at Fran, primarily at the Bullion Alley Zone. A gold
deposit, 3700 feet in length, with width of up to 120 feet, and
depth of over 700 feet has been delineated. The deposit contains 3
to 4 well defined parallel gold veins grading up to 2.6 troy ounces
of gold per ton as well as wide sections of low and mid-grade gold
in veins and disseminated in veinlets throughout the deposit.
Surface trenching has identified a near surface sub-zone where the
gold bearing veins swell and are accessible from surface. In
addition, samples have assayed up to 1.68% copper and 5.1 troy
ounces per ton silver. There is property wide potential for
additional discoveries of gold and copper with numerous showings
outside of the Bullion Alley Zone. There is approximately 5,000
tons of surface material available for shipment.
On behalf of the Board of
Directors of
NORTH
BAY RESOURCES INC.
Jared Lazerson
CEO
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities
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