Ridgeline Minerals, a company specialized in precious metals exploration, has made significant progress at the Selena CRD project, located in Nevada, by receiving approval for its Plan of Exploration Operations(PoO).
The progress of the Selena CRD project
This permit, once the appropriate reclamation bond has been issued to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), will allow the company to conduct exploration activities on up to 200 acres of land, including the construction of roads and drilling pads for future for future programs.
The Plan of Operations will allow Ridgeline to conduct surface disturbance of up to 200 acres within the designated area. Phase 1 of the project, which has a designation of approximately 34 acres of surface disturbance, has been designed to explore the mineralized CRD corridor, which extends between the Freeport-McMoRan owned Butte Valley porphyry and the Chinchilla oxide discovery at the Ridgeline outcrop. Within this initial phase, exploration targets in the Skarn and Chinchilla Sulfide zones will be prioritized.
The company has established an annual work plan with the BLM, which will review proposed locations for Phase 1 roads and drill pads, adjusting them as necessary to support future phases of exploration. On the other hand, if the company executes any expansion beyond the 34 acres approved in Phase 1, it will require additional studies and submission of new reclamation bonds.
Ridgeline’s Vice President of Exploration, Michael Harp, highlighted the importance of the PoO approval, calling it a crucial development for permitting in Selena. Harp expressed his gratitude to the BLM and other local agencies for their support in this process.
He further highlighted that the Chinchilla and Skarn sulfide targets remain a priority for the company, highlighting the 2022 exploration drilling results that revealed strong CRD mineralization more than 2 kilometers down-dip from the Chinchilla oxide discovery.
With this permit, Ridgeline is ready to plan and execute the next phase of exploration, aggressively exploring deeper and in the direction of Freeport-McMoRan’s Butte Valley porphyry project adjacent to the western limits of its concession.
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