Historically, the Kerr‐Addison Mine is Canada’s fifth largest individual gold mine, and, between 1938 and 1996, the Kerr‐Addison and Chesterville mines, which make up the Kerr-Addison deposit, collectively produced more than 11M oz of gold (Kerr‐Addison: 35.3 Mt grading 9.1 g/t Au; Chesterville: 2.96 Mt grading 3.8 g/t Au) (Smith et al., 1993; AJPerron Gold Corp., 1998). Almost all of the historical production was completed using underground extraction methods.
Historically, the zones of mineralization at Kerr‐Addison and Chesterville were named “ore bodies”, the term used by the historical miners referring to individual segregated mining areas. There were 20 Kerr‐Addison ore bodies and nine Chesterville ore bodies.
As the Property’s history dates back to the early 20th century, exploration and drilling records are not complete. The historical record, made available to Gold Candle upon acquisition in 2015, includes logs for 6,543 drill holes totalling 415,145 m of drilling data from 1934 to 2012. These records are not a complete capture of historical drilling on the Property. Since the mine shutdown, original hard copy records were relocated several times, and, in the process, somerecords were lost or damaged. Original records were handwritten and are commonly faded or partially illegible.
The Kerr-Addison and Chesterville Mines Historical Timelines are largely based on Sim and Davis (2021), Touchette (2012), and Thomson (1941).
For historical resource estimates, past production history, and historical “ore-body” production for Kerr-Addison and Chesterville mines, click here for Gold Candle’s technical report.
