Scheint ganz so, als ob Seabridge und Pretium (SSRI) sich zusammenraufen wollen, um KSM und Snowfield gemeinsam zu entwickeln.
Press Release Source: Seabridge Gold Inc. On Monday May 9, 2011, 5:00 am EDT
TORONTO, CANADA--(Marketwire - 05/09/11) - Seabridge Gold (TSX:SEA - News)(AMEX:SA - News) announced today it has executed two agreements with Pretium Resources Inc. to: (1) establish the terms under which mining operations at one project can encroach on the other's boundaries; and (2) explore the potential for joint development of Seabridge's KSM project and Pretium's Snowfield project which together represent the largest undeveloped gold resource in North America.
Mutual Access Agreement
The KSM and Snowfield projects have a common boundary and neither can be mined to its maximum extent without encroaching on the other's land position. A Mutual Access Agreement has therefore been signed which includes provisions for, amongst other things:
-- mutual access for stripping of overburden, which will provide: -- Seabridge with access to conduct stripping activities on Pretium's Snowfield project to extract ore from Seabridge's KSM project, with Pretium having the right to require Seabridge to process Snowfield project ore accessed by Seabridge's stripping activities on Pretium's Snowfield project and to receive the value of the contained metal less a processing fee; and -- Pretium with access to conduct stripping activities on Seabridge's KSM project to extract ore from Pretium's Snowfield project, with Seabridge having the right to require Pretium to process KSM project ore accessed by Pretium's stripping activities on Seabridge's KSM project and to receive the value of the contained metal less a processing fee; and-- Pretium access to its Snowfield and Brucejack projects over KSM project lands.
With the Mutual Access Agreement in hand, each of Seabridge and Pretium can continue with plans to optimize the mining at each of their respective projects independently.
Mutual Cooperation and Confidentiality Agreement
A Mutual Cooperation and Confidentiality Agreement has been signed that provides for, amongst standard provisions, the preparation of an engineering study to examine the economics of combining Seabridge's KSM project and Pretium's Snowfield project as a single operation. The study is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year. Seabridge will have responsibility for managing the study under the direction of Jay Layman, its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Seabridge in March of this year, Mr. Layman was Vice President Solutions and Innovation for Newmont Mining Company where he was responsible for managing Global Technical Services.
Seabridge President and CEO Rudi Fronk noted that "our agreements with Pretium represent the kind of co-operation that is needed from the owners of two major projects which border on each other. These agreements will enable Seabridge to carry out the stripping operations on Pretium's ground that would be required under our Preliminary Feasibility Study and examine whether overall economics can be improved if we combine the KSM and Snowfield projects."