North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

Pretium Resources Inc. June 9 reported development and exploration activities planned for its Brucejack gold project in northwestern British Columbia.

Underground development in the Valley of the Kings is continuing, with the first ventilation raise under development.

Engineering for the transmission line is in the latter stages of completion, and the company said construction power will be in place for site construction start-up, with bulk earthworks and transmission line construction planned to commence on receipt of permits anticipated this summer.

Pretium is also carrying out 40,000-meter infill drill program in the Valley of the Kings.

The program, currently underway, includes plans for 32 drill fans from three drill stations to target stope areas in years One through Three of the current mine plan.

The company also has begun a grassroots exploration program in an area east of the Brucejack project.

Targets known as the Flow Dome zone and Kitchenview zone have been selected based on extensive regional exploration, including airborne geophysics completed in 2014.

The grassroots exploration program will include additional airborne geophysical surveying and 10,000 to 15,000 meters of drilling targeting porphyry- and epithermal-style mineralization.