CAPITAL MARKETS

Brixton in Hog Heaven

Junior raises funds to advance historic mine

Staff reporter
 Brixton is digitising data before drilling at Hog Heaven

Brixton is digitising data before drilling at Hog Heaven

The fundraising is just over half the amount the company had hoped to raise towards the project, which it acquired in July from Pan American Silver for C$1 million in shares and a 3% NSR.

Brixton described Hog Heaven as a high-sulphidation silver-gold epithermal vein-breccia deposit with porphyry copper-gold potential.

Some 6.4Moz of silver from 241,000 tons at an average grade of 26.6 troy ounces of silver per ton were reportedly mined from Hog Heaven between 1929 and 1946.

The company said it had reviewed only 10% of the data on 701 historic drill holes and "a wealth of information" remained to be compiled, digitised and modelled, but chairman and CEO Gary Thompson said they were encouraged by the number of high-grade hits encountered.

"Our goal upon completion of the data review and digitisation of drill hole data is to conduct confirmation drilling with a focus on verifying the historic data via twinning with sufficient drilling as may be required to provide a maiden NI-43-101 resource estimate for the project," he said.

The company incurred a loss of $3.36 million for the nine months to June 30, compared with almost $900,000 in the previous corresponding period, due to almost $1.7 million in exploration costs and increased financing and acquisition activity.

Brixton closed up almost 1.8% yesterday to $0.28, towards the lower end of its 52-week range between $0.17-$0.65.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Journal Intelligence team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the mining sector, brought to you by the Mining Journal Intelligence team.

editions

ESG Mining Company Index: Benchmarking the Future of Sustainable Mining

The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies. Using a robust framework, it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators within 6 essential pillars.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Global Leadership Report 2024: Net Zero

Gain insights into decarbonisation trends and strategies from interviews with 20+ top mining executives and experts plus an industrywide survey.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Project Pipeline Handbook 2024

View our 50 top mining projects, handpicked using a unique, objective selection process from a database of 450+ global assets.

editions

Mining Journal Intelligence Investor Sentiment Report 2024

Survey revealing the plans, priorities, and preferences of 120+ mining investors and their expectations for the sector in 2024.