EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Antenna points to potential at Premier-Barrick JV

First hole intercepts 118.9m at 4.12g/t gold

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Barrick is earning into McCoy-Cove around Premier’s Cove deposit in Nevada

Barrick is earning into McCoy-Cove around Premier’s Cove deposit in Nevada

The hole intercepted 118.9m at 4.12g/t gold from 606.6m and ended in mineralisation.

Antenna lies between the previously mined Cove and McCoy gold-silver mines at the Nevada project.

Under a January 2018 deal, Barrick has the option to earn 60% of the project, surrounding Premier's 100%-owned Cove deposit, by spending US$22.5 million by mid-2022.

The pair also have a joint venture at the South Arturo mine in Nevada, where development work is setting the stage for a return to commercial production next year.

Premier president and CEO Ewan Downie said the two companies' geological teams had worked closely to identify multiple high-quality targets at McCoy-Cove for the current drill programme.

He said the Antenna intercept was "one of the most significant ever drilled on the property" on a grade-thickness basis.

Premier ended 2018 with US$43.9 million in cash and equivalents and expects to produce 75,000-85,000 ounces of gold and 225,000-250,000oz of silver from its Mercedes mine in Mexico this year.

Its shares have ranged from C$3.07 to $1.39 over the past 12 months.

They closed up 9.15% or 14c to $1.67 yesterday, valuing it at $351.4 million.

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