Hycroft engages engineering firm to assess underground mining options

Underground mining option on Brimstone and Vortex

The company has engaged RESPEC Company LLC to review underground mining options for the recently discovered high-grade silver systems at Brimstone and Vortex.

RESPEC will collaborate closely with Hycroft’s technical team, utilising all data from work completed to date. The scope of work includes evaluation of mining methods, conceptual mine design, and schedule development, culminating in an internal report to the company.

In parallel, the company is evaluating the development of an exploration decline to enable underground drill access. This initiative is expected to maximise drilling efficiencies while delivering savings in both time and cost. RESPEC’s engineering work will determine the optimal portal location and appropriate decline dimensions, which could also support future production.

This work represents an important step as Hycroft advances exploration and evaluates future development opportunities for the high-grade silver systems.

Diane R. Garrett, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “The appointment of RESPEC will help us assess the potential to develop a decline giving us direct access to our new high-grade silver deposits. The Brimstone system in particular starts from only 30 meters beneath the existing open pit so a decline will allow us to consider an underground drilling programme as well as give us early production options. We look forward to the findings of their engineering report in the coming months.”

Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/22042026/hycroft-engages-engineering-firm-to-assess-underground-mining-options/