Technical Report for the Fort Knox Mine - Kinross Gold
Technical Report for the Fort Knox Mine - Kinross Gold
Technical Report for the Fort Knox Mine - Kinross Gold
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<strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Knox</strong> <strong>Mine</strong> <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Report</strong>2006 and 2007, primary assays were per<strong>for</strong>med by Alaska Assay Laboratories.Check assay work was per<strong>for</strong>med by American Assay lab of Reno, Nevada from2003 to 2004; at Alaska Assay Laboratories from late 2004 to 2005; and at <strong>the</strong>Vancouver laboratory of ALS Chemex in 2006 and 2007.• Certain aspects of <strong>the</strong> process of mineral exploration and evaluation havevarying degrees of precision. The Company employs methods that will determine<strong>the</strong> precision of <strong>the</strong> most critical elements, which are assaying and drill samplereliability. The sample QA/QC (quality assurance/quality control) program is bothrigorous and effective. The quality control program is more fully described inSection 11.0 of this report. The Company also utilizes visual, logging, and weightmeasurement methods to determine if reverse circulation samples arerepresentative of rock penetrated by drill holes.<strong>Kinross</strong>’ regional exploration within <strong>the</strong> Fairbanks district totalled $1.4 million in 2006 and$4.4 million in 2007.33
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