Technical Report for the Fort Knox Mine - Kinross Gold

Fort Knox Mine Technical ReportTable 17-3: Variogram ParametersFirst-Pass Search ParametersDomain West Middle East SchistSearch EllipseEllipse major 250 250 250 200Ellipse minor 150 150 150 200Ellipse vertical 75 75 75 200Major Azimuth 131 135 147 0Plunge at Major Azimuth 0 0 0 0Dip at Major Azimuth -63 -32 -62 0Max. dist to nearest hole 250 250 250 200Min. # composites 3 3 3 3Max. # composites 8 8 8 8Max. # comps/hole 4 4 4 4VariogramRange: 1st Var major 16.0 24.5 39.8 20.6Range: 1st Var minor 32.5 26 63 21.9Range: 1st Var vertical 56.4 31 24.9 24Direction Major Axis 46 -22 -21 40Plunge Major Axis -15 16 19 24Dip -2 26 58 12Range: 2nd Var major 506 583.3 394.5 150.7Range: 2nd Var minor 226.4 662.4 280.7 408.9Range: 2nd Var vertical 117.3 138.9 893.3 200.3Direction Major Axis -29 -21 18 -38Plunge Major Axis 26 19 46 0Dip 55 58 -65 -24Nugget 0.417 0.350 0.540 0.500Sill 1st structure 0.452 0.503 0.364 0.429Sill 2nd structure 0.131 0.147 0.096 0.0712nd-Pass Search ParametersDomain West Middle East SchistSearch EllipseEllipse major 150 150 150 110Ellipse minor 100 100 100 110Ellipse vertical 75 75 75 110Major Azimuth 131 135 147 0Plunge at Major Azimuth 0 0 0 0Dip at Major Azimuth -63 -32 -62 0Max. dist to nearest hole 150 150 150 110Min. # composites 3 3 3 3Max. # composites 8 8 8 8Max. # comps/hole 4 4 4 4VariogramRange: 1st Var major 16.0 24.5 39.8 20.6Range: 1st Var minor 32.5 26 63 21.9Range: 1st Var vertical 56.4 31 24.9 24Direction Major Axis 46 -22 -21 40Plunge Major Axis -15 16 19 24Dip -2 26 58 12Range: 2nd Var major 506 583.3 394.5 150.7Range: 2nd Var minor 226.4 662.4 280.7 408.9Range: 2nd Var vertical 117.3 138.9 893.3 200.3Direction Major Axis -29 -21 18 -38Plunge Major Axis 26 19 46 0Dip 55 58 -65 -24Nugget 0.417 0.350 0.540 0.500Sill 1st structure 0.452 0.503 0.364 0.429Sill 2nd structure 0.131 0.147 0.096 0.07161