Hants County Nova Scotia, Canada
West Gore
- Location: Located 50 km north of Halifax, four Exploration Licenses totaling 585 ha (5.85 sq km); surface rights are privately owned
- Property: The property lies in the Meguma Slate Belt at the eastern edge of the historic Rawdon Hills gold camp
- History: First discovered in 1883, antimony-gold mineralization is hosted with a series of folded graphitic and sulfide-bearing slates of Cambrian age
West Gore
Hants County Nova Scotia, Canada
- History: West Gore was a significant producer during World War One, with production shipped to England.
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Production: Records document nearly 32,000 metric tons of production between 1914-1917, yielding over 7,000 metric tons of antimony concentrate grading 46%.
Source: NI 43-101 Technical Report: May 25, 2021 by Battery Elements Corp - Gold: Total gold recovered up to 1917 was 6,861 ounces.
- Mineralization: Mineralization occurs as stibnite, native antimony, aurostibnite, and antimony-gold alloys and oxides.
- Exploration: Limited work was conducted in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s by several companies along with the Nova Scotia government.
- Plans: Company management plans include detailed data compilation, a surface field program, and drilling to better understand and confirm antimony-gold mineralization at West Gore.
Figure 1: Surface workings at West Gore circa 1907 showing the shaft house and the brand new mill building. Source: notyourgrandfathersmining.ca/west-gore