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Exploring for Minerals Adapted from Information by Amur Minerals Corporation Amur Minerals Corporation announced its plans for the 2017 field program. The com- pany focuses on nickel-copper sulphide mineral exploration and resource development in the far east regions of Russia. Their current program will continue exploration drilling work and complete additional site investigations related to engineering work being considered in the development of Kun-Manie. The field program includes resource drilling and increased efforts focused on acquiring additional information related to the development of the project. As the company gets ready to make a production decision, they have purchased additional mobile equipment to facilitate all aspects of the program, which will help accomplish the set objectives. Construction of an ice road was completed in February, allowing for ongoing resupply of the site. With the completion of the road, the company will be in position to drill a minimum of 49,000 feet of core holes, which will target Kubuk (KUB) and Ikenskoe / Sobolevsk (IKEN). At KUB, nearly 33,000 feet of drilling is planned, including infill resource conversion, and step out drilling. At least seven metallurgical bulk sample collection holes will also be completed. At IKEN, over 16,000 feet of resource expansion drilling and metallurgical sample step out drilling will be done, of which 6500-8000 feet of it is planned for completion on the Sobolevsky part of the deposit. The objective is to expand resources in the direction of the KUB deposit. Additional drilling will also be completed, which will generate a metallurgical sample. The company also has a series of boreholes planned in the area, which will be used to determine the amount of water available to process the ore. Other boreholes will be completed to determine potential water inflow rates and dewatering re- quirements for an area planned to have open pits and underground operation work. Robin Young, CEO of Amur Minerals commented, “As we advance the project, we have begun to shift from resource drilling to a more focused site engineering effort. We will continue our exploration drilling intended to convert as much as 50% of the presently defined Inferred resource to Indicated and evaluate the potential for resource expansion at and between Ikenskoe / Sobolevsky and Kubuk where a large untested [2 mile] long target exists. Planning [49,000 feet] of drilling for the season, we will be stocking the site to allow for [65,000 feet] in case the weather permits us to complete a longer drill season as experienced last year.” Editor’s Note: In between our print issues, the WWDR Team prepares an electronic newsletter called E-News Flash . Based on readership, this was the most popular E-News Flash article of the month. Get in on the action and subscribe today at : www.worldwidedrillingresource.com 59 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2017