4 September 2018
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp is pleased to announce that pre-development civil works at the Back River marine laydown area (MLA) have been completed and the first sealift supply was successfully received at the 100%-owned Back River Gold Project, in Nunavut, Canada. The MLA is a critical infrastructure component to facilitate transportation of equipment and supplies to the Back River Project via sea lift and winter ice road.This mode of transportation provides more efficiency in supporting our exploration and future development activities than the current method of air transport alone.
In March of this year, equipment and supplies, were transported over our planned winter ice road route by a Cat Train, 150 km from the Goose camp to the MLA.The Cat Train not only validated the route but also provided information for improved future alignment.
Upon arrival at the MLA, a temporary camp was established and a 5,000 foot ice airstrip on Bathurst Inlet was constructed to facilitate a heavy lift air campaign consisting of over 100 freight flights to bring construction equipment, camp, supplies and fuel to the MLA.Immediately following the airlift, a quarry was established, and civil works proceeded from April to August 2018.