Scorpio Gold Corporation (TSX-V:SGN) a Canadian-based gold producer.announces its operating results for the third quarter ("Q3") of 2015 at its 70% owned Mineral Ridge project, located in Nevada.
Mineral Ridge is a conventional open pit heap leach operation, located 6 km northwest of the town of Silver Peak and 56 km west of Tonopah in Esmeralda County, Nevada. The property is host to multiple gold-bearing structures, veins and lenses at exploration, development and production levels.
Production results for the third quarter in 2015 at Mineral Ridge totalled 9,497 ounces of gold and 4,927 ounces of silver. Gold production for the first nine months of 2015 totals 30,187 ounces, representing a decrease of 1.2% over the same period in 2014.
Peter J. Hawley, President & CEO Scorpio Gold Corporation , said "Gold production at the Mineral Ridge operation for the first nine months of 2015 is comparable with the Company's performance in the same period in 2014.
