Alacer reports maiden resource for Çakmaktepe, in Turkey’s Çöpler district

TSX- and ASX-listed miner Alacer Gold has calculated an initial resource estimate for the Çakmaktepe satellite deposits of the company’s flagship Çöpler mine, located in the Çöpler District of eastern Turkey. Toronto-headquartered Alacer said on a 100%-basis, the Çakmaktepe and Bayramdere deposits have an indicated oxide resource of 2.42-million tonnes grading 1.8 g/t gold and 11.53 g/t silver for 140 000 oz of gold. Alacer also reported an inferred resource of 381 000 t grading 1.89 g/t gold and 1.35 g/t silver, for a further 24 000 oz of gold.