In the first three months of 2021, Fiore Gold’s (TSXV: F) Pan heap leach mine in Nevada generated 10,915 oz. of gold, a 19% increase over the prior quarter due to an improvement in heap leach pH levels. The amount of dissolved gold loaded to carbon also trended upwards over the course of the reporting period, from 3,294 oz. in January to 4,155 oz. in March.

The US-focused gold miner is also completing an expansion project at the Pan heap leach pad that was originally announced in December 2020, to extend the mine life by two years to 2025. First ore is expected to be stacked on the new pad in the company’s fiscal third quarter (the second calendar quarter of 2021).