Glossary of Terms used in this Annual Report
(including Resource and Reserve definitions)
Adit – a passageway or opening driven horizontally into the side of a hill, generally for the purpose of exploring underground or otherwise accessing a mineral deposit
Alteration – any physical or chemical change in rock or mineral subsequent to its formation
Anomaly – a departure from the normal or field characteristic; a term commonly used in geochemical and geophysical prospecting Assay – a quantitative test of minerals and ore by chemical and / or fire techniques CAD – Canadian dollar CIL – carbon-in-leach CIP – carbon-in-pulp
Assay - a quantitative test of minerals and ore by chemical and / or fire techniques
CAD - Canadian dollar
CIL - carbon-in-leach
CIP - carbon-in-pulp
Concession – a grant of mining rights especially by a government in return for services or for a particular use
Co – Cobalt.
Corporation (the) – Crew Gold Corporation and its operating subsidiaries
Cu – Copper
Deposit – a mineralized body which has been physically delineated by sufficient drilling, trenching and / or underground work, and found to contain a sufficient average grade of metal or metals to warrant further exploration and / or development expenditure
DMT – dry metric tonnes
g/t - grams per tonne
Hectare or ha – 10,000 square metres or 2.471 acres.
High grade – More than 31 grams of gold per tonne or more than one troy ounce of gold per tonne
* Inferred mineral resource – the part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of
geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified for geological and grade continuity. The estimate
is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits,
workings and drill holes.
* Indicated mineral resource – the part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical
characteristics, can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic
parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and
reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits
workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed.
Intrusive – a body of igneous rock formed by a consolidation of magma intruded into other rocks, in contrast to lavas, which are
extruded upon the surface
Kilometer or km – 1,000 meters or 0.621 miles
* Measured mineral resource – the part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape, physical characteristics
are so well established that they can be estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and
economic parameters, to support production planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based
on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as
outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity.
Meter or m – 3.281 feet
* Mineral reserve – the economically mineable part of a measured or indicated mineral resource demonstrated by at least a preliminary
feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors
that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. A mineral reserve includes diluting materials and
allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined.
* Mineral resource – a concentration or occurrence of natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic material in or on the Earth’s crust in
such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction. The location, quantity,
grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a mineral resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological
evidence and knowledge.
Mineralization – the concentration of metals and their chemical compounds within a body of rock
MT or tonne – metric tonne
Mtu – metric tonne unit
Ni – Nickel
NOK – Norwegian kroner
Ore a natural aggregate of one or more minerals which, at a specified time and place, may be mined and sold at a profit, or from which some part may be profitably separated
Ounces or oz – Troy ounces
Preliminary feasibility study a comprehensive study of the viability of a mineral project that has advanced to a stage where the mining method, in the case of underground mining, or the pit configuration, in the case of an open pit, has been established, and where an effective method of mineral processing has been determined. This study must include a financial analysis based on reasonable assumptions of technical, engineering, operating and economic factors and evaluation of other relevant factors which are sufficient for a qualified person acting reasonably, to determine if all or part of the mineral resource may be classified as a mineral reserve.
* Probable reserve – the economically mineable part of an indicated and in some circumstances measured mineral resource
demonstrated by at least a preliminary feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing,
metallurgical, economic, and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can
be justified.
* Proven Reserve – the economically mineable part of a measured mineral resource demonstrated by at least a preliminary feasibility
study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, and other relevant factors that
demonstrate, at the time of reporting that economic extraction is justified.
Pyrite – mineral containing iron sulphide
Shares – common shares in the capital of the Corporation
Snowden – Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Inc.
Sulphide – a mineral of sulphur with one or more other elements
T/d or tpd – tonnes of ore that can be processed in a day
Troy ounce – 31.10348 grams
Wmt - wet metric tonne
ZAR – South African rand
* The above definitions of resources and reserves are according to the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum,
Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves: Definitions and Guidelines.
Resources and reserves reported in this document which refer to the Australasian Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and
Ore Reserves (“JORC Code”) are retained in their original format.
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