Blossom Gold (BGAU.TO) has started work to reopen Portal #2 at the Rosebud Project in Nevada, the company said Thursday.
Portal #2 is expected to open the week of July 20. After the opening, rehabilitation will be conducted to establish drill bays for underground, infill drilling of the Rosebud open-pit resource, which is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter.
"Opening the underground has been a fundamental milestone in Blossom's plans for Rosebud, allowing us the do the resource drilling we would not have been able to achieve from surface drilling under the five acre constraint of our notice of intent," said Rick Winters, chief executive officer of Blossom Gold.