Ximen Mining (XIM.V) has advanced engineering work at the Kenville project in British Columbia, the company said Friday.
Detailed design work for a planned underground mine development is underway. The company has also completed hydrogeologic, geotechnical and ground support design components.
A consultant engineer is now scheduled for a site examination in early June to assess existing building foundations, Ximen said.
The work forms part of the Ximen's efforts to advance toward a construction start for a new underground decline, which will ultimately access multiple gold-bearing quartz veins that were intersected in surface drill holes surrounding the past-producing Kenville gold mine.
"With the upcoming site examination of the existing building foundations, we are continuing to de-risk the pathway toward a future construction start for the new decline and the potential reopening of one of British Columbia's historic gold mines," said Christopher Anderson, president, chief executive officer and director of Ximen.