GOLD MINING: Ore from QR mine stockpiled at mill

BRITISH COLUMBIA - Barkerville Gold Mines (formerly International Wayside) said its mining contractor, Procon Mining and Tunnelling, has begun stockpiling ore from the QR gold mine near Quesnel at the 900 t/d mill. Gold production is to begin in Q2 2010 at a rate of 50,000 oz per year.

Ore is being mined from the West zone, and the company is planning a $4-million development drilling program at the North zone.

The QR mine is part of Barkerville's Cariboo gold project. The company's holdings include the former Hardscrabble tungsten mine and the former Mosquito Creek, Aurum, Island Mountain, Cariboo, Bonanza Ledge, Cariboo Thompson and Cariboo Hudson gold mines. See also www.BarkervilleGold.com.