Surface Metals advances Nevada Gold and Lithium projects toward key milestones

Surface Metals CEO Steve Hanson joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company's Nevada-focused portfolio and plans to advance both its Cimarron Gold Project and Clayton Valley lithium project. Hanson said Surface Metals is focused on developing North American resource assets, with a portfolio that includes the Cimarron Gold Project and two lithium properties, including a lithium resource near Silver Peak, Nevada. At the Cimarron Gold Project, located about 25 miles south of Kinross Gold's Round Mountain mine, the company is preparing to test newly identified drill targets within a historic mining district. Hanson said previous exploration by Newmont and Echo Bay—later acquired by Kinross—returned shallow, high-grade gold intercepts that attracted the company's interest. “What really attracted me to this project is Newmont and Echo Bay... had some really interesting drill intercepts, relatively shallow holes, but very, very high-grade gold,” Hanson said. Surface Met...