The Castle Mountain story: A legacy of gold : from mules to machinery

THE CASTLE MOUNTAIN STORY A LEGACY OF GOLD: FROM MULES TO MACHINERY One of the foremost axioms of the mining industry is that the best place to explore for a mine is right next door to one. A corollary is to look for mineable deposits in an area where a mine once operated. The Castle Mountain gold mine, located in California but with a land position that also extends into Nevada, qualifies on both counts. A joint-venture between Viceroy Gold (75%) and MK Gold (25%), the Castle Mountain Venture is in a region where mining has occurred in four previous cycles, where mining has recently resumed, and where the unexplored nature of Viceroy's large prospective land position suggests that today's Castle Mountain gold mine may be the forerunner of others in the area. Just as previous mining cycles were fraught with problems and hazards common to earlier times, the development of today's Castle Mountain Venture has also overcome major hurdles on the path toward commercial production. The Castle Mountain Venture demonstrates that mining and environmental responsibility need not be mutually exclusive, and moreover, that mining today means much more than digging holes, breaking rock, and pouring gold bars. This is the story of the Castle Mountain gold mine, of the long process from prospect to production, and of the people who made it happen.