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Section 17.0 outlines a preliminary process design flowsheet for the Nash Creek and Superjack Project. The design involves conventional three-stage crushing of run-of-mine material to a size suitable for pre-concentration in a Dense Media Separation (DMS) plant. The DMS facility design is pending further test work, with an assumption that the lower grade 50% of the feed will be rejected as waste with acceptable metal losses.

The Empire State Mines (ESM) concentrator, originally commissioned in 1970 and last shut down in 2008, was refurbished in late 2017 and resumed processing mineralization in 2018. The facility is designed to handle 5,000 short tons per day, though current operations run on a reduced schedule of one shift per day, four days per week, processing between 10,124 and 11,375 tons per week. The mine operates underground, with mining production typically not exceeding 2,275 tons per day, projected to peak at 2,800 tons per day in 2028.

The Gualcamayo process facility is designed to treat 25,000 tpd of ore utilizing a combination of open pit and underground mining methods. The ore undergoes primary, secondary, and tertiary crushing before being transported to heap leach pads. Gold recovery is achieved through cyanide heap leaching followed by Adsorption, Desorption, and Refining (ADR) processes, including carbon columns, electrowinning, and doré casting. The facility has undergone sustaining capital updates to automate the ADR plant and recover carbon fines to reduce gold loss.

This 2012 Technical Summary Report details the recovery methods for the Muskowekwan Indian Reserve Project, operated by Encanto Potash Corp. The project utilizes solution mining techniques to extract potash from underground brine deposits. The processing flow involves heating brine in multiple-effect evaporators to precipitate sodium chloride, which is then removed via clarification and centrifugation. The remaining high-temperature brine is directed to a crystallization circuit to produce potassium chloride.

The 2018 NI 43-101 Technical Report details the recovery methods for the Coricancha Mine Complex. The plant is a base metal polymetallic sulfide concentrator producing Pb, Cu, and Zn concentrates. It also includes a differential flotation circuit for AsPy from pyrite, treated by BIOX® and subsequent cyanidation (CIL) for Au and Ag recovery. The plant was designed in 1999 for 600 tpd and is currently under care and maintenance.