09:53 AM EST - Richmont Mines Inc. : Is providing a status update on an expansion case Preliminary Economic Assessment currently underway for the Island Gold Mine located in northern Ontario. The Expansion Case PEA is expected to be released in the first half of 2017 in order to incorporate the 2016 year-end Resource estimates and will consider a potential ore mining and mill processing rate increase to 1,100 tonnes per day beginning in 2018, with minimal capital investment being required. Richmont Mines Inc.
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