en.Wedoany.com Reported - Canadian precious metals exploration and development company Integra Resources Corp. (TSX: ITR, NYSE American: ITRG) announced in early June 2026 that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published a Notice of Intent (NOI) in the Federal Register, formally initiating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process for the DeLamar gold-silver mine project. Concurrently, the company appointed Ausenco Engineering USA South Inc. as the primary engineering partner for detailed engineering activities.
Founded in April 1997 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Integra Resources Corp. is a mining company focused on precious metals exploration and development in the Great Basin region of the western United States. The company owns producing mines in Nevada while advancing two flagship development-stage heap leach projects: the DeLamar Project in southwestern Idaho and the Nevada North Project in western Nevada. The DeLamar Project is a historically producing mine encompassing the adjacent DeLamar deposit and the Florida Mountain gold-silver deposit in Owyhee County. According to a mineral resource estimate report (technical report) effective October 31, 2023, the DeLamar Project totals measured and indicated (M&I) resources of approximately 4.8 million ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq) at a grade of 0.60 g/t (including approximately 2.9 million ounces of gold and 142.7 million ounces of silver), and inferred resources of approximately 621,000 ounces of gold equivalent (AuEq) at a grade of 0.45 g/t (including approximately 428,000 ounces of gold and 15 million ounces of silver). The DeLamar Project is considered one of the largest and most advanced heap leach projects currently in the NEPA review process, with the potential to drive long-term economic growth and job creation in southwestern Idaho.
Ausenco is a global engineering, consulting, and project delivery company with over 35 years of industry experience, operating across five continents. It provides consulting services covering all stages of the project lifecycle, from preliminary assessments to scoping, pre-feasibility, detailed engineering, and beyond. Under the scope of services, Ausenco will lead detailed engineering and execution preparation, including engineering advancement, procurement planning, constructability reviews, project execution planning, and support for future development activities.
As part of the detailed engineering services, Ausenco has engaged SLR Consulting. SLR will contribute its expertise in heap leach engineering design, metallurgy, and mine planning. Detailed engineering work has commenced alongside the NEPA process and will continue through the first quarter of 2027. Long-lead procurement activities are planned to begin in the second half of 2026 and will extend throughout 2027. According to the review timeline established by the BLM, following a 30-day public comment period, the BLM will conduct environmental analysis, with the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision (ROD) expected to be released in the second half of 2027 (third quarter).
Integra Resources Corp. believes that by strengthening its technical team through the appointment of Ausenco, the company can effectively advance the detailed engineering design of the DeLamar Project while progressing the NEPA review process. The advancement of detailed engineering, along with the anticipated final EIS and ROD expected next year, will provide critical support for the construction decision of the DeLamar Project.
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