For the month of: November 2013
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Commission File Number: 001-35393
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Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit
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Date: December 27, 2013
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
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By:
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/s/ Joseph J. Ovsenek
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Name:
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Joseph J. Ovsenek
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Title:
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Vice President, Chief Development Officer
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Item 1
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Name and Address of Company
Pretium Resources Inc. (“Pretivm”)
Suite 1600, 570 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3P1
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Item 2
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Date of Material Change
November 22, 2013
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Item 3
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News Release
The news release dated November 22, 2013 was disseminated through Marketwire and filed on SEDAR.
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Item 4
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Summary of Material Change
Pretivm reported preliminary results from its Valley of the Kings Bulk Sample Program.
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Item 5
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Full Description of Material Change
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5.1 Full Description of Material Change | |
Pretivm reported that 4,215 ounces of gold have been produced from 8,090 dry tonnes of excavated material from the Valley of the Kings Bulk Sample Program (the “Program”). Approximately 1,815 wet tonnes remain to be processed. The preliminary mill results to date are shown in Table 1 below. | |
Table 1: Preliminary Mill Results from Processing (at November 20, 2013) | |
Tonnes Milled
(Dry)
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Gold Ounces
Gravity Concentrate
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Gold Ounces
Flotation Concentrate
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Gold Ounces
Tailings
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Total Contained Gold Ounces
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Total Contained Silver Ounces
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8,090
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2,542
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1,588
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85
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4,215
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3,593
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Notes: Preliminary mill results are provided by Strategic Minerals LLC, operator of the mill, and are subject to final establishment of weights and assays and settlement. | |
The results to date shown in Table 1 surpass the target of 4,000 ounces of gold projected to be produced from the entire 10,000 tonnes of material excavated for the Program. Processing is continuing on track and is expected to be completed by the first week of December (after a week-long mill shutdown for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday). Shipment and sale of the gravity concentrate has commenced, with shipment of the flotation concentrate to commence on completion of processing. The final amount of gold production will be announced at the end of processing and assaying which is expected by mid-December. | |
Independent Qualified Persons from Snowden Mining Industry Consultants are responsible for the review and sign-off of the milling and processing component of the Program, and will issue a final report on its completion. |
5.2 Disclosure for Restructuring Transactions | |
Not applicable. | |
Item 6
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Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) or (3) of National Instrument 51-102
Not applicable.
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Item 7
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Omitted Information
Not applicable.
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Item 8
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Executive Officer
Joseph Ovsenek, Chief Development Officer & Vice President
Phone: 604-558-1784
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Item 9
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Date of Report
Dated at Vancouver, BC, this 27th day of December, 2013
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