From gold plant data analysis to Gwalia’s underground mine, here is an update.
By Mark S. Kuhar
A new collaborative project could revolutionise gold plant data analysis. A consortium of world leaders ...
Silvercorp Metals Inc. has reported that its first underground drill hole at the DCG Mine in the Ying Mining District, Henan Province, China intercepted a 1.90-m interval grading 15.0 g/t gold.
In ...
... lodes.
The company has completed its diamond drilling program for 2016 but will resume in January 2017 with one surface rig and one underground rig.
Lion One has continued to dewater the existing decline ...
... extensional targets of the Tuvatu deposit.
One surface drill rig is in operation and one underground drill rig is on site and ready to be mobilised as the dewatering of the Tuvatu decline progresses. ...
... partner at Jinfeng for over fourteen years and is the logical buyer as the operation transitions fully into the underground.
“Since commencement of production in 2007, Jinfeng has consistently delivered ...
... its underground Grasberg mine as well as from the Big Gossan, Deep MLZ and Kucing Liar sites. The underground mine has 1 billion tonnes in proven reserves and is expected to be in operation from 2016 until ...
The southern cutback to the existing Belinau open pit at Sumatra Copper & Gold’s Tembang project has advanced as planned with the first underground development drive now into high grade gold and silver-bearing ...
... for future underground mining below the known open pit resource.
The hole intersected low-grade mineralization which has downgraded the potential for future underground development at Barbara with the ...
... an expanded open pit mine and increased mill throughput, and the discovery of deeper higher grade gold and copper mineralization presents a potentially viable option for low-cost underground bulk mining ...
... and better definition of higher-grade extensions to the mineralized zone via further drilling, the key driver is the ability to more completely sample gold-bearing clay during underground development. ...
... plans are based on a 95,000-tonnes/day underground block-cave mine. In August 2013, underground development was delayed pending resolution of matters with the Government of Mongolia, which was reached ...
... of staff will increase as the company moves from the current transitional stage to project ramp-up. The infrastructure at the Kainantu project, in addition to the underground mine development, include ...
... drilling, trenching and underground development via adits, cross cuts and strike drives. During 2014, a further 41 diamond holes were drilled primarily into zone IV to further define the continuity of ...
... a nominal throughput of 100,000 tonnes of ore per day, has been constructed to process ore mined from the Southern Oyu open pit. Long-term development plans are based on a 95,000-tonne-per-day underground ...
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Underground diamond drilling is focused on a high-priority, high-grade target down dip of the existing MSV ore body. This follows work completed in the first quarter to identify the structural controls ...
Lion One Metals has commenced the first phase of underground work programs for its high grade Tuvatu Gold Project on the island of Viti Levu. This phase includes dewatering and refurbishment of the existing ...
... resource.”
It is thought that some 15,000 ounces of gold was produced by local miners at the HGZ from 2005 to 2012, largely from shallow underground workings and simple gravity processing. Their work ...
DEVELOPMENT and construction of Sirius Resources’ Nova Nickel Mine in Western Australia is progressing on or ahead of schedule. The establishment of the portal and start of the underground decline to access ...
... at a cost of US$10 million with a construction time of about 17 months and an estimated payback period of 1.4 years. Surface earthworks and underground Alimak rising have started.
Geoff Davis says, “The ...