Gold production was 24,971 ounces for the quarter, taking annual production to 102,415 ounces. Mining activities were focused on expanding the floor of the pit and making progress on a major cut back to enable access to ores in future periods. In the process plant, throughputs were in line with plan, but recoveries improved due to favourable ore characteristics and more efficient plant operations.
September 30, 2008
Gold production was 23,838 ounces for the quarter at a total cash cost of $459/oz. This exceeded budget and was attributable to a consistent milling performance and the continued positive reconciliation of mined ore to expected reserve. A total of 869,835 tonnes of ore were milled during the quarter at a throughput rate of 411 tonnes per hour and mill availability of 96%. The grade of ore treated was 0.92g/t, which was slightly higher than expectations at a gold recovery in circuit of 90%. Mining concentrated on ore and waste movements from the southern cutback zone of the pit.
June 30, 2008
Reported that 27,000 ounces of gold was produced
Also reported exploration drilling results, highlights include:
• Hole MRDD-203820-1 which an intercept intersected 5.8m @ 1.28 g/t Au from 234m.
Advanced or Above