PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Junior Havilah Resources has produced its first gold ore from the Portia mine in Western Australia.
The company said on Friday that the milestone was achieved more than three months ahead of originally scheduled, owing to a redesign of the mining plan.
“It is pleasing to note that in spite of the numerous challenges presented by the soft clay overburden and ongoing dewatering requirements, mining of the Portia openpit has largely gone according to plan, and the orezone is as expected, which augers well for the remainder of the mining operation,” said Havilah MD Chris Giles.
“Our next milestone will be commencement of processing of the stockpiled ore, which we expect to achieve during April, once construction and commissioning of the processing plant is completed.”
The Portia mine is estimated to host a Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant inferred resource of 720 000 t, grading 2.9 g/t gold for 67 000 oz of contained gravity recoverable gold.
Edited by: Creamer Media Reporter
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