Alba Mineral Resources plc completed another blast this week and advanced 1.4 metres, reaching a total 13.8m, on level 5 at Clogau-St David’s gold mine in North Wales.
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The company has also started reviewing its previously commissioned underground survey to revise the existing underground model, which will include the advances on level 5.
Alba said that the modelling work would create a clearer picture of “the extent of development and support wider technical understanding of the mine”.
Work has also started to improve the processing plant with the order of a new iCON centrifugal gravity gold concentrator.
“Designed to support the gravity recovery stage by concentrating fine heavy minerals from slurry using water and centrifugal force, the unit operates at 120-150 G, has a capacity of up to 3 tonnes per hour of solids, and is able to recover fine gold down to 400 mesh (37 microns),” added Alba.
“It is expected to add flexibility to the current setup and represent a significant upgrade on the present concentrator as processing work progresses.
“The unit is expected to arrive in the UK shortly and, once cleared and received, will then be delivered to and installed at Clogau.”