Modern Mining February 2016

MINING News

True Gold starts to stack ore on leach pads at Karma

True Gold Mining Inc, listed on the TSX-V, has provided an update on its Karma gold mine in Burkina Faso, West Africa. According to the company, construc- tion at Karma is approximately 94 % complete with commissioning being the major activity on site. Over 500 000 tonnes of stockpiled ore will provide the initial feed to the fully commissioned soft rock crusher, agglomeration and stacking circuit. Ore has been introduced into the crushing and agglomerating circuits and agglomerated ore is being stacked on the leach pad. Piping and solution collection systems for leach pad cells 1 to 3 have been com- pleted with the installation of the last of the HDPE lining for the pad to pond inter- face. Cell 1 is receiving agglomerated ore, while Cells 2 and 3 will be completed in the coming weeks, with final placement of the drainage layer underway. Cells 4 through 9 are levelled and are ready for HDPE lining installation. The ADR plant is very well advanced with the final installation of piping, elec-

A recent view of the Karma site with cement silos in the foreground (photo: True Gold).

and plastering is completed. Site structural steel work is complete, and the remaining civil works are limited to the gold room and minor infrastructure items.  facilities consisting of previously mined and processed material. To date, the mining assets have produced over one million ounces of gold. Galaxy’s existing processing plants are in need of refurbishment and consist of crushing, milling, flotation, biologi- cal oxidation of flotation concentrate, CIL leaching, elution, smelting and tail- ings disposal facilities designed to treat 16 000 tonnes of ore per month. They can be expanded through refurbishment and the introduction of larger mills and flota- tion equipment. 

trical and instrumentation remaining. The main construction focus is now on finish- ing the gold roomwhere all the equipment is in the building ready to be placed in position once the second floor brickwork

Galane files technical report on Galaxy assets Galane Gold, which is listed on the TSX-V and owns the Mupane gold mine near Francistown in Botswana, has filed an NI 43-101 technical report – prepared by Minxcom – for its Galaxy gold mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Galaxy Gold Reefs (Pty) Ltd, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Galaxy Gold Mining Limited. Galane recently acquired a 74 % ownership interest in Galaxy.

Barberton and 45 km west of the pro- vincial capital of Nelspruit (Mbombela) in Mpumalanga Province and covers an area of 5 863 ha. The mine comprises 21 east-west trending gold orebodies and four prospects at 600 to 2 000 m depth. Gold has been prospected at the mine since the 1880s and Agnes – one of the orebodies – has been exploited as an established mine since 1908. Currently, over 75 historical adits exist within the mining area, as well as tailings storage

The Galaxy mine is located approxi- mately 8 km west of the town of

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