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May 2015
MODERN MINING
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MINING News
Aureus Mining Inc, the TSX- and AIM-listed
exploration and development company
focused on gold in West Africa, reports
that construction at its New Liberty gold
mine in Liberia is on track for the project
to deliver first gold by the end of May 2015.
The hot and cold commissioning phases
of the project have begun, with work
currently focused on the front end infra-
structure, while commissioning has been
fully completed on the primary jaw crusher
and secondary cone crushing circuits.
Mechanical and electrical cold com-
missioning has been completed in the
screening circuit, the conveyor systems
are all completed with belts successfully
tracked, trained and running and the ball
mill has been fully installed with all align-
ments completed. The electro-winning
circuit is now mechanically installed and
leak testing has been completed. The
electrical supply installation is also well
advanced in this area.
The Komatsu PC2000 excavator was
Commissioning of New Liberty gold mine underway
commissioned during March and is now
working in the Larjor pit and mining activi-
ties are advancing well with the focus on
the weathered eastern and western ends
of the Larjor pit, where mining levels are
being mined down to the 65 RL elevation.
Mining has also commenced in the weath-
View of the ROM tip and the primary and secondary crushers at New Liberty. The mine is due to deliver
its first gold shortly (photo: Aureus Mining).
ered zone of the Kinjor starter pit, with the
first flitch on the 67,5 to 65 RL elevation
now completed. The flood bund around
the Larjor pit has been completed ahead of
the wet season, protecting the mining pit
fromwater ingress during the approaching
wet season.