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MINING News
True Gold appoints CEO
True Gold Mining Inc, listed on the TSX-V,
has appointed Christian Milau as its Chief
Executive Officer, effective 27 April 2015.
Milau joins True Gold from Endeavour
Mining Corporation, where he has served
as Executive Vice President and CFO, play-
ing a leading role in Endeavour’s acquisition,
financing, development, and operation of
four goldmines (expected to produce almost
500 000 ounces in 2015) in Burkina Faso, Côte
d’Ivoire, Ghana and Mali.
True Gold is developing the Karma gold
mine (an open-pit, heap leach operation)
in Burkina Faso, which will produce 97 000
ounces of gold a year on average over an
eight-and-a-half-year mine life. The EPCM
contractor is SENET of South Africa.
The project has been temporarily shut
down after a demonstration at the mine in
January led to damage to equipment and
property. True Gold says it is currently working
on renewing its ties with the community with
a view to putting community relations on a
firm footing prior to resuming construction.
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited
(Implats) announced recently further plans
to use fuel cells to provide energy at its
platinum group metals refinery in Springs,
east of Johannesburg, from early 2016.
Implats, which is the world’s second
largest platinum producer, continues to
play a critical role in the development of
markets for platinum fuel cells and intends
using fuel cells for stationary power at its
refineries.
Implats CEO Terence Goodlace says this
is a very exciting and timely initiative given
the current power constraints in the coun-
try. Platinum fuel cells provide an effective
alternative energy supply for mining and
industrial companies in South Africa.
The company has partnered with
Mitochondria Energy, a local business,
to develop and deliver fuel cell solutions
which provide sustainable economic
returns. The first phase of the project will
see the mining company installing cells
using phosphoric acid fuel cell technology
from Fuji Electric in Japan. The fuel cells
will operate off excess hydrogen piped in
for the metal reduction process. They will
supply an initial 1,8 MW of power in two
tranches and will also produce heat that
will be integrated into the operation. The
chemical reaction by the fuel cells pro-
duces zero emissions except for clean
water that can be utilised within the plant.
The second phase of the project will
involve the installation of a fuel cell facil-
ity producing up to 22 MW operating on
natural gas and hydrogen that will enable
Implats’refinery to realise its aim of operat-
ing off the national electricity grid.
In the future, Implats will also con-
sider opportunities to deploy stationary
power plants with the ultimate aim of
using fuel cells as the core energy source
for its underground mining equipment.
This could also provide an opportunity
to significantly enhance mine ventilation
requirements and reduce heat, as well as
noxious and sulphurous emissions.
Implats unveils fuel cell plans for refinery
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