Great Basin Gold Provides Update on the Esmeralda Mill, Hollister Project
The next phase of mill development includes construction, installation and commissioning of the Gekko System, an In-Line Leach Reactor (ILR) which optimizes the recovery of gold from high grade concentrate streams. In addition to concentrate leaching in an ILR, the Gekko system includes a gravity and flotation section, which will capture free gold and silver up front, thereby reducing the feed grade to the process flow.
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The mill has averaged 217 tons per day since start up but, more importantly, for the 14 days up to
President and CEO Ferdi Dippenaar commented: "NDEP's recent approval allows for installations for the Gekko System, including the extension of the current mill building to accommodate the System, a 50-foot thickener, a lime slaker system and a Genset to commence, thereby keeping to the project schedule. The completion of this phase of expansion paves the way to match processing capacity with the mining underway. The Hollister Project has suffered from the lack of consistent milling capacity, which also has impacted on the market's understanding of the overall operational performance. The
Johan Oelofse, PrEng, FSAIMM, Chief Operating Officer for Great Basin Gold, and a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian Securities Regulations in National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the information and this news release.
No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.
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