Mine’s plant doubles performance to over 1,000 tonnes daily

THE K92 Mining Ltd achieved a stage two design throughput of 1,100 tonnes per day in September, doubling what was in stage one, says chief executive officer and director John Lewins.
“The strong performance of the process plant, achieving daily records well in excess of 1,100 tonnes a day and at a notably finer product size has led to the formal approval for the Stage 2A expansion, increasing throughput by another 25 per cent plus to 1,370 tpd.
“The capital cost for the plant expansion is estimated to be US$2.5 million (about K8.7 million), with commissioning in Q3 2022.
“Several key components have already arrived on site.
“While the headwinds from (Covid-19) have persisted for longer than expected, we remain pleased that the operation continues to progress on multiple fronts.” He said Judd emerged from an exploration target to a new, major mining front, “with production stoping planned to start in Q4, providing a notable boost to operational flexibility”.
“The exploration success at Judd was also a key driver for approving the Stage 2A expansion,” he said.
“On exploration, the infill programme at Kora is nearing completion for our updated resource estimate later this year, and the Stage 3 expansion definitive feasibility study in the first half of 2022.
“Currently there are five underground rigs on Kora and 1 underground rig on Judd.
“By the beginning of November, we expect to have at least two thirds of our underground drill rigs on Judd, marking a major pivot from infill to step-out drilling for the remainder of 2021 and into 2022.”