Posts Tagged ‘viability’

cooke.jpg Gold Fields and Gold One International have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to investigate the viability of concurrently reprocessing their combined surface tailings deposits, located on the West Rand region of South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin. Gold One and Gold Fields currently operate mines on the West Rand, a region with a long history of gold and uranium mining. Gold Fields and ... Full story

Australian junior miner Alcyone Resources has poured its first silver bullion from its 100%-owned Texas silver and polymetallic project, in south-east Queensland. In early April this year, Alcyone started re-irrigating the existing silver-rich heaps at the Twin Hills mine, which forms part of the Texas project, to demonstrate the viability of the leaching process before moving to a full-scale commercial silver production. The silver-rich solutions ... Full story

Dampier Gold Limited (ASX:DAU) is pleased to announce the results of recently completed resource estimates for the K1 and K2-K3 deposits located within the company’s 100%-owned Plutonic Dome project. Full story

Kelvyn Eglinton. Photo / Richard Robinson Newmont's decision to expand its Waihi gold operation was based on a rolling average gold price of US$900 ($1272) an ounce. The miner uses a three-year rolling average to assess the viability of projects, the Full story

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Chromex Mining has initiated a study to determine the viability of adding a platinum-group element (PGE) floatation plant to treat the tailings arising from the gravity concentration plant at its Stellite Full story