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SUKARI
GOLD
MINE
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El Sukari Gold Mine is loacated
some west of Marsa Alam within a 160 sq km license area for the Project.
Surrounded by wide wadis and stunning mountain ranges, Sukari hill has
hosted varying ancient mining communities spanning thousands of
years.The Sukari deposit is hosted by a large porphyry body, which is
located on a regional shear zone providing favorable drilling
conditions. The Project is now at an advanced stage of development, with
construction having commenced in quarter two of 2007 and commercial
production expected before year end. |
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Sukari consists of four primary
zones that contain varying degrees of ore: Amun, Ra, Gazelle and
Pharaoh. The open pit is based on the Main and Hapi ore zones which have
been drilled extensively in the Amun and Ra/ Gazelle areas revealing
various high-grade zones. |
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Current Work Programme
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The Sukari Gold Project is expected to mine 142 Mt ore @ 1.4 g/t Au,
producing 6.4 Moz gold. A further 705 Mt of waste material is also
expected to be mined resulting in a waste to ore strip ratio of 5:1. |
Ore and waste will be mined using conventional open pit mining
methods. The operation is planned to utilize selective mining techniques
to separate ore and waste. Provision has been made for drilling and
blasting all primary and oxide
materials. |
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Ore will be hauled to the run of mine pad next to the Processing
Plant and either direct tipped to the crusher or stockpiled for future
reclaim at the 4 Mtpa Process Plant throughput rate. |
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Mining will be progressed at an
increased rate compared to
processing; approximately 5 Mt
of ore is expected to be mined
and 4 Mt of ore will be
processed annually. Operating at
an increased mining rate allows
the cut-off grade for feed to
the Plant (referred to as
“cutover” grade) to be increased
in the early years of the
schedule. This in turn increases
the metal output and project
revenue in these early years,
thus increasing the discounted
operating surplus cash flow.
According to current schedules,
the low-grade stockpile produced
as a result of applying a
cutover grade will be processed
after mining has ceased,
extending the current operating
life of the project for a
further six years. As a result,
the average milled grade during
the mining period is forecast to
be 1.87 g/t Au, compared to 0.66
g/t Au for the low-grade
stockpile. |
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