Polymetal International plc (POLY.L) announced that the flotation concentrator at the Mayskoye mine was successfully started up, producing its first dry gold concentrate. The Mayskoye concentrator has a nameplate capacity of 850 Kt of ore per annum. The full ramp-up is expected to take six months, with design throughput and recoveries scheduled to be achieved in October 2013.
Mayskoye, a high-grade refractory gold deposit, is one of the top five deposits in Russia in terms of gold resources. The Mayskoye project consists of an underground mine and a 850 Ktpa on-site flotation concentrator. Mayskoye ore reserves are estimated in accordance with the JORC code to contain 2.4 Moz of gold at 9.6 g/t, with additional mineral resources amounting to 4.8 Moz of gold at 8.3 g/t, the company said.
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