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CRD - Central Rand Gold - First gold smelt from the Carbon-In-Leach concentrate
treatment plant
Central Rand Gold Limited
("Central Rand Gold", "CRG" or the "Company")
(Incorporated as a company with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey,
Company Number 45108)
(Incorporated as an external company with limited liability under the laws of
South Africa, registration number 2007/019223/10)
ISIN: GG00B24HM601
Share code on LSE: CRND
Share code on JSE: CRD
FIRST GOLD SMELT FROM THE CARBON-IN-LEACH ("CIL") CONCENTRATE TREATMENT PLANT
- First bullion bar poured from CIL concentrate treatment plant
- Recoveries to date in CIL plant in excess of 95%
- Full metallurgical circuit now integrated
CRG announces that on July 27, 2009, the Company successfully smelted and poured
its first bullion bar of approximately 1.5kg from its CIL concentrate treatment
plant on its Slot 8 site on the Consolidated Main Reef tenement.
The CIL plant, capable of treating 10,000 tonnes of concentrate per month,
commenced civil work on site in February 2009, with the start of commissioning
in June 2009. The smelt house was the final element requiring commissioning
which has now been completed. Recoveries to date in the CIL plant have been in
excess of 95%.
The CIL plant was fed concentrate from the Gekko 20tph trial crushing and
concentrating plant and will now also be fed from the Bateman 30tph crushing and
concentrating plant. The crushing and concentrating plants are treating surface
material from the Main Reef and Main Reef Leader outcrops. It is expected that
the crushing and concentrating plants will continue treating surface material
until such time that underground ore is extracted, expected in early 2010.
Commenting on the smelt, Johan du Toit, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are
extremely happy to have had our first smelt. This is a significant milestone in
the Company`s trial mining process and demonstrates that our metallurgical
circuit is now fully integrated and operational."
Contact:
Johan du Toit + 27 (0) 11 551 4000
Wayne Epstein + 27 (0) 11 551 4000
info@centralrandgold.com
Enquiries:
Evolution Securities Limited + 44 (0) 20 7071 4300
Simon Edwards/Chris Sim/Neil Elliot
Macquarie First South Advisers (Pty) Ltd + 27 (0) 11 583 2000
Thato Morojele/Manisha Ramlakhan/Melanie
de Nysschen
Buchanan Communications Limited + 44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Bobby Morse/Ben Willey/Katharine Sutton
Jenni Newman Public Relations (Pty) Ltd + 27 (0) 11 506 7300
Jenni Newman/Megann Outram/Lerato
Tlatlane
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