The Selinsing operation consists of:
• Selinsing Gold Mine;
• Buffalo Reef Project;
• Exploration leases and blocks.
The mining method is conventional open pit drill and blast, load and haul on a 2.5 m mining flitch with a 10 m high blasting bench, reflective of semi-selective mining. The maximum excavator bucket size of 2.3 m3 is matched to this selectivity.
Open pit mining at both Selinsing and Buffalo Reef has historically been carried out by a local contractor Minetech Construction Sdn Bhd (Minetech). who has been involved in the operation since Monument acquired the operation.
The contract is current, and Minetech is responsible for the mining of ore and waste including:
• Drill and blast activities;
• Load and haul activities;
• Rehabilitation activities.
Manning of the mining fleet will be the responsibility of Minetech, but a team of professional mining personnel will service the mine in terms of:
*Mine planning and scheduling;
*Grade control and reconciliation;
*Contractor management;
*Mining related mine management.
The Selinsing Gold Mine Project (SGM) will continue to mine and process oxide material as well as process stockpile and Old Tailings material until the Selinsing Gold Sulphide Project (SGSP) production commences, when extraction of the available gold sulphide economic Mineral Resource at the SGM will commence. All remaining CIL only trea ........
