Overview
| Status | Closing / Closed |
| Mine Type | Tailings |
| Commodities |
|
| Processing |
- Flotation
- Carbon in leach (CIL)
- Cyanide (reagent)
|
The Las Lagunas project involving the extraction of gold and silver from stored refractory tailings utilising an Albion/CIL process plant was completed in December 2019.
The plant has been dismantled and surplus equipment stored for future sale, or incorporation in a new plant if the opportunity arises. |
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The 100% owned Las Lagunas project involves the reprocessing of high grade gold/silver refractory tailings from the Pueblo Viejo mine located approximately 105km to the north of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean.
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Processing
- Flotation
- Carbon in leach (CIL)
- Cyanide (reagent)
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Summary:
The project involves the reclamation of the existing tailings by dredging, ultrafine grinding, concentration of gold bearing sulphides through flotation followed by sulphide oxidation using the Albion process, prior to extraction of gold and silver utilising standard carbon-in-leach cyanidation.
Recoveries & Grades:
| Commodity | Parameter | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|
Gold
|
Head Grade, g/t
| ......  | 4.08 | 3.89 | 3.92 | 3.43 |
Production:
| Commodity | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|
Gold
|
oz
| ...... | 43,243 | 42,998 | 46,021 | 37,760 |
|
Silver
|
oz
| ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
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Operational Metrics:
| Metrics | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|
Plant annual capacity
| 200,000 t | 200,000 t | 200,000 t | 200,000 t | |
|
Tonnes processed
| 574,673 t | 623,618 t | 667,910 t | 730,320 t | 758,390 t |
Financials:
| | Units | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|
Capital expenditures
|
M USD
| | 0.4 |
2.6
|
3
|
3.8
|
|
Revenue
|
M USD
| ...... | 55.5 |
54
|
55
|
46
|
|
EBITDA
|
M USD
| ...... | 20 |
18.5
|
17.7
|
|
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