The Witwatersrand Basin Project is set to deliver a significant 1,615,000oz of Gold over a 27-year Life-of-Mine with an estimated 16.1M tonnes at a Run of Mine grade of 3.11g/t Au Gold from mining Stages 1-4.
The target areas in the WBP as follows: - Qala Shallows (Stage 1) Qala Shallows had a projected steady state ROM production at a rate of 55,000oz Au per annum for approximately 10 years and total production of 663,000oz Au over a 17-year LOM. - Main Reef Package (Stage 2) Estimated to provide 593,000t at a ROM grade of 3.36g/t Au for 64,000oz of additional production over years 4 to 7 combined. - Bird Reef East (Stage 3) Estimated to provide 897,000t at a ROM grade of 3.34g/t Au for 96,000oz of additional production over years 6 to 12 combined. - Qala Deeps (Stage 4) Estimated to provide 7.3Mt at a ROM grade of 3.11g/t Au for 732,000oz of additional production over years 13 to 27 combined. - Bird Reef Central (Stage 5) was excluded from the analysis. |