i don´t know if i am right but does this mean in the best case 3.000.000 on the heap leach with about 1,5g/t = 4.500.000 g = 158.732 oz or 2g/t = 6.000.000 g = 211.643 oz or 2,35g/t = 7.050.000 g = 248.681 oz I know this is only on the heap leach and 1,5g/t is more realistic How much can they really produce?
Mining activities at Namoya improved through the quarter as the new fl eet made incremental contributions toward this. The CAT 777 mining fl eet, which was fully commissioned in early December, moved over 700 000 t of material for the month, compared with an average of approximately 369 000 t for the fi rst 11 months of 2015. The commissioning of the larger fl eet represented the fi nal step toward Namoya being able to operate in a manner consistent with management expectations. With continued increases in mining activity, it is expected that monthly stacking levels at the heap leach will quickly advance to design capacity levels. Meanwhile, Namoya’s heap leach stacking throughput is expected to produce at a rate of 2.6 Mt, but will be stress tested to over 3 Mt in 2016, in order to ensure that the mine will in future be able to maintain operating margins going forward, in the event of a declining gold price. Ore stacked at the heap leach for the fourth quarter of 2015 decreased from the third quarter to 383 913 t, but the average grade of the material stacked was 2.35 g/t of gold. With over 40% of this gold stacked in December, Namoya’s gold production in the fi rst quarter of 2016 is expected to realise the benefi t of this higher-grade material.
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