Projects
FEED WORK BEGINS AT ACHMMACH
Location: Morocco
Phase:
Development
Resource:
Tin
Kasbah Resources appointed Ausenco to do front-end engineering
design (FEED) work for the Achmmach tin project in Morocco.
The location of the Achmmach tin project in Morocco.
Between November 2018 and February 2019, Ausenco will
commence with the work, intending to enhance and improve the
design and efficiencies in the processing plant. As a result, risk
will be reduced, targeting an improved EPC tender price for the
construction of the processing plant. and optimisation of construction strategies. “We are confident
that the FEED will provide benefits to the project by improving
the deliverables and potentially reducing the cost of the build
and minimising the execution risk of construction,” commented
Russell Clark, Kasbah CEO.
Included in the scope of the FEED is optimising the process
plant layout and design; reducing the overall project costs
through efficient design and effective sourcing of materials;
and reducing the project schedule through effective planning Ausenco will undertake the work with the aim of enhancing and
improving the design and efficiencies in the processing plant,
thereby reducing risk and targeting an improved engineering
EPC tender price for the construction of the processing plant.
Results from the definitive feasibility study confirmed
Achmmach as a world-class development-ready tin project.
Kasbah is now focusing on securing project financing, offtake
partners, a mining contractor, and an engineering procurement
construction (EPC) contractor to build the project.
YAOURÉ COMPLETES SCOPING STUDY
Location:
Côte d’Ivoire
Phase:
Scoping
Resource: Gold
The purpose of the study was to
investigate the technical and economic
viability of underground mining methods
for extraction of the CMA lode and
to identify the requirements to convert
the potential underground target to an
indicated mineral resource and ore reserve
via a subsequent prefeasibility study (PFS).
Included in the study was a reinterpretation
of the mineralised structures both within
and below the open pit to obtain a clear
understanding of the distribution and
continuity of high-grade mineralisation
suitable for mining by underground methods.
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A scoping study has been completed for
Perseus Mining’s Yaouré gold project in
Côte d'Ivoire. The study was initiated in
the first half of 2018.
Scoping study mine access to the CMA footwall lode from the open pit.
No significant geotechnical concerns were
identified in the scoping study. Support
requirements for the portal areas and for
all development were estimated in the
study. Stability analysis was carried out
to determine stable stoping spans and
extraction ratios based on development
largely being on the ore body and employing
a room and pillar mining method.
Allowances for local underground water
management, transfer to the open pit, and
pumping to surface were also included in
the scoping study.
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