JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing to specification.
“The initial capital estimate was met, and we came in on time and within budget,” DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius reported during a webinar in which DRDGOLD CFO Henriette Hooijer and DRDGOLD COO Jaco Schoeman also participated to provide an update on the progress of Vision 2028, DRDGOLD's five-project programme involving a capital expenditure of R10-billion. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)
The new facility was commissioned on Tuesday, July 14, when the first doré gold bar was poured.
A doré bar is a semi-pure, unrefined alloy of gold produced directly at a mine site.
Once fully ramped up, the new facility will increase monthly plant throughput to 1.2-million tons a month and contribute 16 years of mine life at that rate.
