Afarak Group Plc Afarak Group Restarts Opencast Mining At Mecklenburg
12 January 2017 - 6:48PM
UK Regulatory
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Opencast mining expected to yield 200,000 tons of chrome ore
Work on underground mining shaft set to commence in 2017
Underground mine has potential of 4.5 million tons of chrome ore
Afarak Group has entered into a Mining Services Agreement with
Pholagolwa Mining to continue the opencast mining Mecklenburg. Work is
currently underway on increasing the high wall to 65 metres from 40
metres. The first tonnages are expected shortly and full production is
expected to be reached by April for a period of six months. Full
production will be 30,000 tons of chrome ore per month and the total
opencast for the project is expected to be just over 200,000 tons of
chrome ore. This will also allow better access to the underground
mining area which has the potential to produce 4.5 million tons of
chrome ore. Development of the shaft is scheduled to start later this
year.
Dr Alistair Ruiters, outgoing-CEO of Afarak, said that this project
highlights Afarak's responsiveness to market conditions. "In response to
the market upswing, an opportunity was identified in increasing the high
wall and which will allow opencast mining and facilitate underground
mining. This added production capacity allows us to reap the benefits of
the current market upswing."
Guy Konsbruck, CEO-designate of Afarak, added that, "Afarak continues to
consolidate its position as a lean and flexible vertically-integrated
company with the capacity to respond to favourable market conditions."
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Source: Afarak Group via Globenewswire
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