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Eurasia Mining posts Information video showing current production activities at its West Kytlim platinum mine

Published: 15:12 24 May 2018 BST

Platinum
Eurasia Mining said on Wednesday that West Kytlim – which has the second largest alluvial platinum reserve in the world – is now fully operational

Eurasia Mining plc (LON:EUA), the PGMs (platinum group metals) and gold mining company said it has now prepared an Information video (blog) for shareholders covering current production activities at its West Kytlim platinum mine in Russia.

The AIM-listed group said on Wednesday that West Kytlim – which has the second largest alluvial platinum reserve in the world – is now fully operational.

WATCH: Eurasia Mining says West Kytlim is now fully operational

The company pointed out that that the project’s washplant achieved design capacity, of 130 cubic metres per hour over a minimum 18 hour operational day.

It said that total raw platinum production amounted to 11.8 kilograms by May 16 which suggested an average grade of 771mg per cubic metres.

Eurasia Mining said the video – which can be viewed on the company's website - was filmed over the course of a day on 16th May 2018 and details the entire mining process.

It added that the process is followed from extraction at open pit, washing of gravels, collection of platinum bearing sands and gravels from a sluice, and upgrade at the on-site laboratory to raw platinum product. 

 

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