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Frontier Mining Ltd is a mineral exploration and development Company focussed on gold and copper deposits in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, Frontier locates, evaluates, acquires, explores and develops mineral properties. Frontier currently operates two licenses in Kazakhstan, Naimanjal (100% owned) and Benkala (50% owned). Naimanjal operations currently consist of five projects; a producing gold mine, a test stage gold production project, a potential copper porphyry deposit with associated gold and molybdenum, and copper/gold prospects along a 25km trend including both VMS and porphyry types. Benkala is a copper-molybdenum-gold deposit located in north-western Kazakhstan, within the Urals gold/copper ore belt.
Frontier Mining starts operations and Naimanjal gold and silver project
Frontier Mining Ltd (AIM: FML), the exploration and development company based in Kazakhstan, said the 2009 programme for the Naimanjal gold and silver complex is now underway with 14,000 tonnes of previously stockpiled ore at an average grade of 1.1 grams of gold per ton stacked on the leach pads. Mining and crushing operations are commencing.
It said it has received confirmation of the extension of its pilot production license at the complex and has submitted an application for commercial production at Naimanjal. Frontier expects news on its application in the third quarter of 2009 with commercial production in 2010.
It is forecasting 2009 pilot production of 6,000 ounces of gold and 60,000 ounces of silver, and expects commercial production in 2010 of 15,000 ounces Au and 150,000 ounces Ag.



















