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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’s Benkala JV to connect power to site and start building infrastructure
Frontier Mining Ltd (AIM: FML) said its joint venture operating the Benkala copper-molybdenum-gold deposit in northwestern Kazakhstan has received technical and regional authority approval to connect electricity to the site.
KazCopper LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary of US Megatech BVI which is a 50/50 JV between Frontier and Coville Intercorp, is now expected to begin construction work for site infrastructure and the foundation works for a 20,000 tonne per year SX-EW EW (solvent extraction and electrowinning) cathode copper plant in the third quarter of 2009.
A total of 29 holes have been drilled under the infill drilling program since the fourth quarter of 2008. The program for the oxide/supergene zone is expected to be completed in September 2009 by which time an additional 20 holes totalling 2,500 metres are expected to have been drilled. Assay results are expected by December 2009 and a JORC compliant resource statement for the oxide/supergene zone is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2010.
The strategic focus of the infill drilling programme at Benkala has been revised in order to achieve earlier production and cash flows from the oxide/supergene zone.
This revised programme for 2009 is expected to see KazCopper progress towards full feasibility, production and near term-cash flow on the oxide/supergene and mixed sulphide ores at Benkala early 2011, Frontier added.
Frontier CEO Erlan Sagadiev commented: “We are pleased with the significant progress made on the infill drilling programme at the Benkala project. The regional authorities have been very supportive of KazCopper and we are now firmly focused on completing the infill drilling on Benkala's considerable oxide supergene zone and commencing construction works on the SX-EW cathode copper plant in Q3 2009.”



















