Jubilee Platinum’s (LON:JLP) ramp up of tailings processing at ASA’s Dilokong mine in South Africa is running ahead of schedule.
The ASA project is currently processing feed at 60 tonnes per hour, compared to design capacity of 44 tph, Jubilee said.
Saleable concentrate in excess of 1,000 tonnes is ready for shipment, it added.
Jubilee has rights to the tailings from two chromite mines in South Africa and expects to recover 33,000 ounces of platinum group metals per year.when both are fully operational.
Leon Coetzer, chief executive, said he was pleased with how the ASA project was progressing.
“The increased throughput reflects the experience and training of our project and operational team and I look forward to even more increases.”