Scotgold Resources Limited (AIM:SGZ) continued to mine as planned at its Cononish mine in the Grampians during the month of July.
Mining activities further increased the volume and the quality of ore stored on the stockpile. The ore thickness is wider than anticipated, producing more high grade ore from the current cut and fill section.
In addition, the company’s second DUX truck is expected to arrive at the end of August and will be available for use in September.
As part of a risk analysis assessment, the process plant was taken offline several times throughout July to conduct further inspections of risk areas to prevent future failures.
This work proved useful in identifying a number of preventative measures which has resulted in the process plant having been in 24 hour operations since this work was completed.
This step change has seen the process plant average over 90% of design throughput for the last 10 days of the month.
As planned, the process plant produced sufficient concentrate throughout the month to allow another shipment of 25 tonnes of concentrate.