Caracal Gold chief executive Robert McCrae told Proactive that its new heap leach plant at Kilimapesa is just the first step in the planned expansion of the Kenyan mine.
Progress has been ahead of schedule, he says, with first gold just announced and recoveries better expected.
The leach pad was phase one. Phase two is optimising the tailings circuit and phase three will increase in capacity through the milling circuit, eventually getting to 24,000oz gold annually.