2nd Jun 2015 06:31
LONDON (Alliance News) - Acacia Mining PLC Tuesday said it has started stoping operations ahead of schedule at the Gokona underground project in Tanzania, with the first ore having been delivered to the process plant.
Stoping is the process of extracting the desired ore or other mineral from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope.
The first stope has to date "demonstrated the expected geotechnical characteristics and delivered both grade and ore tonnes in line with the mine plan", said the FTSE 250-listed miner.
"We continue to expect a progressive increase in tonnes from the project as it ramps up through the year and maintain our current expectations for production from the Gokona Underground for the full year," said Acacia.
By Joshua Warner; [email protected]; @JoshAlliance
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