Wesdome Gold Mines announced that it's fast tracking upgrades to its milling facility near Wawa.
Kappes, Cassiday & Associates, global milling experts from Reno, NV. are the consultants.
"The Mishi open pit has been a great success from a mining standpoint with recovered grades at or above resource grade for the past five quarters,” said Donovan Pollitt, Wesdome president-CEO, in a June 17 statement.
“However, we have been constrained by our milling operations and have generated a substantial stockpile of Mishi ore. We are currently upgrading our milling facilities targeting a 66 per cent increase over current rates to 1,000 tonnes per day. This will optimize Eagle/Mishi feed rates and ultimately permit substantially higher production"
The Eagle River and Mishi mines have a combined ore stockpile at the mill of 100,000 tonnes.
The company is also announcing the temporary suspension of the Mishi open pit contract mining activities. The Mishi has produced 2,100 ounces of gold this year.
The company said in light of the considerable stockpile, the postponing of contractor activities will cut operating costs by $3.5 million this year. Contract activities will restart next spring.
Wesdome has two producing gold mines. One in Wawa and another, its Kiena Complex, in Val d'Or, Que.
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