Having undertaken the Scoping Study (SS), Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) and Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for the project, Lycopodium was subsequently awarded the Engineering and Procurement (EP) and Construction Management (CM) services.
The process plant is designed to process 4 Mtpa of primary run-of-mine (ROM) ore through primary crushing and screening, secondary crushers, high pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) and grinding via a ball mill. The wet circuit includes gravity concentration (including intensive cyanidation and electrowinning), pre-leach thickening, pre-conditioning, leaching / adsorption, elution, electrowinning and carbon regeneration, gold room with bullion smelting and secure storage facilities, with CIL tailings via a tailings thickener pumped to a Tailings Storage Facility (TSF).
First gold was achieved in June 2024, with commercial production and subsequent ramp-up to nameplate plant capacity anticipated in Q3 2024.
