Nine days ahead of schedule, SouthernEra Resources (SUF-T) has successfully commissioned the Messina platinum group metals mine’s new 90,000-tonnes-per-month, first-phase platinum concentrator plant.
Since commissioning on Sept. 13, the plant has been milling low-grade ore to prove the mill and test the float circuit’s mechanical and electrical systems. The plant will begin running through stockpiled normal feed over the next few weeks.
The new tailings dam facility received the initial milled tonnage and is on track for its scheduled completion date.
SouthernEra says that the plant should come in under the original US$18 million price tag at around US$16 million.
At last count, Messina’s reserves stood at 26.4 million tonnes grading 6.3 grams platinum group metals plus gold, with copper and nickel byproduct credits – enough to keep the concentrator fed for 17 years.
On the financial front, SouthernEra reports that its shares have been added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The change becomes effective at the end of trading on Sept. 20.
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