Expansion of Gold Processing Mill at Haile Gold Mine

OceanaGold Corp. is planning to expand the gold processing mill at its 4,552-acre Haile Gold open pit mine site near Kershaw. The project scope includes construction of equipment foundations; installation of a stirred-medium grinding mill; and purchase and installation of a pebble crusher, a tower mill, and ore extraction, screening, drying, washing, flotation, conveying, tailings handling and water treatment equipment. The plant’s processing capacity will increase from 3.3 to 5.1 million tons per year. The project also includes construction of a new underground mine, the Horseshoe Underground, which will have an average production capacity of 250,000 ounces of gold per year.