Modern Mining October 2017

MINING News

the mine life to approximately 10 years, reduced pre-production capital costs and significantly reduced the important C3 cash costs of tin production to US$13 296/tonne of tin in concentrate.  During 2016, in response to weak com- modity pricing, the company revised the scale and scope of Achmmach, treating up to 750 000 tonnes per year tin ore.  The company released a DFS into a Small Start Option (SSO), which produced further sub- stantial reduction in project capital cost to US$61,7 million and a C3 operating cost of US$13 811/t tin in concentrate, based on an ore reserve of 6,6 Mt at 0,85 % Sn. In June 2017, Kasbah announced the results of an independent technical review of the SSO by AMC and work has now commenced on implementing these rec- ommendations, the results of which will be released later this year.  production activities at Mako. Pre-strip activities have begun and substantial progress has been made developing the haul roads and ROM pad. Access has been established from the ROM pad to the Stage 1, 2 and 3 mining pits. In order to ensure an integrated approach to operational readiness with the completion of construction activities, Toro Gold says it moved early to retain the services of a highly experienced General Manager (GM) for the operational phase. In early 2017 it retained the services of Adrian De Freitas in the role of GM for PMC. De Freitas is a mining engineer with over 35 years of experience in the industry. Prior to joining Toro Gold, he was General Manager of theYouga open pit and CIL gold mine in Burkina Faso, Endeavour Mining Corporation’s first operating mine. 

for commissioning this month (October). All earthworks for the TMF were com- pleted in May with installation of the plastic liner completed in June. After independent inspection and sign off by Knight Piésold, the facility was further inspected and approved for operations by the Department of Environment in August 2017. The RawWater Dam (RWD) was com- pleted in June with the associated river abstraction point commissioned shortly thereafter in early July. The rainy season commenced in July and the Gambia River flow rates have increased substantially from their annual lows at the end of May. Abstraction of water started in August and by mid- September the RWD was approximately 40 % full and on schedule to support commissioning and the full operations

he had responsibility for successfully financing and developing the Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in the UK. Clark holds a Mining Engineering degree (BSc Hons) from the Royal School of Mines, London, UK and a Graduate Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia. The Achmmach project is approximately 140 km south-east of the Moroccan capital of Rabat and 40 km SSW of Meknes. In March 2015 Kasbah announced a JORC reserve for Achmmach of 9,2 Mt at 0,77 % Sn (for approximately 71 300 t of contained tin) and completed an Enhanced Definitive Feasibility Study (EDFS) that integrated the high grade Western Zone (WZ) target (from the largely untested Sidi Addi Trend) into the full 1 Mt/a Meknes mine design. Integrating the WZ extended schedule through the coming dry season later in 2017. Preparation of the installation of the 14 MW power station continues to make good progress with component deliveries and site construction advancing slightly ahead of schedule. After a competitive tender process in 2016, African Mining Services Senegal (AMSS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ausdrill Pty Ltd, was awarded the contract for mining operations at the project. The Mine Services Contract (MSC) includes drill and blast, load and haul of ore and waste as well as ancillary support services includ- ing dewatering, dust suppression and road maintenance within the pit area. AMSS commenced mobilisation to site during Q2 2016 and currently has all equipment required to commence pre-

Kasbah Resources appoints new Chief Executive ASX-listed Kasbah Resources reports that Russell Clark has been appointed the company’s new CEO. It says this addition to the company’s senior leadership is in line with Kasbah’s strategy of bringing the Achmmach tin project in Morocco into pro- duction and supports Kasbah’s transition from a feasibility study phase to the fund- ing, construction and ultimately production phases of the project.

Clark is a highly experienced senior resource sector executive and has more than 38 years’ experience in technical roles, project development, general manage- ment and executive positions at projects in the UK, USA, Africa, South America, Papua New Guinea and Australia. He was most recently Managing Director of Wolf Minerals (from 2013 to 2017) where

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