Roads for the first phase of operation are complete, the company said, adding that work on the water management facilities and transmission line continue. At the plant site, work is ongoing on the foundation, reagents building, ball mill pedestals, carbon-in-leach, and detox tank erection, three stage crushing, and reclaim tunnel civil works. Erection of the mill building and installation of the ball mill have also begun.
The construction fleet now includes both 60- and 100-tonne rigid frame trucks and 150-tonne excavators. Five 240-tonne rigid frame haul trucks have been delivered, and four of them are almost assembled. Additional vehicles for the fleet are scheduled to arrive in the first half of this year, and their assembly will be completed before the beginning of pre-stripping.
Also at the end of last December, the Sedgman EPC contract work was 75% complete overall, with the engineering, design and procurement…
