Caracal Gold PLC - East Africa-focused gold producer - Provides update following restart of production at the plant at Kilimapesa for the quarter. Says open cast mining continued in pit 3B with a total of 11,400 tonnes mined at an average grade of 1.82 grammes per tonne gold with a strip ratio of ore to waste of 2.7 to 1 for the month of February; and 11,610 tonnes mined at average grade of 1.625 g/t gold with a strip ratio of ore to waste of 2.9 to 1 for the month of March. Availability of the milling plant in March was hit by a failure of the mill motor which took the milling plant off line from March 2 to March 9. Additional challenges with record high rainfall in the Masai Mara area severely impacted power availability during the month, company says. Chief Executive Robert McCrae says: "The mill motor failure and heavy rainfall were amongst some of the challenges faced in February and March and this has meant that our working capital position is extremely tight and this carried forward into April. The finance team are working to complete the audit and interim financials and are confident after recent feedback from PKF the audit is in final stages."
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