RNS22 Dec 2016 11:57
Update on West Kytlim and Monchetundra Projects
West Kytlim
Eurasia commenced mining operations at its 75% owned West Kytlim Alluvial Platinum Mine in the Ural Mountains this year (See RNS dated 1 September 2016). Shipments of raw platinum concentrate to a refinery in Ekaterinburg continued through the mining season with a final shipment in the second week of December. A final statement on revenue from Platinum, Gold, Palladium, Iridium and Rhodium revenues is expected from the refinery in January 2017. The project is performing well, while the deferred payment basis from the refinery (which is a high credit rating company) required the use of a debt facility from Sanderson Capital Partners (See RNS dated 21 December 2016), partly as a temporary interim financing.
Monchetundra
A Feasibility Study "TEO" (Technico Economicheskiye Obosnovaniye or Technical and Economic Feasibility) was officially submitted today (22 December 2016) for approvals at the State Commission on Mineral Reserves ("GKZ"). This document, considered equivalent to a 'Western' feasibility study, documents the economic extraction of the reserves already identified at two open pit targets on Eurasia's 80% owned Monchetundra License. The reserves, when approved, will represent the maiden reserves defined for the license. In addition, an Engineering Procurement and Construction (See RNS dated 10 October 2016) contract ("EPC Contract") is already in place with Sinosteel, a Chinese state owned group operating primarily in mining, trading, equipment manufacturing and engineering. The signed EPC Contract has an obligation for Sinosteel to provide $150m financing, subject to certain conditions, with production to commence on a turn-key basis by Sinosteel.
Further updates on both the West Kytlim and Monchetundra Projects will be provided as and when information becomes available.
Semenovsky Tailings ("STP") Metallurgical Study Update
Eurasia, working in partnership with Metal Tiger plc ("MTR"), is pleased to report that the Company has received results from the latest phase of metallurgical testing undertaken on STP samples by the Chita branch of SGS Laboratories.
Further to our update of 4 July 2016, which reported fire assayed gold and silver results from Eurasia's 2016 sampling program to be in-line with previous workers' estimates, we are pleased to report results from cyanide bottle roll test-work and an optimization study for each of cyanide concentration, retention time, fine grinding and oxygen/ air sparging.