RE: WK site6 Mar 2021 14:45
WK is massive, they have around 117km2. They moved accommodation onto site for the pandemic. Something we've not heard back on to date is the other flanks app there, the 50.7km2 which received MOD approval in May last year -
2020 Summary to date
- New Leased machinery fleet delivered to site and operational since February 2020.
- Feasibility study commissioned to approve all resources on the license to mineable status and allow increases in production volumes without further exploration drilling.
- Crew shelters for the accommodation of 56 people were added to existing temporary buildings at the mine site to allow for protection from COVID-19 with additional response measures introduced including:
· Longer rosters to reduce travel
· Purchase of Express Test kits
· Wearing of face masks is mandatory
· Awareness interviews with employees
· Medical screening before dispatch and upon roster change
· Coordinated meal times to ensure social distancing maintained
Single Feasibility study targeting upgrade of all resources to mineable categories
Due to reserve and operational data generated over several seasons of mining, the Company has been able to strengthen its geological data set considerably. As a result, the drilling already undertaken is considered sufficient to categorise all resources on the mining license as mineable (as per Russian mining standard (GOST)), without further drilling. This was a major development for the project and Company arising from discussions with leading industry personnel and heads of federal level resource industry governing bodies in early 2020. The Company has now commissioned a single Feasibility Study for the entire mining license area, replacing all exploration and reporting work streams with a single commissioned report. This feasibility study, to be approved by federal rather than regional licensing authorities comes at a fraction of the cost compared with the site by site approach, with further resource drilling, pursued previously. The study can allow much greater flexibility in mine planning, development of multiple sites in parallel, and significant increases in production volumes over shorter time scales.
Further exploration license applications
Tipil License - Additional 24.5km2 west of the current mining license
Project Flanks - Additional 50.7km2 surrounds the current mining license and includes strike extensions to identified reserves and resources. MOD approval received in May 2020.
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