Coronado Resources has restarted the development at its gold and copper mine located approximately 30 miles south of Butte, Montana, US.

The company said that gold ore for direct processing of over 800 tons on surface averaging approximately .750 oz per tonne of gold is now planned for shipment in April.

Also stored on surface is over 2200 tons of ore grading .350 oz per tonne of gold, 1.70 oz per tonne of silver and 3% copper which is waiting processing into concentrate. Metallurgical testing is working towards a three to one concentrate ratio with current recovery tests for gold and copper being near 90%.

Stope mining preparation is complete and ready for mining and the underground mining crew will be mining the mineralized zone bringing to surface gold ore for direct shipping and gold silver copper mineralization to be concentrated before smelter. The mineralized zone outlined from previous drilling is over 120 feet, 30 feet to 70 feet in depth and has mining widths of 10 feet to over 20 feet.

(Sourced from nuclearfuels.energy-business-review.com)