29.09.2020

Start-up and adjustment works are being finished at the gold extraction plant (the Mill) of the Talas Gold Mining Complex (TGMS). A test run of the jaw crusher was performed on September 24. On September 26, the lining of all the mills was completed. On September 27, the pumps of the comminution department were checked. The overall readiness of the TGMC processing complex is currently 97%.

60 pieces of heavy-duty equipment are operating at the open-pit mining site. Among other things, a new Japanese excavator Hitachi EX1200-7LD, purchased recently, is used to load rock mass in the quarry.

Since the beginning of the geological exploration period, 738.0 thousand tons of balance ore have been extracted at the Jeruy deposit, 102.8 thousand tons of which have been stockpiled at the Mill and are ready for processing; 635.2 thousand tons of ore are in the stockpile of the mining complex.

The capacity of the Mill is 1.3 million tons of ore per year. All mined ore will be processed at the Mill, with subsequent refining in the Kyrgyz Republic. The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic has the preferential right to purchase gold bars.