White Tiger Gold has announced the commencement of Long Hole ore production at Lamaque from the North Wall mines.
The company has been trying to restart the Long Hole ore production stoping since the completion of the Business Combination in order to provide a considerable improvement in ore feed based on the scale of dyke stopes.
White Tiger has provided the funding required for completing different tasks to restart the Long Hole ore production at Lamaque. The tasks include restarting the CMAC mining contractor to achieve the capital development needed to provide access to the ore resources found in the North Wall; acquiring two diamond drills to improve definition drilling on the North Wall ore resources; and expanding the senior mining team to improve operational and technical supervision.
The company has announced that adequate development has been finished at present in the North Wall in order to enable the operation there to begin ore mining and at the same time continue to enlarge the resources available there.
The mining staff at Lamaque has been concentrating on refining ore access as well as growth in the Lamaque Flats to better ore grade and production rates. With the addition ore coming from the Long Hole stopes, the above mentioned improvements will allow the Lamaque Mine to increase its production to 2000 tonnes per day.
Daniel Major, White Tiger Gold’s President and CEO, said that with the Business Combination completion made in Q4, the company has made significant progress in the restarting of the Lamaque dyke stoping operations.