Kuranakh Mining

The stripping of overburden and mining of ore continued throughout 2008 at the Saikta pen pit. Mining was concentrated on the 40-770 elevation benches with the majority of ore coming from the 740 bench. As budgeted, a surveyed total of 789,500m³ of overburden and 100,500t of ore had been moved by the end of the year with the majority of the overburden material being used to build the haulroads in and around the site. Approximately 89,000 linear metres of blast holes had been drilled by 31 December 2008.

Mining at Kuranakh