Canatuan Mine
Canatuan Mine
Canatuan Mine
Location
Mining History
- Gold panning activity in the Canatuan Creek area was first recorded in the mid
1980s.
- By 1994, the area was being worked by nearly 1,500 small scale miners.
- In 1994 TVI Pacific reached an option agreement with the initial prospectors and
- In 1995 a pre-feasibility study was carried out, and in 1996 a two feasibility
further infill drilling to better define the deposit, and this drilling was carried out in
2004. Two more feasibility studies were carried out in 2004 and 2006.
- In April 2008 operations to mine and recover gold and silver from the oxide layer
were concluded, and the related ore processing facilities were being converted
March 1, 2009.
company DACON.
Ore Type
- Canatuan sulphide open pit operation is designed such that the water from the
tailings dam. This is unlike the typical open pit operations where a burrow will be
dug out from the mountain and mechanical dewatering systems are applied.
Annual Production
- Gossan phase gold and silver operation (now closed) from 2004 to 2008 TVIRD
operated an open pit mine, milling and processing operation producing gold and
silver doré from the Gossan ore deposit. Over that period the operation
produced in the order of 100,000 oz of gold (Au) and 1,700 oz of silver (Ag).
- Sulphide phase copper and zinc production capacity is 1,850 tonnes per day of
ore, with a request to increase this to 2,500 tonnes per day. Total material moved
has averaged 3,800 tonnes per day and will peak at 6,700 tonnes per day in
2012 . The operating fleet of the mine includes 54 haul trucks, 9 excavators, six
- The principal control activities related to the current operation are those of water
- TVIRD's annual activities include progressive rehabilitation with the primary focus
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