Mining Magazine August 2017 | Page 49

ASIA
99mn tonnes of ore at an average grade of 0.8 grams per tonne of gold , and 25 grams per tonne of silver , the near-surface ore deposits contain approximately 2.45mn ounces of gold and 79mn ounces of silver . The underlying porphyry deposit has an Inferred Mineral Resource of some 1.9bn tonnes at estimated grades of 0.45 % copper and 0.44 grams per tonne gold making it one of the largest projects of its kind in the world . All told , the porphyry is estimated to contain 28mn ounces of gold and 19bn pounds of copper .
“ I come from 30 years mining experience working on some of the largest mines in Australia and PNG ,” he explains . “ I ’ ve been asked to build a technical team capable of taking Tujuh Bukit to those standards . I ’ m proud to say we could take anyone from Australia and they would be impressed with our
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