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81 in late 2018 , and adding more than 100,000 ounces per year to the company ’ s production portfolio , Krumovgrad is a project that was “ unlocked ” by applying the company ’ s community relationship model , that was developed over the years at Chelopech .
“ It has a long history ,” says Lindsay . “ We presented an initial project back in 2010 but there were a number of concerns from the local community regarding a tailings system and the processing method . It was clear that if we continued down that path we would not be successful .”
The company took the project back to the drawing board , taking into consideration the community feedback and retooling its plans based on redesigned tailings and processing flowsheet in order to successfully develop Krumovgrad as a sustainable operation .
“ It demonstrated to the community that we are a company that is prepared to listen and prepared to walk the talk ,” he says . “ Originally we were trying to manage these discussions
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