Name and Location
Chunya gold project, Tanzania.

Project Description
A feasibility study completed on the Chunya project, in the Lupa goldfield, in southern Tanzania, supports a 360 000-t/y metallurgical process plant, which could produce an average of 28 400 oz/y of gold over an 11-year production life. A 50-t/h capacity plant, consisting of crushing and screening, comminution, conventional carbon-in-leach and smelting, is forecast to achieve an 89% recovery in doré bars.

Value
$23,1-million. There is an opportunity to double the mine's capacity for an additional $5-million in capital expenditure and the plant layout has been designed to accommodate such expansion.

Duration
Construction of the operation is expected to be completed within about nine months from start-up.

Client
Shanta Gold.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Environmental, Process & Mining Consultants (engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM)) (feasibility study), Geologix (independent resource consultants to EPCM), Epoch Resources (tailings design and environmental-impact assessment), Mintek (metallurgy), DRA Engineering (process design and infrastructure) and Minopex (process plant operations).

Latest Developments
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Shanta Gold (Tanzania), tel +255 22 2601 829 or +255 22 2601 831/32, fax +255 22 2112 341 or
email info@shantagold.com.
DRA Engineering, tel + 27 11 202 8600.
Epoch Resources, tel +27 11 656 0308/1 or fax +27 11 802 3654.
Geologix, email info@geologix.co.za.
Mintek, +27 11 709 4111 or fax +27 11 793 2413.
Minopex, tel +27 11 234 7773 or fax +27 11 234 6311.