Aim-listed Keras Resources has completed an extended mining campaign at its high-grade Diamond Creek phosphate mine, in Utah, in the US.
It mined and crushed 3 000 t of phosphate ore – 500 t more than targeted. The crushed ore will be hauled to the Spanish Fork processing facility before the end of the mining season on October 31.
In addition to the material already on stockpile, this crushed ore will be milled during the winter months to produce 10 mesh and 50 mesh products for the US fertiliser market.
The 10 mesh product will be sold to an existing offtake client and the 50 mesh will either be packaged and sold directly to customers or fed into the mill in Spanish Fork to produce 100 mesh and 350 mesh products.
“We are very pleased to have completed our extended mining campaign, which exceeded our plan by some 500 t. We are now fully stocked for the coming months with ore available to meet committed demand, as well as plenty of material to process bespoke orders.
“Sales continue to be our main focus and we will be supplying our full range of products throughout the winter as growers re-stock for the spring planting season early next year,” comments CEO Graham Stacey.