AMN - MALI: Wet commissioning begins at Yanfolila

Hummingbird Resources has started wet commissioning at the Yanfolila Gold Project in Mali ahead of first gold pour, which is scheduled by the end of 2017. The company has also pre-commissioned the ball mill at the project, including mechanical and electrical testing.

Commissioning of the raw water supply for the processing plant has been completed and the company says wet commissioning of the Carbon-in-Leach (CIL) circuit is underway.

Ore will be introduced to the plant upon completion of the wet commissioning process.

Hummingbird's CEO Dan Betts said, “Progress is continuing at pace and in line with our schedule. We are pleased that we have pre-commissioned the ball mill and commenced wet commissioning. I am continually impressed with the quality and professionalism of our team and our construction partners on the ground moving Yanfolila towards first gold pour.”

Outotec's president for Sub-Saharan Africa Dirk Slabbert said, “At Outotec we are pleased to have pre-commissioned this 2MW ball mill at Yanfolila. This adds to our list of more than 100 installed mills in Sub-Saharan Africa, as another world-class installation.

“The commissioning of the mill is a great milestone in every project. Outotec is looking forward to continuing our relationship with Hummingbird throughout the lifecycle of this project, with our vast service capabilities available.

“Everyone from Outotec who was involved in this project, from sales, engineering and execution, is very impressed with the professional manner in which this project has been executed.

Hummingbird may be commissioning its first mine, but I believe this is the first of many projects we will execute together.”

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