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FWGR COPPER ELUTION CIRCUIT
DRDGOLD Limited’s Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operation south-west of Johannesburg is currently retreating material reclaimed from the Driefontein No.5 dam.
The reclaimed material contains high levels of copper which competes with gold for cyanide in the leach and co-adsorbes on to activated carbon. Copper and gold is removed from the carbon and subsequently recovered together in the electro winning process.
A consequence has been that gold purity in the bullion was low due to high levels of copper. Copper in bullion incurs penalty charges of between 1 and 5% at refinery level; FWGR has been allocated 98% of its gold production with 2% lost to refining charges.
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DRDGOLD, a member of the Minerals Council South Africa, is proud to commemorate the Council’s fourth National Day of Health & Safety in Mining.
This year’s commemorative event will take place on 8 July and centres on the theme of Renewed Focus for Our New Normal, which:
DRDGOLD Limited, has today issued an operating update for the quarter ended 31 March 2021 and reports a 6% quarter on quarter reduction in gold produced to 1,382kg. This is despite a 3% increase in ore milled. Yield was 9% down to 0.190g/t, compared to 0.208g/t in the previous quarter, and the volume of gold sold was down by 8% to 1,363kg.
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DRDGOLD is a South African gold producer and a world leader in the recovery of gold from the retreatment of surface tailings. Our network of assets is unrivalled in South Africa and, with our consolidated businesses operating as a single entity, is focused on optimising these assets in order to increase gold production.
At the end of FY2018, DRDGOLD provided jobs for 2 304 people, including 878 permanent employees. The remaining 1 426 people worked for the specialist service providers engaged by the company to provide the expertise required for tailings reclamation and tailings dam management. In FY2018, the company produced 150 423oz of gold, generated R2 490.4 million in revenue, spent R1 452.7 million on capital projects (property, plant, equipment, surface) and 191ha of rehabilated land were lodged for clearance for redevelopment. Mineral Resources of 7.3Moz and Mineral Reserves of 3.3Moz were declared
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