CANADIAN Mining company Guyana Goldfields Inc. (GGI) has announced the safe transportation of its massive semi-autogenous (“SAG”) mill to its Aurora Gold Project site, stating that the arrival of the critical plant on site completed yet another key milestone towards its development of the project and first large scale production of gold in mid-2015.

The mill arrived at GGI’s Buckhall wharf in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni)and was transported along the access road to Aurora earlier this month by being split into two sections.
The two shells, the Company said, were the heaviest components that needed to be transported to Aurora from Buckhall wharf as part of the entire construction process.
Each shell section weighed approximately 49 tonnes and the total combined weight was approximately 100 tonnes.
Scott Caldwell, President & CEO of GGI stated, “The safe, efficient transportation of the SAG mill to the Aurora site is a real credit to the entire logistics team composed of our own logistics personnel, local service providers and the EPC contractor, as well as the cooperation of other road users.”
He said: “The arrival of the SAG mill shells clearly demonstrates that our logistics chain is fully operational.”
The 26ft diameter x 18ft long SAG mill was manufactured by CITIC Heavy Industries Co. (CITIC HIC), the largest mining machinery manufacturer and one of the largest heavy machinery manufacturers in China.

The grinding mill has an installed power of 5.5 megawatts designed to process an initial throughput of 5,000 tonnes of ore per day for processing for gold, Scott disclosed.
Guyana Goldfields Inc. is focused on the construction and development of the Aurora gold project for commercial production in mid-2015.
The Aurora project has a total gold resource of 6.54 million ounces in the measured and indicated categories as well as an additional 1.82 million ounces in the inferred category.
Aurora currently has over 700 people working at site with this amount expected to rapidly expand to 900 personnel by the end of the year.