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Rambler Metals and Mining (TSXV:RAB) reported its production results for the quarter ended October 31 2015. Highlights included a 33 percent increase in copper concentrate production over Q4.
Rambler Metals and Mining (TSXV:RAB) reported its production results for the quarter ended October 31 2015. Highlights included a 33 percent increase in copper concentrate production over Q4.
As quoted in the press release:
The fiscal 2016 production strategy includes blending Lower Footwall Zone (‘LFZ’) ore with the ongoing production from the massive sulphide zones, as described in the Company’s pre-feasibility study (‘PFS’) released in July 2015. This fiscal year is the first step in fully optimising all available infrastructure at the Ming Copper-Gold Mine.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE QUARTER:
- Production of 4,788 tonnes of copper concentrate representing a 33 per cent increase over Q4/15 and a 6 per cent decrease over Q1/15 results. For the quarter concentrate graded 26.57 per cent, 12.90 grammes per tonne and 101.75 grammes per tonne for copper, gold and silver respectively;
- For the quarter head grades for copper averaged 2.42 per cent; gold at 1.45 grammes per tonne; silver at 8.80 grammes per tonne. Recoveries of concentrate for copper were 95.3 per cent, gold 70.6 per cent and silver 76.4 per cent;
- For Q1/16 there was production of: 1,272 tonnes of copper; 1,986 ounces of gold; 15,664 ounces of silver. Dry tonnes milled of 58,053 tonnes, comparable with production for Q4/15 and Q1/16.