Polyus Gold starts to test ball mill at the Natalkinskoye gold deposit
Polyus Gold Int (it unites assets of Polyus Gold) has launched the largest ball mill in Russia for the processing of the Natalkinskoye gold deposit’s ore at the Matrosov mine in the Magadan region, a representative of the enterprise reported.
The launch of the first stage of the plant, which will process the Natalkinskoye gold deposit’s ore, is scheduled for 2014 that will enable to provide the annual increase of the gold production in the region to 10 tons. In case if the company decides to construct the second and the third stages at the enterprise, the processing volume may increase to 40 million tons of ore per year with the production of about 50 tons of gold.