Project progress
Progressing a defined reprocessing plan
VAA Resources is progressing approvals and preparations for a proposed 45,000-tonne conventional vat-leach campaign on mining lease M77/643.
The proposed tonnage describes the material planned for treatment. It is not an estimate of contained or recoverable gold, a Mineral Resource or an Ore Reserve.
Commencement remains subject to the required approvals and conditions, supporting technical work, funding and operational readiness.
The planned operation
A conventional vat-leaching plan
The plan centres on reprocessing historically mined and heap-leached material using conventional vat leaching. Material preparation, plant configuration and supporting technical work form part of progressing that plan.
Historical operating records and recent laboratory assay information inform material selection and processing preparation. Assay information describes gold content; it does not, on its own, establish recoverable gold or the performance of the planned operation.
Practical preparation alongside approvals
VAA is coordinating approvals and practical preparation for the project. Current work brings together materials handling, water management, plant configuration, site infrastructure and environmental planning.
Our own earthmoving equipment and practical gold-processing and site expertise support this work.
The plan remains subject to technical findings and commercial assessment.
Preparation update /
Equipment preparation is underway
The loader and grader have been delivered and serviced. Further plant preparation, including repairs and final screening arrangements, remains in progress.
Separate research and development
FRABEN — processing technology in development
Fractionate and Beneficiate
VAA Resources' FRABEN programme is focused on developing a portable process to produce a gold-bearing concentrate without adding chemical reagents during the separation stage. The concentrate is intended for subsequent gold-recovery treatment.
FRABEN is a separate development programme alongside the proposed conventional vat-leach campaign described on this page.
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