Guyana Goldfields has developed an optimized life-of-mine (LOM) plan for its Aurora gold mine in northern Guyana that will increase average annual production from 242,000 ounces per year (oz/y) to 270,000 oz/y for the period 2018 to 2022. The plan is based on increased mineral reserves of 12% after net depletion during 2017 and assumes accelerated selective underground mining of higher-grade stopes concurrent with open-pit operations, along with an expansion of the current processing facility to maintain throughput of 7,500 mt/d when processing hard-rock ore.
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