Mineral resource company, Keras Resources (KRS) informed investors today that it has begun trucking processed ore from its Nayega Manganese Project in northern Togo.
The project consists of a 10,000-tonne bulk sampling metallurgical testwork programme.
The trucked ore is not being stockpiled at a “secure site” adjacent to the deep-water port of Lomé, Togo’s capital. Keras’ CEO Russell Lamming indicated the stored ore will be transferred to a “bulk material wharf” when shipping begins late next month.
Productions levels have reached “steady-state” levels of 230 saleable tonnes per day, achieved through a recently commissioned scrubber plant.
As the project takes off, the company expects peak haulage by the end of this month, around 12 trucks or 420 tonnes per day.
Moving forward, Keras has installed a capacity to produce around 6,500 tonnes of +35% manganese ore at Nayega.
Mr. Lamming believes this project has become central to Keras’ operations, “The continued success of the bulk sampling programme has underpinned the significant value that we attribute to Nayega; we believe the Project will form the cornerstone of Keras' manganese business moving forward.”
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