Avion Gold has started underground production at its newly developed underground mine on the Tabakoto gold deposit in Mali, West Africa.The Tabakoto underground mine is scheduled to produce about 470,000 mt of ore in 2012, at an average grade of 4.34 g/mt, with approximately 60,000 oz of gold recovered by the process plant. This represents 41% of Tabakoto's estimated gold production for 2012. The other 59% will come from open-pit mining.Commenting on the start of production at the Tabakoto underground mine, Avion's COO Andrew Bradfield said, "The commencement of production ore mining from the Tabakoto underground mine is a milestone for Avion. It is an important step in the company's goal of achieving 4,000 mt/d of process plant capacity in 2012. This increase in capacity is anticipated to achieve a run-rate of 200,000 oz/y of gold by the fourth quarter of 2012."
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机译：Avion Gold已在其位于西非马里的Tabakoto金矿的新开发地下矿山开始地下生产.Tabakoto地下矿山计划于2012年生产约470,000吨矿石，平均品位为4.34克/吨，加工厂回收了约60,000盎司的金。这占Tabakoto 2012年预计黄金产量的41％。其余59％将来自露天采矿。Avion的首席运营官Andrew Bradfield谈到Tabakoto地下矿山的生产开始时说：“ Tabakoto地下矿山是Avion的里程碑，是该公司2012年实现4,000吨/天加工厂产能的目标的重要一步，该产能的增加预计将实现200,000 oz / y的运行速度。到2012年第四季度获得黄金。”
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