Azerbaijan-focused Anglo Asian Mining has further justification for its decision to start construction of an underground tunnel for exploration and production at its Gilar project, with drilling results resulting in significant improvements in the deposit size and confidence.
The non-JORC resource is now 5.64Mt @ 1.37g/t for 249,083oz gold, 0.82% for 46,466t copper and 0.87% for 48,786t zinc.
VP Stephen Westhead says Gilar’s lower zone could supply about 700,000tpa high-grade ore over three years to the Gedabek processing facilities, about 7km away. Anglo Asian was excited by the potential for Gilar to extend production at Gedabek until the Xarxar and Garadag deposits were accessed.