(MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
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(MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
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South Africa
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PRODUCTION
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Latitude / Longitude |
26 S 55 / 26 E 47 |
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Legends
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Produces
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Gold - Uranium -
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Risk and valuation analysis of the (MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
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Title(s) of the (MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
| First Uranium Owner: 100% |
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Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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First Uranium plans to conduct hydraulic mining of nine of the 11 tailings mounds on the Buffelsfontein property using high pressure water cannons to slurry the tailings which will then be pumped to processing plants for the recovery of uranium and g more... |
| Franco Nevada Corp. Purchasing Contract: 25% |
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In terms of the deal, Gold Wheaton has contracted to buy 25% of the estimated life-of-mine gold production from FUM’s Mine Waste Solutions tailings recovery operation (MWS).
MWS is expected to produce around 2.1m oz of gold over its economic life more... |
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Location of the (MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
The Buffelsfontein Project is a proposed tailings uranium and gold recovery operation located in the Western portion of the Witwatersrand Basin approximately 160 km from Johannesburg.
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History of the (MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
The Buffelsfontein property consists of the Buffelsfontein underground mine and the
Hartebeestfontein underground mine. The Buffelsfontein underground mine commenced
production in 1954, while production at the Hartebeestfontein underground mine
co more...
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Geology of the (MWS) Buffelsfontein Tailing Project |
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The Project lies within the Witwatersrand Basin, an Archean (approximately 2.7
billion years) sedimentary basin, whose surface expression is an elongate structure that
extends longitudinally for approximately 300 km NE-SW by 100 km NW-SE. It contai more...
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Production Objectives |
Metal | 2024 |
GOLD (oz) | 140,000 |
URANIUM (lbs) | 950,000 |
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Data last updated on : 3/31/2008
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