Mar 1 2011
American Bonanza Gold Corp. (TSX:BZA) announces that it has purchased a cone crusher for the Copperstone gold mine in Arizona.
The unit is a Nordberg 4 foot cone crusher and includes a 16 foot x 6 foot screen and associated conveyors and motors. Delivery for the equipment is expected during May. The equipment was purchased from J.W. Jones Company of Paragon, Indiana.
All of the major components for the construction of the Copperstone gold mine's ore processing plant have now been acquired. As previously reported (see Company news releases dated May 19, 2010 and February 3, 2011) the Company has previously acquired the milling and flotation circuits and the primary crushing system. The purchase of this cone crusher is a key component for the development of the Copperstone gold mine, and for achieving gold production at Copperstone in the third quarter of 2011.
The Company continues to prepare for the commencement of construction of the underground mine and the gold processing plant, and is acquiring surface equipment. Construction of the plant and underground pre-development mining is expected to begin soon after the Company is in receipt of the final remaining key permit, the aquifer protection permit, anticipated during the first quarter of 2011. Bonanza is fully funded through to production at the Copperstone gold mine.
Source: American Bonanza Gold Corp.