A third pad Pad 3 will be constructed at the southern end of Pad 2 to provide This new pad will be constructed in three phases, starting with the first phase in In addition to Pad 3, an "interliner" is proposed to be constructed on top of portions of Pads 1, 2 and 3 once the pads have been filled to their design capacity. The interliner will be built in two phases, with the first phase required by The current and planned heap leach pad infrastructure will be sufficient to support mining operations for the LOM plan.
CIL Plant The CIL plant design is based on a robust metallurgical flowsheet developed for optimum recovery, while taking into account capital costs and operating costs. As the CIL plant is an addition to an existing operation, existing site services power, water, etc.
The process of the new CIL plant includes crushing, milling, gravity, carbon in leach, carbon regeneration, thickening, and filtration of the CIL tailings for dry-stack storage. As with most gold ore processing plants, the three largest cost components are cyanide, grinding media and power. The tailings will be filtered through a series of pressure filter presses to achieve a high degree of dewatering, with the resultant tailings cake disposed of in a filtered tailings storage facility on the eastern side of Pad 1, which is close to the planned location of the tailings filter plant.
Water usage for the Los Filos Mine Complex is currently 1. An application to increase the water permit to 2. Additional power will be required to operate the CIL plant. The current capacity of its existing electrical substation is 20 MW to satisfy a demand of up to 14 MW peak demand.
The CIL plant will consume additional energy beyond the capacity of the existing substation; therefore, a larger, 40 MW substation is proposed to provide electrical energy to the expanded mine. The study will be updated once a final decision to advance the CIL plant is made.
There is abundant skilled labour in the region. The Los Filos workforce is typically around 1, employees and contractors, drawn primarily from the nearby communities of Carrizalillo, Mezcala and Xochipala. Non-union personnel fill primarily administration and supervisory roles. Other roles, including maintenance, operators, and process plant personnel, are filled with union personnel or contractors. The underground and open pit operations personnel and ADR plant personnel operate on two shifts per day.
The Feasibility Study contemplates the need for an additional positions to support CIL plant operations. The Technical Report provides an update of a previous study dated March 11, The Technical Report also provides an update on the ownership status of the project, Mineral Resources, Mineral Reserves and project economics. The metallurgical testwork, process design and process plant information were prepared by or under the supervision of Paul Sterling and Lycopodium Minerals Canada.
The study is being summarized into a technical report that will be filed within 45 days on the Company's website at www. For readers to fully understand the information in this release they should read the technical report in its entirety when it is available on SEDAR, including all qualifications, assumptions, exclusions and risks. The technical report is intended to be read as a whole and sections should not be read or relied upon out of context.
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