Highlights
- Gold and gravitational plant production, increased by 42% to 786.5 kg (25,285 oz), compared to 555.6 kg (17,864 oz) for the same period in 2015.
- Tardan’s gravitational plant produced 123.1 kg (3,957 oz) of gold, an increase of 207% compared to 2015 – 40.1 kg (1,290 oz).
- Gold grades in the ore mined during 2016 were 4.17 g/t, a 67% increase on that achieved in the prior period (2.50 g/t).
- Volume of gold in ore and tailings stacked on heap leach increased by 36% compared to the same period in 2015.
- Throughput of ore at the gravitational plant more than doubled compared to the previous period
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Sergey Ustimenko, CEO
tel: +7 495 660 22 20
e-mail: sergey.ustimenko@auriant.com
Company name: Auriant Mining AB
Short name: AUR
ISIN-code: SE0001337213
Website: www.auriant.com Twitter: @auriantmining
Auriant Mining AB (AUR) is a Swedish junior mining company focused on gold exploration and production in Russia, primarily in Zabaikalye and the Republics of Khakassia and Tyva. The company has currently four assets, including one operating mine (Tardan), one early stage exploration asset and two development assets.
Since July 19, 2010, Auriant Mining´s shares are traded on First North Premier at the NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange under the short name AUR. For more information please visit www.auriant.com. Mangold Fondkommission is Certified Adviser to Auriant, for more information please call +46 8 503 015 50 or visit www.mangold.se .
This information is information that Auriant Mining AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, at 10:00 CET on October 24th , 2016.
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