EMPEROR GOLDMINE.
The general manager of Emperor Gold Mining Co., Fiji, advises that, notwithstanding a curtailed development programme caused by concentration of effort on construction of new milling plant and preparation of the mine tor the supply of larger ore tonnage required for that plant, the ore reser\e tonnage has been considerably increased since the last annual report. Ore and prospective ore reserves at September 4 were estimated as'follows: Proved, 44-4,600 tons oxidised ore, average assay value S.Sdwt a ton; 133,000 tons semi-oxidised ore, average assay value B.ldwt a ton; 255,100 tons sulphide ore, .average assay value lO.Odwt a ton; total proved ore, 833.300 tons. Prospective 73,000 tons sulphide ore. probable grade of lOdwt. a ton, total proved and prospective ore 906,300 tons. This represents an increase of 236,000 tons on the tonnage estimated in the last annual report. Regarding the prospective ore the general manager states that his estimate is con- i servative.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1937, Page 16
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