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Mining News Pro - Canada’s Centerra Gold has declared commercial production at its Öksüt mine in Turkey, four months after it poured first gold at the operation.
The Toronto-based company now has three producing mines, including Kumtor the Kyrgyz Republic and Mount Milligan in British Columbia, Canada.
“Commercial production at Öksüt marks a major milestone for the company. Öksüt was delivered on time and under budget,” chief executive Scott Perry said in a media statement.
The Turkish mine, located in the country’s south central Kayseri province, was planned as a conventional truck and shovel open pit heap leach operation, with a stacking rate of 11,000 tonnes per day.
The initial eight-year mine life was expected to process approximately 1.2 million contained ounces of gold from two open pits, the Keltepe pit and the smaller Güneytepe pit.
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Centerra, which acquired the asset in 2013, rejected in April an offer by Premier Gold (TSX: PG to acquire a 50% interest in a joint project with Greenstone Gold Mines.
The partnership is developing the Hardrock gold asset in Ontario, Canada. The project is touted as one of the most significant large-scale, near permitted, mine development opportunities in North America.
Company-wide gold production in the first quarter rose to 190,474 ounces from 183,563 ounces in the same period a year ago, Centerra said in its last earnings report.
That included 152,307 ounces at Kumtor, 33,681 ounces at Mount Milligan and 4,486 at Öksüt during the start-up phase.
Copper production at Mount Milligan during the first quarter was 20.1 million pounds.
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