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The longer we go without a photo of gold production the more concerning the progress.
ORE PRODUCTION UPDATE - FROM REWARD UNDERGROUND GOLD MINE
25 Aug:
Moving to high grade gold production
Operational Milestones
✓ Vertex is today pleased to announce first freshly blasted ore sourced from the first two stoping blocks at the Reward Underground Mine.
✓ Ore is from development stripping (making ore drives larger for machine access) in preparation for mechanised stoping operations.
✓ Reward ore will be processed via the Gravity Only gold processing plant located at the entry to the mine.
✓ The material will start replacing feed from the low-grade surface ore stockpile, with the aim of achieving 100% feed from higher grade underground ore sources over the next few weeks.
✓ The underground electrical transformer is energised and 1,000 Volt power reticulated underground.
✓ Primary Ventilation Fan was commissioned on Thursday 21 August, giving excitement to the Vertex Mining Team. Powered ventilation in the mine means mining can start in earnest.
✓ 1550 Decline is dewatered, with first ore blasted.
✓ Vertex aims to have developed multiple mining fronts, with over around 400m of strike, to achieve continuous feed to the plant