CASTLE Gold says following the signing of a new contract with CAMSA in March 2009, the remaining new pieces of equipment have now arrived on site.
According to Castle, the addition of the new equipment enables the mining of 800,000t per month total monthly mine production at its 100% owned El Castillo gold mine in Durango State, Mexico.
Castle says the most recent new equipment additions are four CAT 740 40t capacity articulated trucks and one CAT 988H, 7.77m capacity front-end-loader.
The total new equipment fleet includes eight CAT 740, 40 ton capacity articulated trucks, two CAT 988H, 8.5 yard capacity front-end-loader and three Atlas Copco ECM 590 RC, blast-hole drills for 3 1/2 inch diameter blast-holes. A further one CAT 416, back-hoe excavator and one hydraulic hammer for secondary rock breaking completes the current new fleet.
An additional two CAT 740, 40 ton trucks plus one CAT 988H front-end-loader will arrive in September permitting maintenance of the new equipment which has arrived since April 2009.
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