Tovshiir on schedule

Construction is on schedule at Garrison International’s Tovshiir Gold Project with production to start in mid-year. Test work of the ore is also progressing.

Installation of the 2.4 metre x 3.6 metre ball mill is complete. The mill is capable of processing between 22-24 tonnes of ore each hour, with expectations of a daily minimum of 500 tonnes of ore milled. Twin Cummins generators of 1200kw capacity each are being transported from Canada to the mine site. The operations are designed to run on a single generator unit, with the second unit on standby as backup.1Construction of the steel framework for the 12 x SF400 flotation cells has started, with 48 cubic metres of flotation cells expected to arrive in Mongolia in late February. Once these are delivered to and installed at the Tovshiir site, this will allow completion of the flotation circuits and enable production of concentrates for the intensive leach circuit.

Test work on bulk sampling of selected ore from the project continues, with 1380 tonnes of rock to be batch tested by flotation. This rock was taken from an area of the project referred to as the Chinese Pit, and the batch testing that has been conducted was undertaken with a view to defining the right methodology to produce high grade concentrates.

To date, 120 tonnes of ore material have been tested, producing 5.5 tonnes of gold concentrates. Testing was completed to obtain a guide as to the head grade of the material.

No resources of international standard have been outlined at Tovshiir, although management of Garrison feels that exploration potential exists based on extensive previous workings by local miners that have produced significant gold from this region.

Garrison has signed an interim contract with Bondu LLC to obtain additional management support. The contract is open ended and is based around Bondu LLC providing country management and site management support for the Tovshiir project. Their extensive construction experience will assist to keep development work on schedule.

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