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Anatolia gains construction momentum at Çopler Gold Project
Anatolia gains construction momentum at Çopler Gold Project
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nNov. 9, 2009 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- TORONTO, Nov. 9 /CNW/ -- Anatolia Minerals Development Limited (\"Anatolia\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:ANO) announces activities at the Çopler Gold Project in eastern central Turkey are progressing on plan and accelerating since formally starting major construction work in late September 2009.Edward Dowling, President and CEO of Anatolia stated, \"Our construction crews were well prepared for the onset of construction in September. This allowed us to gain excellent momentum over the past several weeks and take advantage of moderate weather conditions. Construction will continue throughout the winter months, but will slow our work on the heap leach pad. The contingencies we've built into the construction schedule push our first pour into early fourth quarter 2010; however, our construction team is looking at several options to accelerate work next spring.\"Major construction work started about six weeks ago following an opening ceremony attended by numerous local residents, and community and regional leaders. Civil, mining and other major contractors were on site and started work shortly thereafter. Additional contractors, equipment and personnel are mobilizing according to the project schedule. Construction activities have been sequenced to focus on critical path items, taking advantage of moderate weather conditions before the onset of winter. Activities to date include:- Engineering, Procurement and Construction: Critical path itemsinclude the primary crusher, heap leach pad and adsorption,desorption and refining (\"ADR\") plant. Construction of the primarycrusher started in October 2009 with drilling and blasting for thefoundation. This work requires a vertical excavation of approximately23 meters which should be completed by the end of the fourth quarter2009. Forming and pouring the primary crusher foundation will followcompletion of excavation. Some grubbing and leveling of the heapleach pad area occurred earlier this year, but this work acceleratedfollowing the start of major construction. Excavation, fill andcompaction for Cell 1 of the heap leach pad are underway and willcontinue as long as weather conditions permit. A winter delay iscontemplated in the project schedule with work resuming as conditionsimprove (typically late first quarter). The ADR plant was fabricatedi...