Stellar AfricaGold - First Gold From Balandougou, Mill Begins Full Time Operations, Non-Core Asset Review, Private Placement Update

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[{"type":"text","content":"Stellar AfricaGold - First Gold From Balandougou, Mill Begins Full Time Operations, Non-Core Asset Review, Private Placement Update(via TheNewswire)\n\n \nVancouver, BC / TheNewswire / June 14, 2018 - John Cumming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSX-V: SPX) (\"Stellar\" or the \"Company\") announces: \n\n \n \nFIRST GOLD RECOVERED FROM BALANDOUGOU GRAVITY MILL\n\n \n \nThe Company's Balandougou gravity mill has tested processing operations and recovered its first gold. \n\n \n \nDuring a management site inspection which included a comprehensive mill operations test and demonstration, 21.5 tonnes of gold-mineralized oxide was processed with 49 grams of gold recovered, a 2.28 gram per tonne gold recovery. See photos below.\n\n \n \nFULL-TIME MILL OPERATIONS STARTED\n\n \n \nThe Company, after testing some final modifications made to the waste disposal circuit, has begun full-time milling operations at its Balandougou gravity mill processing the previously stockpiled 15,000 tonnes of bulk sample oxide gold mineralization taken from three different locations along the B3 sheared structures.\n\n \n \nManagement Commentary\n\n \n \n\"I was both pleased and impressed to see Stellar's gravity mill in operation\" commented Stellar President and CEO John Cumming. \"The 2.28 g/t recovery rate from the mill demonstration test gives us increased confidence as we proceed with the bulk sampling program and our goal of achieving a 1.5 g/t average rate of recovery across our 15,000 tonnes bulk sample.\"\n\n \n \n\"The purpose of building the Balandougou mill was to demonstrate two things: a) that Balandougou's B3 Zone gold mineralization could be processed using gravity methods only, and b) that such processing could be done on an economically viable basis sufficient to justify continued profitable operations. Having seen the mill operating firsthand, and witnessed the free gold being recovered on the shaking table, I can confidently state that the first of those objectives has been achieved with the gravity methods employed in our mill successfully recovering gold from the B3 Zone oxide mineralization. A substantial challenge when using gravity milling methods is the difficulty in separating and recovering fine and very fine gold particles from oxides containing very fine clays. This is the style of oxide min...

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