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Update - First Gold Productio
Update - First Gold Productio.
About this update from Red Rock Resources Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 3545Y Red Rock Resources plc 21 December 2010 \n \n\nRED ROCK RESOURCES PLC\nUpdate - First Gold Production and Other Matters \n\n \nDated: 21 December 2010\n \nRed Rock Resources plc (\"Red Rock\" or the \"Company\"), the gold mining and exploration company with projects in Kenya and Colombia, and interests in steel feed, uranium, and rare earths reports on developments.\n \nColombia\nThe gold treatment plant at El Limon has begun test production at 30 tpd capacity, and the process of ramping up production will continue after Christmas, with 150 tpd capacity expected to be in place by mid-January. The plant will not at first run at full capacity.\n \nSome recalibration and adjustment at the ball mill and delay in delivery of agitation paddles by one local supplier, set back the expected timetable by four days for initial operation and by up to three weeks for commissioning of the larger flotation cell circuit, necessary for full capacity operation. \n \nKenya\nDrilling continues, and a full report on progress to date is expected shortly following the return of some supervisory staff to London for the Christmas break.\n \nTasmania\nA previously undrilled 3 km North-South trending magnetic anomaly on the Arthur River tenement was being tested by a four hole reverse circulation drill programme across the waist of the geophysical target. An apparent magnetite amphibolite dyke has been encountered. The fourth hole, which encountered mineralisation just before it ended, may indicate that the first four holes were drilled down dip, and a fifth hole has therefore been drilled back at a 60 degree angle towards the earlier holes. This fifth hole has encountered, and ended in, prismatic magnetite mineralisation, with veinlets of massive magnetite.\n\n \nThe technical information is this release has been reviewed and approved for release by Helen Salmon, BSc(Hons), a geologist working for the Company, a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Member of the Mineralogical Society.\n \nEnquiries:\n \n \n\n\n\n\nAndrew Bell\n\n\n0207 402 4580 or \n07766 474849\n \n\n\nRed Rock Resources plc\n\n\nChairman\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSandra Spencer\n\n\n0207 402 4580 or\n07757 660 798\n \n\n\nRed Rock Resources plc\n\n\nPublic and Investor Rel...