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South Star Announces Substantial Completion and Commissioning of the Santa Cruz Phase 1 Graphite Mine in Brazil
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 29, 2024 / Highlights: Mine prestrip, preliminary dum...
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[{"type":"text","content":"South Star Announces Substantial Completion and Commissioning of the Santa Cruz Phase 1 Graphite Mine in BrazilVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 29, 2024 / Highlights:Mine prestrip, preliminary dump foundations and ramps are complete, and approximately 50,000 tonnes of ore is being placed on the ore pad by end of August for commissioning and initial operations.The following plant areas are substantially complete, and commissioning of the equipment is underway:Primary and secondary crushing circuitFloatation/grinding/screening plantTailings thickener and filter press facilitiesConcentrate dewatering, drying, screening and bagging systemsInternal power distribution, laboratory, support services and other appurtenant installations are substantially complete and ready for operations.The mainline powerline is substantially complete, and the regional energy company COELBA is scheduling the installation of the energy meter and final connection of the installations to the grid power.Commissioning is expected to take approximately 6-7 weeks, after which the plant should be ready for ramp-up and start of commercial production.VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 29, 2024 / SOUTH STAR BATTERY METALS CORP. (\"South Star\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV:STS)(OTCQB:STSBF) is pleased to announce that Phase 1 construction for the Company's flagship Santa Cruz Graphite Mine (\"Santa Cruz\") is substantially complete and commissioning is underway. Santa Cruz is located in Bahia, Brazil, and the Phase 1 plant has a nameplate capacity of approximately 12,000 tonnes/year (\"tpy\") of natural flake graphite concentrates. Santa Cruz is scheduled to commission the Phase 1 plant and to start commercial production in September 2024. South Star plans to fulfill initial graphite purchase orders in Q4 2024.The infill drilling and short-term mine plan/sequence for the first quarters of the mine sequence are complete. Prestrip is finalized and approximately 50,000 tonnes of ore will be placed on the ore pad in August 2024. The mine plan confirms simple, open pit mining of oxide ore with at-surface mineralization and a low 6-month strip ratio of approximately 0.5(W):1(O).Commissioning is underway and is expected to take approximately 6-7 weeks for the four main plant areas:Crushing circuit - approximately 7-10 days commissioning schedule;Floatation/grinding/screening ...