Jon is responsible for the management of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation.
Jon is a geologist by profession and has been with the Company since April 2008. During his time with the Company, Jon has displayed exceptional capacity to take on additional responsibilities including the Assay Laboratory and Metallurgical Laboratory, before becoming the General Manager of the Phu Kham Copper-Gold Operation in September 2010.
He has over 15 years experience in the international mining industry, largely gained across Africa, and has worked in various exploration, mineral resource evaluation, mining and management roles with Gold Fields of South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti and Anglo American.
The US$150 million Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Project is scheduled to commence initial commissioning in late 2011, with steady state production anticipated to be reached during the March quarter 2012.
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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Australian-miner PanAust has given the green light for the development of its Ban Houayxai gold/silver project in Laos.
This comes as the company completed a feasibility study, which was based on an openpit mining operation feeding ore to a conventional four-million ton a year carbon-in-leach (CIL) process plant to produce over 100 000 oz/y of gold and 700 000 oz/y of silver.
The project would cost $134-million, PanAust said in a statement on Monday.
The ASX-listed company’s board had approved predevelopment capital of $16-million, which would be used for the establishment of a new access road, plant site earthworks and to build a camp.
Under the schedule for government approvals and construction, commissioning is targeted for the December quarter in 2011, with steady state gold production in the March quarter of 2012.
PanAust MD Gary Stafford said that the development of Ban Houayxai was the next stage of growth for PanAust, which has a pipeline of projects targeted at doubling production over the next five years.
“We anticipate that at prevailing copper and gold prices the Ban Houayxai development can be funded through PanAust’s cash flow. In addition, the company is in the process of negotiating $100-million of debt facilities for Phu Bia Mining, which will enhance funding flexibility across the PanAust group.”
Major construction work and operations at the Ban Houayxai project will be subject to governmental acceptance of the environmental and social impact assessment, which will be lodged in early April.
The mineral resource has been estimated at 42,7-million tons grading 1,1 g/t gold and 8,0 g/t silver for 1,6-million ounces of contained gold and 11-million ounces of silver.
The total ore reserve has been estimated at 28-million tons of ore grading 0,8 g/t gold and 6,8 g/t silver.
PanAust said that the feasibility study was used as a basis for an investment case mining schedule presented to the board, based on a larger pit shell to the ore reserve, and comprising 32,4-million tons grading 1,0 g/t gold and 8,4 g/t silver.
The investment case pit shell includes higher-grade primary inferred mineral resources for over one-million ounces of contained gold and nearly nine-million ounces of contained silver.
Under the investment case, no inferred mineral resources would be mined in the first six years of the initial eight‐year mine life.
Ban Houayxai is owned by PanAust’s 90%-held subsidiary in Laos, Phu Bia Mining.
ຊອກຫາຄຳຕອບດ້ວຍເທີ້ນ VN and Laos sign agreement on educational co-operation up to 2020 0 on Apr 25, 2011
VIENTIANE — Viet Nam and Laos have reached agreements on educational co-operation aimed at improving learning and teaching until 2020. The agreements were struck during a five-day visit to Laos by a high-ranking delegation from the Ministry of Education and Training, led by Minister Pham Vu Luan, which concluded today.
Prime Minister Thongsinh Thammavonghe last Friday thanked the Party, State and people of Viet Nam for helping his country in all aspects, especially education.
Over the past five decades, tens of thousands of Lao students had studied in Viet Nam, providing valuable human resources and strengthening friendship between the two nations, he said.
Thammavonghe said he hoped the Viet Nam Ministry and Lao Ministry of Education would strengthen their co-operation, particularly in human resources training, contributing to the two countries' relations.
Minister Luan congratulated Laos on its successful 9th National Congress of the People's Revolutionary Party.
VN officials seek management training opportunities in S Korea
SEOUL — A delegation seeking management training for government officials visited South Korea for three days last week.
The delegation was headed by deputy chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission forOrganisation Nguyen Van Quynh.
The group held talks with several universities of international standard, including Korea University and Kangwon National University, which also offered wider support for officials, such as foreign language training and accommodation. — VNS
