China Nonferrous Gold expects trial project at Pakrut to begin in October

29th Jun 2015 08:51

Mining group China Nonferrous Gold (CNG) said it expected trial production at the Pakrut gold project in the Republic of Tajikistan to start at the end of October.In a statement released on Monday, the group said electricity at the Pakrut site had been operating without fault three days, after the 110 kilovolt power pylons had to be rebuilt after being brought down during the winter due to exceptionally heavy snow and avalanches at Pakrut.The new external power supply comprises a 110 kilovolts electrical substation and 73km of 110 kilovolt power lines to the processing plant at Pakrut and substation upgrading at Hamza, CNG said.CNG shares were up 0.90% to 28.00p at 09:04 on Monday.