American Bonanza Gold Corp. announced that it has bought a jaw crusher for the Copperstone gold mine in Arizona.
In a release, the corporation stated the jaw crusher is really a Nordberg P1008VF Portable Jaw Plant with ST1008 Jaw Crusher (32" x 40"), a 16 foot x 44" Vibrating Grizzly feeder , a Kent Model KHB-86 Rock Breaker with 16' Boom and an associated control tower.
The crusher has a capacity of as much as 200 tons per hour and will effortlessly crush all the coarse run-of-mine mill feed for the planned mining operations. Delivery for the equipment is expected in 2-3 weeks. The equipment was obtain from Earthworks machinery Company of Roseville Calif.
The company stated this acquisition is a crucial component for the development from the Copperstone gold mine and is an essential step towards achieving gold production at the Copperstone mine within the third quarter of 2011.The only remaining important equipment to be acquired for the gold processing plant would be the secondary crusher, along with the Corporation stated it anticipates that acquisition soon.
Bonanza said it can be operating to re-activate mining at the preproduction-stage Copperstone Mine in Arizona. Bonanza has roughly 180 million shares outstanding and has no debt. mineral processing spiral classifier
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