Construction Update at TVI Pacific Inc.'s 30.66% owned TVIRD Balabag Gold and Silver Project
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Balabag Gold-Silver Project:
Project development has continued to progress at Balabag and significant achievements include:
- Ongoing construction of the Processing Plant including:
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- Completion of the crushing area;
- Rehabilitation works related to the SAG mill and ball mills;
- Fabrication and installation works related to the primary and secondary cyclones and related electrical works for the grinding area;
- Piping and electrical works related to the flotation area and continuing installation of the concentrate pumps and tails pumps as well as the rehabilitation of flotation bank cells;
- Fabrication and installation of discharge boxes and feed boxes in the concentrate leaching area and related electrical works;
- Installation of underflow pumps and piping in the leached concentrate dewatering area as well the leached concentrate dewatering thickener and filter press structure, and commencement of reconditioning works related to the thickener mechanism and the flocculant mixing and dozing assembly;
- Installation of the Merrill Crowe package;
- Rehabilitation and installation of the intertank screen and related electrical works in the carbon in leach area;
- Installation of spillage pumps and piping in the detoxification area;
- Completion of repairs to the process water tank and ongoing pipe works from the head tank to grinding area as well as the reconditioning and installation of freshwater pumps to supply water to the Mill Plant; and,
- Construction of the gold room.
- Completion of testing of power supply gensets and ongoing works related to the switchgear room;
- Continued clearing and construction of the Tailings Storage Facility ("TSF");
- Continued mine development and pre-production stripping;
- Ongoing construction of permanent accommodations as well as the administration building, warehouse, met lab and assay laboratory.
Current project development photos can be found on the Company website at TVIPacific.com.
"We are excited to continue to report ongoing construction progress at Balabag as we watch also positive developments in the global price of gold. We continue to be confident that Balabag will be a significant addition to TVIRD's portfolio of projects and reflect positively also upon TVI Pacific through our continuing direct interest in the project.", said Mr. Cliff James, Chairman and CEO of TVI and Chairman of TVIRD.
The Qualified Person responsible for the scientific and technical content of this press release is Mr. Michael James Bue, Bsc. Eng, M.Eng, P.Eng,
About TVI Resource Development Phils., Inc.
TVIRD, a Philippine corporation in which TVI holds a 30.66% interest, is a diversified mining company that focuses on the acquisition, exploration, development and production of resource projects in the Philippines. It operates under the highest standards of health and safety practices for its workers and its host community; and is uncompromising in its best-practices approach to environmental protection as well as community development. TVIRD has a pool of highly competent managers, technical personnel and skilled workers with previous experience in gold-silver operation and owns 100% of the Balabag gold/silver project in addition to 60% interest in AMVI, a nickel laterite DSO operation that commenced in October 2014 and in which TVIRD is operator. AMVI has shipped a total of 14.85 million wet metric tonnes through 273 shipments through to June 30, 2020.
About TVI Pacific Inc.
TVI Pacific Inc. is a Canadian resource company focused on the acquisition of resource projects in the Asia Pacific region. TVI currently holds a 30.66% equity interest in TVIRD and a 2.95% equity interest in Integrated Green Energy Solutions Ltd., a publicly listed company incorporated in Australia with shares listed on the ASX. Integrated Green Energy Solutions Ltd. is engaged in the commercialization of technologies to convert waste plastics to fuel in Australia and internationally. TVI's other holdings include a 14.4% equity interest in Mindoro Resources Ltd. and a 100% investment in shares of TG World. As at the date of this announcement, TVI has 655,537,039 outstanding common shares and 696,887,039 fully diluted including the currently issued outstanding options of 41,350,000.
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SOURCE TVI Pacific Inc.
Contact
Contact Information: Patrick Hanna, Chief Financial Officer, TVI Pacific Inc., Phone: 403-265-4356, E-mail: Patrick.Hanna@tvipacific.com