MINERAL PROCESSING: Power outage halts milling at Kirkland Lake Gold

ONTARIO – On Sunday, March 18, 2012, a power outage forced Kirkland Lake Gold of Kirkland Lake, ON, to close the mill and the crushing plant. The outage was caused by equipment failure at the interface between the Hydro One power grid and...

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ONTARIO – On Sunday, March 18, 2012, a power outage forced Kirkland Lake Gold of Kirkland Lake, ON, to close the mill and the crushing plant. The outage was caused by equipment failure at the interface between the Hydro One power grid and internal mill site power grid.

Hydro One crews completed repairs to the interface on Sunday March 25 and restored power to the mill site power grid. The mill was restarted and full ore processing was restored by Monday, March 26.

The power loss had no effect on mining operations. Underground ore was stockpiled during the mill shutdown.

Kirkland Lake (KLGold.com) said there will be no long term impact on production levels from the power interruption. However some gold production expected in Q4 2012 (April 30) will be pushed back into Q1 2013.

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