We were involved in building a dump retreatment gold plant in Johannesburg for Golden Dumps, and conducted the engineering design for a more complex one in Botswana for Phelps Dodge. We conducted a study for Billiton's low cost, high efficiency gold plant and were subsequently given a contract for its design, management and construction. Owing to the depressed gold price the Weltevreden project was shelved as plant construction neared completion. A feasibility study was completed for a new treatment facility for Sabi Mine in Zimbabwe.

More recent work has been completed in Mali and Zimbabwe, as well as a host of studies and plant audits in South Africa.

Recent work on Gold has included the rehabilitation of a Russian built Gold plant in Mali, at Kalana The initial project is successfully producing Gold and work will start shortly on a major expansion of the facilities at this mine. Rehabilitation of the winding plant and electrical reticulation have all formed part of our initial involvement at this site.

A project on Blyvooruitzicht Mine near Carltonville has seen DRA design and construct a 240,000tpm CIL Tailings Re-Treat Project which is set to give a large established West Rand mine an extension in life.

DRA has recently extended it’s activities in gold to include back fill treatment at the world class Driefontein Mine.

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