TORONTO, ONTARIO-- Detour Gold Corporation reports that the repairs to the pre-leach thickener system, including replacement of the bottom section of the torque cage were successfully completed and re-commissioning of this system has commenced. The processing plant is expected to resume operations today and is targeted to operate at a rate of 50,000 tonnes per day within a week of this restart.
During this downtime, the Company also completed a number of mill related repairs and improvements, including the installation of the second shuttle chute to the secondary crushers.
About Detour Gold
Detour Gold is an emerging mid-tier gold producer in Canada. The Company is ramping up its 100% owned Detour Lake mine to a long life, large scale open pit operation. The Detour Lake mine has proven and probable reserves of 15.6 million ounces of gold.
