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Anooraq completes Bokoni upgrade

19 January 2010

Source: ABI Digital

Anooraq is pleased to announce the completion of its concentrator plant upgrade project at the company's Bokoni Platinum Mines ("Bokoni"), located 330km from Johannesburg, South Africa. The project included an upgrade on the main stream pumps to accommodate additional production throughput, the introduction of cyclone clusters for more efficient classification and an upgrade to the Merensky concentrator primary mill from an autogenous grinding mill to a semi-autogenous grinding mill to assist with grind of run of mine ore. The total capital spent on the concentrator plant upgrade was R118 million (CAD16.5 million) and the project was completed in time and within budget estimates. The plant upgrade increases Bokoni's milling capacity to 165 000 tonnes per month ("tpm"), of which 120 000tpm of production is anticipated to come from the Merensky Reef and 45 000tpm from the UG2 Reef. This upgrade ensures the Bokoni concentrator plant is ready to accommodate the company's planned first phase production expansion plan to 160 000tpm by 2014.