Paradine Gold Mill Nears Completion

 

Winston prepares to produce First Ounces of Gold! 

Winston Gold Corp announces that its Paradine Mill in Radersburg, Montana is nearing completion. So far 2,500 tons of mineralized rock from the company’s ongoing bulk-sampling program at the Winston Gold Mine is at the Mill awaiting initial processing. The Paradine Mill is located just 35 miles (56 km) by paved road from the Company’s wholly-owned Winston Gold project. 

“We are pleased to report that after only 40 days of rehabilitation work, the Paradine mill upgrades are almost complete,” stated Murray Nye, “We are now just waiting on the delivery and installation of a jaw crusher and a closed circuit cone crusher.” 

The Paradine Mill is currently rated for a 150 ton-per-day operation; however there is ample room for expansion if necessary. A new lined settling pond has been constructed for tailings disposal with a 35,000-ton capacity and two additional ponds are being built.  

Winston gold has already stockpiled about 1300 tons of lower-grade bulk sample material. This represents mineralized rock that has been diluted with waste rock in the process of developing access to the main gold bearing vein structures. 

This material will be used to commission the new mill and verify earlier metallurgical recovery tests. Bureau Veritas previously performed gravity and flotation tests on selected drill core from the vein systems. Flotation of the gravity tailings recovered 86.7% gold and 85% silver and resulted in a combined gravity plus floatation recovery of 92.6% gold and 86.3% silver. Bureau Veritas stated that they believed that there was still room to improve that recovery rate.