The Quartzstone mine to be operated by Sun and Sand Mining Resources Inc will not use any mercury or other reagents but will use new technology to ensure gold recovery of at least 90%, the project’s head Mukesh Arora told a poorly attended scoping meeting in Bartica on Monday.
“Zero mercury. There won’t be any use of mercury anywhere,” he emphasised, while adding that the company will make use of new technology, a Superminer machine that was developed and marketed by a company in Thailand, which will ensure gold recovery of at least 90%. He said that the machine does not require mercury.
The scoping meeting at the boardroom of the Region 7 Regional Democratic Council was poorly attended and apart from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and others connected to the project and sector agencies, there were only four other persons at the meeting including Region 7 Vice-Chairperson Olinda Griffith and mining advocate Sherwyn Downer.
