Artemis Gold experiences unplanned mill shutdown

Artemis Gold reported an unplanned mill shutdown at the Blackwater mine in central British Columbia, Canada. The miner said it is currently experiencing a production outage at the mine due to the failure of a ball mill gearbox that occurred on March 11. Artemis Gold has a suitable replacement spare gearbox available, but it will take between eight and 10…

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Artemis Blackwater begins ore processing

Artemis Gold has confirmed the commissioning of the grinding circuit at the Blackwater Mine in British Columbia, Canada. Company officials said it commenced milling first ore the week of January 22. It is still targeting first gold pour prior to month-end, but at press time January 29 had not confirmed the milestone. Blackwater is planned to be a conventional open…

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