Engenho Project, Brazil

  • Project Overview

    The Engenho Gold Project is located approximately 70km north east of Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third largest city, in a region known as the “Iron Quadrangle” where most of the country’s iron ore mines and substantial gold projects are located. Infrastructure is excellent and all personnel live within well established communities. There has been no requirement [...]

  • Development & Mining

    The first gold was produced from the Engenho Project in June 2008, marking the completion of all commissioning processes at the mine and the Company’s transition to gold production.
    The main underground Galeria ore body is being accessed through a modern decline development from the bottom of the existing open pit. Initial mining activities focused on [...]

  • Processing & Production

    Ore is processed through a conventional carbon-in-pulp processing plant that Mundo constructed immediately adjacent to the open pit.
    The plant was commissioned on 30 April 2008 with initial gold bullion production achieved in mid-June 2008. Gold ore is processed and refined under contract at an external refinery.
    Since commissioning, the treatment facility has achieved excellent metallurgical recoveries [...]

  • Exploration

    The Engenho gold resource is based on drilling to a depth of approximately 270 metres below the surface. The resource remains open at depth and expectations are that the resource will continue for some distance below this level based on the structure of ore bodies in the region.
    In addition, a number of potential new ore [...]