Kengir Prospect
The Kengir Prospect is located 10km south east of the Akbakai Gold Mine. The Kengir deposit is hosted in a gabbro-diorite body and the Kengir mineralisation has characteristics of a gold-copper porphyry system. A small open pit in the 1980s produced approximately 9,600 ounces of gold.
In March 2008 Central Asia announced a Resource of 127,000 oz Au (Indicated and Inferred). Preliminary metallurgical testwork indicated that over 90% of gold can be recovered via simple flotation methods. Central Asia will progress Kengir to a commercial discovery in 2008.
Photo: Drilling at Kengir
