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. In September 2008 the Company notified the Kazakhstan Government of Commercial Discovery at Kengir.
In April 2009 the Kazakhstan Government approved an almost 100% increase in the licence area in response to evidence demonstrating extensions of mineralisation beyond the previous licence boundary.
Photo: Drilling at Kengir
