Vancouver, April 11, 2018 – John Cumming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stellar AfricaGold Inc., (TSX-V: SPX) (“Stellar” or the “Company”) announces that construction of the 150 tonnes per day (“tpd”) gravity separation plant at the B3 Zone of Stellar’s 100% controlled Balandougou Gold Project in Guinea is complete and commissioning of mill equipment is proceeding well. All mill components have been tested individually, necessary adjustments have been made and are operating correctly. After final adjustments are made the Company expects be able process gold oxide mineralization on a continuous basis and in the coming weeks the mill’s daily throughput volumes will be increased gradually as processing procedures and equipment are fine-tuned to optimize plant capacity and gold recovery during the final stage of the commissioning period.
“We are pleased to report to our shareholders that the commissioning of the Balandougou plant is proceeding well and that we are nearing the stage where the mill can process gold oxide mineralization on a continuous basis” said Stellar Vice-President Exploration and COO, Maurice Giroux . “After just a few cycles of continuous operation, we are very pleased that the plant is performing well and that the Knelson concentrators and the shaking table are correctly adjusted and recovering the very fine gold down to as small as 100 microns in size. Thus far, teething problems have been minor, with adequate solutions found, and as final modifications and adjustments are being made we become increasingly optimistic that our operating objective of 150 tonnes per day is achievable.”
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