Niuminco Group Limited provided Edie Creek processing and mining operations update for August 2018. Following delivery of the new 6 tonne JCB excavator, Kawasaki loader and two more D85 Komatsu bulldozers, gold and silver mining has continued at Alpha West (the main Edie Lode pictured below) and commenced over the past week at the Surmans vein system. At present, maintenance and repair work is being carried out on the two newly arrived D85 dozers and the D65 dozer, whilst the 21 tonne Hyundai excavator is currently down, awaiting a replacement engine block and pistons. At Surmans, a new culvert was installed and the access road to this vein area has been upgraded and extended to reach higher mining bench levels. Following limited running of the processing circuit in July, processing volumes have increased in August with delivery to the mill of larger quantities of mined material from both the Alpha West and Surmans vein systems, and a stepping up of circuit running time. The main Edie Lode at Alpha West has been cut back to the western extremity of the current top bench, exposing the vein to a width of 3-4 metres, with a further splay vein approximately 1.5 metres wide and some 4 metres to the north.