Lundin Gold ramping up Ecuador project

Moving forward with the engineering and procurement of the process plant for its Fruta del Norte gold project, in Ecuado, TSX-listed Lundin Gold has ordered long-lead time process plant equipment, with process plant detailed engineering expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2018.  Currently, soft tunneling at the project has advanced about 23 m in the first decline and 7 m in the second, and the transition from soft tunneling to hard rock development is expected to begin, as scheduled, by the end of the year. Further, the facilities to support mine development, including offices, a mine dry, a warehouse, maintenance facilities, and a batch plant, have also been built and are operational.