Photo Gallery
May 2008
Co-Disposal Area and Oxide Stockpile
Crusher Area
Crusher Electrical Switchgear
Final Dump Contouring Concurrent Reclamation
Final Dump Contouring Concurrent Reclamation
Mine Shop
Open Pit
Oxide Ball Mill
Oxide CCD Installation
Oxide CCD Installation
Oxide Leach Tanks
Power Generation Fuel Farm
Power Generation Site
Sulfide Flotation Area
Sulfide Grinding Area
Sulfide Stockpile and Escape Tunnel
Tailings Paste Thickener
Transfer Tower and Crusher
April 2008
Clay Compaction
Clay Liner in Co-Disposal Facility
Drilling
April 18th, 2008
Stockpile tunnel
Oxide circuit
Tailings thickener Steel Erection
Revegetation
Sulphide Mills
April 16th, 2008
Tailings thickener Steel Erection
April 5th, 2008
Screening Deck
Cone Crusher
Structural steel around sulphide mills
March 2008
March 28th, 2008
Cone Crusher installation
Polishing Pond
Oxide Leach Tanks
Tailings Pond
Concentrate Press Filter
Open Pit
Filter Press installation
Filter Press installation
Filter Press installation
Filter Press installation
Filter Press installation
March 26th, 2008
Sulphide mills being installed
Sulphide mills being installed
Oxide mill being installed
Week of March 25th, 2008
Sulphide Circuit
Oxide Circuit
Conveyors and stockpile tunnel
Conveyors installation towards crusher
First mill installation
First mill installation
First mill installation
Conveyors installation towards crusher
Week of March 12th, 2008
Structural steel erection in sulphide plant
Sulphide plant
Cerro de Maimón Open Pit
Conveyor and crusher foundation
February 2008
Week of February 27th, 2008
Chemistry Laboratory on Site
Crusher construction
Cerro de Maimón open pit. Black steep dipping lens is the gossan ore.
Flotation cells assembled
Flotation cells installed
Concentrate thickener
Heavy vehicle workshops
Open pit mining of oxide ore
General view of mill site
Week of February 20th, 2008
Flotation Cells installed
Crusher Civil Construction with conveyor erection
Conveyor installation
Return conveyor structure erection
Flotation column cell
Conveyor installation
Flotation circuit installation
Flotation circuit installation
Concentrate thickener
Structural steel erection in sulphide circuit
Open Pit
Pond Construction
Plant Construction
Column cell installed
Structural Steel Erection
Leach tank installation
January 2008
Week of January 28th, 2008
Preparation for Blasting
Tailing Foundation
New chemistry laboratory on site
Week of January 20th, 2008
Primary Feed bin and Crusher with Gold/Silver Oxide ore stockpile behind
Construction personnel work on the primary crusher
Foundation for the tailings thickener
Overview of mill facilities with Crusher site (foreground), oxide buildings (left) and sulphide buildings (right)
Sulphide mill foundations within the Sulphide milling hall
Oxide mill with tank foundations (right)
Main haul road under construction between mine and mill stockpile area
A member of the construction team
Concrete shuttering team at work
Secure storage area – most major equipment is already on site
Week of January 14th, 2008
165 m. bench. The black rock in the mine face is oxide ore
First blast at Cerro de Maimon – 16th Jan 2008
First blast at Cerro de Maimon – 16th Jan 2008
Foundation of tailings thickener
Overview of mill site with (l to r) oxide building, sulphide building and
heavy vehicle workshops and new offices behind
View of crusher foundations (foreground) with haul road access behind
Preparing for first "hard rock" blast at Cerro de Maimon mine
Week of January 1st, 2008
Shuttering for concrete pours
Preparation for concrete footings for oxide circuit
Sulphide mill foundations
Preparation for concrete footings for oxide circuit
Preparation for concrete footings for oxide circuit
General view of Oxide circuit (left) and sulphide circuit (right)
Framing up for siding on mill buildings
Overhead crane in operation
Heavy vehicle workshop under construction
Welder in action
Shuttering for concrete pours/p>
December 2007
Week of December 24th, 2007
General view of ancillary buildings
Ongoing rehabilitation of excavated areas after final land contour has been established
Eastern wall of the mine
Vehicle workshope
Installation of bridge crane in sulphide mill building
Preparation for pouring the concrete footings for the oxide circuit and tankage
Overview of mill complex, with crushing area in the right foreground, with the oxide circuit building to the left and sulphide circuit building to the right
Week of December 17th, 2007
Construction of engineering and geology office building
Foundations in the sulphide mill building
Footings for gold/silver oxide mill leach tanks
Footings for gold/silver oxide mill leach tanks
Measuring up for gold/silver oxide mill foundations
Steelwork for gold/silver oxide mill foundations
Construction contractor’s offices – to become geology/maintenance departments
Fuel farm nears completion
Pre-stripping in mine, 8 benches to date
Week of December 3rd, 2007
Clearing vegetation for the water control ponds. The silver roof of the mill buildings are visible in the distance
Above ground steelwork and concreting in crusher area
Main sulphide building
Mining activities with oxide ore stockpile behind
Contoured waste dumps being covered in soil, in preparaton for re-vegetation
November 2007
Week of Nov 26th, 2007
Massive concrete foundations for the primary crusher area
Mining trucks
Mining of the gold bearing oxide ore
Haul trucks with pit wall behind
Overburden dumping area
Overview of the Cerro de Maimon mine
Continuing concrete works in the sulphide mill
Concentrate storage area
Mills from Montreal have arrived on site
Mill being offloaded at the port of Haina, Dominican Republic
Mill being offloaded at the port of Haina, Dominican Republic
Week of Nov 19th, 2007
Atrium of staff accommodation block
Major concrete pour under the crushing area completed
Mining in open pit. The dark material by the excavator is the gold/silver gossan
Supports for the sulphide mills
Supports for the flotation cells
Week of Nov 12th, 2007
Mill being loaded on the ship in Montreal
Preparing for lifting mill on board in Montreal
Cerro de Maimón's three mills safely on board
GlobeStar´s chartered vessel loading equipment for the Cerro de Maimón mines
Loading crated equipment in Montreal for the Cerro de Maimón mill
Loading cabling at night for the Cerro de Maimón mill in Montreal
Oversized equipment loading in Montreal for the Cerro de Maimón mill
Mining operations after rains storm
Restoration of final slope contours with initially grass has already begun
Concrete pump preparing for pour for the crusher area
Steel reinforcement beneath crusher area
On site accommodation block
Steel reinforcement in the sulphide mill
The Cerro de Maimón fixed axle truck mine fleet of CAT 769s complimenting the articulated mine trucks
Fuel farm including full containment
Survey crew
Contractor’s concrete batch plant in full operation following Tropical Storm Noel
Week of Nov 5th, 2007
Aerial view of the Cerro de Maimón mine looking to the northwest: geology of the oxide cup is visible in the pre-stripped 5 m high benches
Aerial view of Cerro de Maimón mine looking to the East showing the pit upper benches (foreground) and the mine site in the background
Aerial view of the Cerro de Maimón Mine site
Water truck for dust suppression
Damage by Tropical Storm Noel in crusher area
Foundation for assay laboratory
Haul road under development
Mechanic working on Contractor’s haul truck
Preparing for concrete pour in sulphide mill
Stripping top soil from water storage dam area for eventual land restoration
October 2007
Week of Oct 15th, 2007
Massive steel reinforcement for mill foundations
Installing steel reinforcement for mill foundations
Installing steel reinforcement for mill foundations
Cutting steel reinforcement
Courtyard in accommodation block under construction
Cone crusher unloading at Cerro de Maimon
Bank of screens unloading at Cerro de Maimon
Container unloading at Cerro de Maimon
Week of Oct 8th, 2007
Concrete batch plant for structural concrete supply
Mill building with foundations pours in progress
Overburden stripping on two benches
Overview of mill site from open pit rim
Partially stripped open pit mine from mill area
Preparing steel for foundations
Week of Oct 1st, 2007
Camp construction
Main sulphide grinding and flotation hall
Fuel containments
View of mine from the north
Geology of mine clearly visible in the 5 metre high benches
Mine survey technician
Pre-stripping team in action
Massive concrete footings for grinding mills partially poured
September 2007
Stripping of open pit on eastern part of the mine
Establishment of mining benches in NW portion of the Cerro de Maimón mine
Overview of mill area – Sept 2007
Excavation for structural concrete beneath the main grinding mills
Main diesel tank within concrete spillage containment structure
Soil storage pile for rehabilitation
Prestripping of northeast half of pit
Mining trucks on preliminary haulage easement
Soil removal by mine fleet
Security perimeter of industrial site
Two of a series of stone water filters, to control sediments in streams leaving the industrial area.
August 2007
Foundations for Oxide Circuit
Security barriers protect the industrial site |
Steel erectors working on Sulphide Mill buildings |
Roofing installation
General Site View, with Open Pit in middle distance
Sub grade concreting for Oxide Circuit
Sulphide mill building roofing completed
Preparation of Crusher site
Sulphide mill building with trucks from the mining flee
Office block
Overview of mill installations from Open Pit rim
Open Pit site clearance looking SE
Roofing nears completion |
Pre-stripping soil horizon for storage ? to be re-used for site re-habilitation |
Pre-stripping in Open Pit underway
July 2007
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mill currently being refurbished
Mill currently being refurbished
Mill currently being refurbished
June 2007
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
Mine site under construction
April 2007
Cerro de Maimón - Mill Site under construction
Cerro de Maimón - Mill Site under construction
Cerro de Maimón - Mill Site under construction
Cumpié-Loma Mala - Drilling for Ni resource evaluation program in progress.
March 2007
Cerro de Maimón - Office Building construction completed
Febuary 2007
Countdown to Market Open.
Kevan Cowan, Sr. Vice President, TSX Venture Exchange and Sr. Vice President Toronto Stock Exchange shaking hands with Larry Ciccarelli, Chairman, GlobeStar Mining Corp. He is presenting Larry with the TSX Listing plaque for GlobeStar Mining Corp.
Front Row (left to right) -
Eric Olson, Vice President of Projects - GlobeStar Mining Corp,
JP Chauvin, President & COO - to his right,
Larry Ciccarelli, Chairman - GlobeStar Mining Corp.,
William Fisher, CEO - GlobeStar Mining Corp.,
John Iannozzi, Director - GlobeStar Mining Corp.,
Fiona Fisher (wife of William Fisher) - standing behind John Iannozzi
Middle Row (left to right) -
Linda Chauvin (wife of JP Chauvin),
Linda Harris, Office Manager - GlobeStar Mining Corp.,
Gus Garisto, Bay Street Connect
Back Row (left to right) -
Laurie McRobert, Sr. Accountant - GlobeStar Mining Corp. (she is hidden and you can't see her face),
David Massola, Vice President Finance & CFO - GlobeStar Mining Corp.,
Kent Pearson, Jennings Capital Inc.,
Michael D'Amico, Bay Street Connect,
Steve Zinanni, Bay Street Connect,
John Jentz, Westwind Partners
Fugro HeliGEOTEM® / Magnetic Geophysical Survey taking place over Globestar Properties in the Dominican Republic
January 2007
2580 m drilling campaign in Cerro de Maimón completed in January 2007
Massive sulphide intersections in drill cores from Cerro de Maimón