AuStar Gold Limited has just announced an update at their Rose of Denmark (RoD) gold mine, including the commencement of mining operations and processing of material for gold production.
The company has commenced processing the gold bearing material which was mined from above the level of the RoD mine, which is located a few hundred metres north of Gaffney’s Creek in Victoria.
The gold bearing material is now being trucked and processed at AuStar’s gravity gold processing plant. The average throughput rates seen for this material is of a higher rate than the Morning Star Gold mine’s material due to the soft nature of the material being processed. The gold mineralisation at the RoD mine contains both coarse particles of free gold and other gold that is often associated with sulphide grains. The result of this is forecast to form a higher grade of sulphide and gold.
“This [news] continues the excellent progress made at the RoD mine, where diamond drilling commenced in December 2017, resulting in an exceptional number of visible gold intercepts, and has now resulted in gold bearing material being processed at our gravity processing plant in a period of just eight months,” announced AuStar Gold CEO, Tom de Vries, earlier this morning.
“This program demonstrates the benefits of our recent decision to acquire 100 per cent of this prospective mine, and the experience and capability of AuStar’s geological and mining team in exploring, analysing, mining and processing material from projects within its regional exploration portfolio in a safe, timely, compliant and cost-effective manner,” he said.
AuStar have stated that they will continue to mine at RoD without compromising future access along the main adit level. There are four zones being targeted for mining based on the recent drilling activities, with three being developed using traditional handheld mining methods.
The first phase of mining is expected to take two to three months.
More information on this project can be accessed here.