Australian miner Manuka Resources is targeting a three-year build-up targeting production of about 25,000ozpa as it restarts gold production at its 100%-owned Mt Boppy mine in the NSW Cobar Basin.
The return to a project where it ceased openpit mining in the Dec 2021 qtr comes after drilling beneath the pit floor and nearby prospects helped establish a resource of 281,850t @ 4.95g/t.
Manuka has also established stockpiles and tailings deposits from historic mining that are being evaluated.
It plans to re-enter the opencut later in 2023 while drilling of Mt Boppy Deeps to evaluate underground mine development.