Newcrest Mining is moving forward on a potential 3-year path to commercial production at its 60%-owned Havieron gold-copper project in Western Australia’s highly prospective Paterson province with approval of $A146M funding for early exploration works.
The gold major has moved quickly after receipt of regulator approvals to give the go-ahead to construct a box cut, exploration decline and surface infrastructure including explosives magazine, workshops, administration and evaporation ponds.
Newcrest has established an initial inferred resource of 50Mt @ 2g/t for 3.4Moz gold and 0.31% for 160,000t copper under its JV with Greatland Gold, with mineralisation remaining open in multiple directions.
The company has provided Greatland with $US50M loan facilities for its share of works up to feasibility studies.
NEWCREST EYES 3-YEAR PATH TO HAVIERON COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION - |