Name of the Project
Kal East gold project.

Location
About 50 km east of Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia.

Project Owner/s
Black Cat Syndicate.

Project Description
A prefeasibility study (PFS), completed in June 2022, has demonstrated a robust, base case production plan.

The study is based on a resource estimate of 8.2-million tonnes, containing 599 000 oz of gold, with the potential to increase the project’s output with ongoing drill programmes.

The PFS envisages the construction of an openpit and underground mining operation, with a production profile of about 301 709 oz of gold over a 5.5-year mine life. The project includes the construction of a crushing circuit, an 800 000 t/y processing facility that is expandable to 1.5-million tonnes a year, an in-pit tailings storage facility (TSF) and a powerline.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Net Present Value/Internal Rate of Return
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
Preproduction capital is estimated at A$87.9-million.

Planned Start/End Date
Not stated.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
ALS Global and Fremantle Metallurgy (metal­lurgy); ALS Global (comminution); Fremantle Metallurgy (rheology); JMD Engineering, Elmet and Professional Cost Consultants (processing facility design); BEC Engineering and Cadia Systems (power requirements); Fremantle Metallurgy, Graeme Campbell and Associates, and E-Precision Laboratories (tailings physical and geochemical properties); CMW Geosciences, Land & Marine Geological Services (TSF); Peter O’Bryan and Associates, Australian Borehole Imagery & Mapping Solutions, GEO Analytica and E-Precision Laboratories (geotechnical studies); WML Consultants (road design); Groundwater Resource Management, Hyd2o Hydrology and Peter Clifton & Associates (hydrology and hydrogeology studies); Botanica Consulting, Bennelongia, Terrestrial Ecosystems and Outback Ecology Services (fauna and flora studies); Outback Ecology Services and Soil Water Group (soil quality studies); Soil Water Group and EIGG (waste rock characterisation); Native Vegetation Solutions and Clark Lindbeck & Associates (mining proposal/mine closure plan drafting); Rory O’Connor, John Cecchi, Terra Rosa Cultural Resource Management and Western Heritage Research (Aboriginal heritage study); and Reseau, Digital Radio Systems and Goldnet (information technology and communication studies).

Contact Details for Project Information
Black Cat Syndicate, tel +61 458 007 713 or email admin@bc8.com.au.