PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The Dalgaranga gold project, in Western Australia, is on scheduled for first gold production in the second quarter of 2018, with the project currently on budget, ASX-listed Gascoyne Resources said on Friday.
The design and engineering of the 2.5-million-tonne-a-year processing plant was about 91% complete, while construction of the tailings storage facility was 75% complete.
Mining at Dalgaranga is expected to start in March next year. The A$86-million Dalgaranga openpit operation is expected to deliver 623 000 oz of gold over the six-year mine life.