Left: Mt Magnet haul road linking the pit and crushing plant
Below: Mt Magnet’s main street; the Great Northern Highway
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be in store if its wide-ranging, near-field
exploration program being simultaneously
rolled out over the company’s increasing
portfolio of WA mine and exploration
holdings, yields through discovery, an
enhanced total gold ore inventory at the
same time as its mine ramp-up schedule.
Recognising FY2013 as a year of
transition, Ian Gordon has put in place a
substantial development plan for Ramelius’
new and expanding operations at the Mt
Magnet gold mine to replace the historic
company-making production to date from
the Wattle Dam mine further south. This
production profile is set to be widened even
further from future development of current
and recent Ramelius gold acquisitions in
WA at Vivien and Coogee.
With Wattle Dam ceasing production in
2013
after successfully producing in excess
of 250,000 ounces of gold, Ian Gordon
says the company is happy with where the
new main-game Mt Magnet operation is at
this stage.
“
All is going to plan, with first gold
produced in March this year, 10,500 ounces
in the June quarter and now we have passed
the September quarter mark trending
towards 14,000 ounces,” Ian Gordon notes.
“
Our production guidance for the 2013
calendar year is 70,000 ounces as we move
through the process of blending lower grade
ores at Mt Magnet to help meet milling
capacity while scheduling a ramp-up
to higher grade ores and output by the end
of 2012.
“
Certainly from 2013, we will be able to
increase production from mining at satellite
pits at Mt Magnet and increasing the milling
capacity to produce our target rate of 80,000
ounces per annum.
“
Our focus is, however, to move through
the closure of Wattle Dam, expand and
de-risk Mt Magnet’s open-pit