Classic Minerals starts site construction at Kat Gap gold project
Kat Gap 的第一批黄金计划在 3 月季度末进行。
Junior explorer Classic Minerals (ASX: CLZ) has commenced site construction activities for the development of its wholly-owned Kat Gap gold mine in Western Australia.
The company has received all the regulatory approvals needed for the development, including for the mining proposal, mine closure plan and project management plan.
Earthworks such as stripping and stockpiling of vegetation and topsoil started last week and are a required precursor to the start of mining.
The company has engaged heavy machinery for building internal roads, office, administrative and workshops areas; bulldozing to clear areas for the waste rock dumps; and clearing and preparing run-of-mine pads.
Site power is being upgraded in readiness for a camp refurbishment, aided by the impending arrival of additional camp buildings to site.
Once processing approvals have been received, Classic will commence construction of the tailing’s storage facility and reassemble the Gekko gold treatment plant.
The company said it was targeting the the start of dry crushing plant commissioning activities and stage one open-pit mining before year end.
Overall progress continues to remain on track with first gold production targeted for the first quarter of the new year.
Deep drilling program
Earlier this month, Classic confirmed it had started a deep drilling program to complement infill work being done at Kat Gap.
The company completed 20-holes for 3,000m to test deeper at the northern area of infill drilling where high-grade, near-surface mineralisation had been encountered.
Once infill and deeper drilling data has been compiled and added to the current mineral resource at Kat Gap, a new block model will be generated and a final open pit design completed.
If gold mineralisation continues at depth in the undrilled area, it could add additional mineable ounces to the resource and potentially result in a larger open pit.
In the meantime, Classic is conducting a three-hole geotechnical diamond drilling program for a total 336m for pit wall angle optimisation.
The holes will be included in the final open pit design work.