Gold Ore Mining
Upgrade of a diesel power facility and an accommodation village at the dormant Meekatharra Gold Project are under review as part of Reed Resources' plans to re-commission the project.
Southern Gold Limited and Heron Resources Ltd have signed an agreement allowing Southern Gold to earn up to 80% of the Heron’s Bulong project.
A final decision on the Olympic Dam Project (ODP) by Commonwealth, State and Territory governments is expected in the second half of this year.
Leighton Contractors has been awarded underground gold mining contracts worth $317 million at Telfer and Cosmo Deeps.
Open pit and underground mining contracts and orders for key long-lead items are expected this month for Sandfire Resources' $400 million DeGrussa Copper-Gold Project in the Mid West.
A Feasibility Study on development of mine production facilities for Westgold Resources' Rover 1 gold-copper project south-west of Tennant Creek in the NT is expected in mid-2011.
A spokesperson for Mutiny Gold told Projectory that the company anticipates in mid-2011 the results of a feasibility study on its Deflector deposit.
US-based Vista Gold Corporation is advancing plans for its Mt Todd Gold Project in the Northern Territory with the findings of a definitive bankable feasibility study due later this year.
Ivanhoe Australia has approved $30 million of development capital for the Kulthor/Osborne development on the company’s Cloncurry district tenements in Queensland.
BHP Billiton has awarded LogiCamms Limited a $10 million multidiscipline contract to deliver a new process facility at Olympic Dam at Roxby Downs, South Australia.
