Duketon Gold Project
gold mining operation in Western Australia
The Duketon Gold Project is a gold mining operation located between 100 km (62 mi) and 130 km (81 mi) north of Laverton. It is owned by the Australian mining company Regis Resources.
The Duketon Gold Project consists of two operation centres: the Duketon North Operations, consisting of the Moolart Well Gold Mine, and the Duketon South Operations, consisting of the Garden Well Gold Mine and the Rosemont Gold Mine, all located within a 30 km (19 mi) radius from each other.
Apart from the Duketon Gold Project, Regis Resources also holds a 30 percent stake in the Tropicana Gold Mine, having acquired it in May 2021 for A$903 million.
Overview
The Duketon North Operations, with the Moolart Well Gold Mine, consists of a number of open pit operations which feed a crusher and a ball mill.
The Duketon South Operations' Garden Well Gold Mine consists of a number of open pit operations and an underground operation which commenced in 2021. All feed into a crushing circuit and a ball mill. The Rosemont Gold Mine also consist of open pit and underground operations and a crushing circuit and a ball mill, with the slurry from there pumped to Garden Well for final processing. In the 2020–21 financial year, Duketon South accounted for just over 75 percent of the Duketon Gold Project's annual production while Duketon North accounted for the remainder.
History
The Rosemont mine, located 9 km (5.6 mi) north of Garden Well, was discovered in 1980 by Aurora Gold, which carried out small-scale open pit mining during the 1990s, producing 18,600 ounces of gold.
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