Key Stats:
- Name: The Mount
- Location: Adjacent to the town of Widgiemooltha, 85km south of Focus’ Three Mile Hill processing plant
- Product: Gold
- Mining Method: Underground
- Resource: 2.1 million tonnes @ 5.5g/t for 370,000 ounces
- Reserve: 69,000 tonnes @ 8.0g/t for 17,825 ounces
- Production rate: Entered production in March 2011
- Profile: Multiple ore zones offering high-grade production
The current phase of the Mount underground mine commenced production in the middle of March 2011.
The Mount is a wholly new mine which has been developed by Focus Minerals purely by cash flow from its Tindals Mining Centre Operations and is expected to lift Focus’ annual production rate by 40-60,000 ounces.
The Mount, which is situated at Widgiemooltha, approximately 85km south of Focus’ Three Mile Hill processing plant in Coolgardie, has a significant inferred resource of 2.1 million tonnes at 5.5g/t for 370,000 ounces. It has already produced more than 35,000 tonnes at 7.7g/t from trial mining.
Focus has a target of 1000 to 1500 ounces per vertical metre at The Mount with extraction of 40 vertical metres a year to support annualised production of 40,000 to 60,000 ounces.
In parallel with the start of the new production position in the German lode area, an exploration cross-cut to test mineralisation in the Main and Fuchs lode areas has also commenced.
The exploration cross-cut will test approximately 10 structures as it is developed over the next month, enabling Focus to more accurately assess each structure for mining. The Mount includes approximately 15 parallel sub-vertical lodes across a 300m by 600m area that is open in all directions and at depth, providing substantial upside for additional high-grade reserves
Focus aims to have The Mount at full scale production by the end of the 2011.
The Mount Project Photos
