Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, a subsidiary of Northern Star Resources, has filed an appeal to the government of Western Australia to expand the so-called ‘Super Pit' at the Fimiston gold mine.
The expansion would make it possible to expand the mine life of the project to 2034. The miner wants to increase the area of the development to 7 795 ha, up from the currently approved 5 914 ha, it said.
The move by Northern Star will allow the company, which is Australia’s largest listed gold producer, to widen and deepen the open pit operations at Fimiston and greatly increase its available resources.
Last year, the company invested $975 million to more than double processing capacity at its Kalgoorlie operations.
Theodor Lisovoy, Editor in Chief of the European bureau, Rough&Polished
