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Sandfire-Talisman go the full Monty

THE Sandfire Resources (70%) and Talisman Mining (30%) Springfield Joint Venture has approved a recently completed feasibility study on the Monty copper-gold deposit that confirms Monty’s suitability as an underground satellite source of high grade ore feed to supplement copper from Sandfire’s nearby DeGrussa mine.

Karma Barndon
Monty mineralisation.

Monty mineralisation.

The JV also released a maiden ore reserve for Monty, which sits in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region: 920,000 tonnes at 8.7% copper and 1.4 grams per tonne gold for 80,000t of contained copper and 42,000...

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