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GR Engineering lands $24M Fosterville paste backfill plant work

GR ENGINEERING Services has been awarded a $23.9 million contract to design, supply, construct and commission a 65cu.m per hour past backfill plant at Kirkland Lake Gold’s Fosterville gold mine 21km east of Bendigo, Victoria.

Core samples from the Fosterville gold mine.

Core samples from the Fosterville gold mine.

The plant will be used to backfill stopes at the underground mine and is part of the plan to take the mine's annual production to more than 400,000 ounces in the next two years. Besides doing all the...

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