UNDERGROUND

Big Bell rings anew

THE first mass cave blast at Big Bell, the Westgold Resources gold mine near Cue, Western Australia that has been idle and flooded since 2003, was initiated on March 2.

Ore from Big Bell will be processed at the Tuckabianna mill.

Ore from Big Bell will be processed at the Tuckabianna mill.

This paves the way for the planned ramp-up in mine output to steady-state production rates of about 1 million tonnes per annum by the end of 2020. Westgold expects to turn out 600,000t of ore grading...

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