UNDERGROUND

In the shallows

A BIT like Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in the 2018 film <i>A star is born</i> St Barbara managing director and CEO Craig Jetson is also betting on the shallows, although in his case it is the “shallow” Old South Gwalia ore body.

Accessing the shallower Old South Gwalia ore body will take some of the stress of the haulage fleet at Gwalia.

Accessing the shallower Old South Gwalia ore body will take some of the stress of the haulage fleet at Gwalia.

Jetson said the encouraging drilling results in the Old South Gwalia ore body gave St Barbara the potential of adding mining fronts in the extremely deep mine that were much closer to the surface. Gwalia...

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