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Agate Creek activity

MINING has restarted at Laneway Resources’ Agate Creek gold mine near Kidston in north Queensland ahead of the refurbishment of Laneway’s Georgetown gold processing plant.

 The first high grade ore mark-up is shown in the pit floor in the drone image below (Red high-grade, Blue low grade).

The first high grade ore mark-up is shown in the pit floor in the drone image below (Red high-grade, Blue low grade).

The first production blast at Agate Creek was fired on June 10, with blast hole drilling following recent Environmental Protection Authority approval and marking the start of refurbishment of the nearby...

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