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Darlek exterminating Mincor's nickel blues

MINCOR Resources may soon be in the market for a fleet of six-wheel articulated dump trucks thanks to positive feasibility study results for its Widgiemooltha gold project in Western Australia.

Noel Dyson
The Darlek pit is one of 10 shallow gold pits Mincor wants to mine.

The Darlek pit is one of 10 shallow gold pits Mincor wants to mine.

The study is based on mining a series of low capital cost pits near Widgiemooltha and getting that ore toll treated. It estimates total operating costs of $71.7 million with a cost per ounce of $1088 over...

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