PROCESSING

Gold on the horizon

WESTERN Australian gold miner Horizon Minerals milled 50,274 dry tonnes grading 1.62 grams per tonne gold for 2491 ounces at the Lakewood processing facility, as part of the third toll milling campaign from the Boorara gold mine.

 First gold pour at Boorara in August, 2020.

First gold pour at Boorara in August, 2020.

The 25-day campaign used ore from the Crown Jewel, Regal East and Regal West trial pits. The gold fetched $6.1 million at an average gold price of $2466 per ounce, with Horizon ending up with $3.6 million...

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