POWER

Plutonic powers up

ZENITH Pacific will boost capacity at the Plutonic gold mine’s power plant in Western Australia’s Murchison from 6 megawatts to 12MW as part of a 52-month extension of the power purchase agreement with mine operator Billabong Gold, a subsidiary of Canadian miner Superior Gold.

The Plutonic gold mine in WA

The Plutonic gold mine in WA

The plant was built by Zenith in 2014. Under the amended terms of the PPA Zenith will install the extra 6MW of power on a build, own and operate basis using Jenbacher 620 spark ignition gas generator...

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