Karari
Karari pit was previously mined in several stages over four years by Sons of Gwalia and was one of the original pits that constituted the justification for the construction of the Carosue Processing facility in 1999. The pit lies approximately 0.5km to the South of the Carosue Dam processing plant, with all ore being directly hauled to the mill in mining trucks. Historically, this was a high tonnage deposit which lends itself to additional cutbacks and potentially a bulk mining method for an underground operation. Over its four year life 4.7Mt of ore averaging 1.8g/t ~278koz, were mined from the Karari deposit.
2012 will see an UG scoping study completed to assess the viability of an underground operation at Karari.
Early 2011 saw the commencement of mining of a new cut-back at Karari, with excavations concentrated at the southern end of the existing pit. A further cut-back to the East of the existing pit will be evaluated during 2012 to determine it’s viability for mining.
Karari’s close proximity to the processing plant, combined with good reconciliations from historical mining, and synergies from utilising pre-existing infrastructure place this deposit in a strong position for further expansion. The condition of the previously excavated pit walls suggests good ground conditions for mining and the potential to add significant tonnes to future production.
Blasthole drilling in Karari Pit
