Safari Bore
Safari Bore was previously mined by Sons of Gwalia and is located 4km to the West of Deep South (80km from the Carosue Dam processing plant). There is potential for a cut-back to be mined on the existing pit, which would have synergies if mined concurrently with the nearby Deep South pit.
As is the case with Karari, the initial scoping study at Safari gave favourable results when considering a further cutback. Safari Bore has a strong track record with regard to reconciliations, and was Carosue’s best performer. The plan for Safari Bore is also well advanced, well understood technically, with the full suite of metallurgical test work, geotechnical studies, resource estimates (more recently with the inclusion of high density grade control data) and hydrological modelling all having been completed. The groundwater at Safari Bore is of good quality and there are opportunities for this and the Deep South water to be utilised as potable or process water.
Historical production from the Safari Bore pit extracted approximately 1.7Mt of ore at a grade of 2.7g/t yielding ~152koz.
Safari Bore Pit