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Yilgarn South
Effective in the first quarter of 2008, the Darlot, Granny Smith and Lawlers mines were consolidated under Yilgarn South for reporting purposes. In 2008, Yilgarn South collectively produced 325,000 ounces of gold at total cash costs of $611 per ounce1.
Darlot
The Darlot gold mine is a trackless underground operation located on the Yandal Greenstone Belt, approximately 680 kilometres northeast of Perth, Western Australia. Ore is treated at the conventional carbon-in-leach on-site mill. Proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2008 are estimated at 557,000 ounces of gold2.
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Granny Smith
The Granny Smith open-pit gold mine is located 950 kilometres northeast of Perth and 23 kilometres south of Laverton in the state of Western Australia.
The processing plant consists of a two-stage fresh ore crushing circuit including closed circuit screening and a single-stage oxide ore crushing circuit, a semi-autogenous grinding mill in closed circuit with a cone crusher, an agitation leaching and carbon-in-pulp circuit, tailings gravity retreatment plant with fine grind, a gold recovery plant with carbon reactivation, and a tailing thickener. Proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2008 are estimated at 491,000 ounces of gold2.
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Lawlers
The Lawlers mine is an underground operation located on the Norseman/Wiluna Greenstone Belt, approximately 660 kilometres northeast of Perth, Western Australia. Ore is treated at the on-site mill, which processes both sulphide and oxide ores. Proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2008 are estimated at 353,000 ounces of gold2.
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1 Click here for more information regarding the calculation of total cash costs.
2 Click here for more information regarding reserve and resource measurements.