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Australia
Challenger Mine

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 Location:
250 km N from Ceduna, South Australia, Australia

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Level 9, Kyle House 27 – 31 Macquarie Place
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
2000
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Overview

StatusCare and Maintenance
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Uppers Retreat
Processing
  • Gravity separation
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)
Mine Life3.5 years (as of Jan 1, 2018)
In October 2018, the Project was placed into care and maintenance by the then operator WPG, who was at that time under administration.

The Challenger Mine was discovered in 1995 by Dominion Mining and produced ~1.2Moz Au in operations from 2002 – 2018. The Challenger Mill is a ~650ktpa CIP processing plant for production of gold doré.

In 2019 Barton Gold acquired a number of former WPG tenements. Those tenements comprise Challenger’s operations and include Mining Leases (MLs) 6103 and 6547, as well as Miscellaneous Purpose Licences (MPLs) 63, 65 and 66.

Since the Project was acquired by Barton Gold, it has remained in a period of care and maintenance.
Latest NewsUpdate on Deed of Company Arrangement: relief from financial reporting obligations for a period concluding on the earlier of 31 January 2021 or the occurrence of one of the events that were included in that announcement(“Extension Period”)     November 4, 2019


Owners

Source: p. 6,16,56
CompanyInterestOwnership
Barton Gold Holdings Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Challenger Gold project was previously operated by Challenger Gold. Challenger Gold, as a subsidiary of WPG Resources Limited (WPG), went into voluntary administration on 30 July 2018, with Receivers appointed also. The Project was guided to a state of care and maintenance by October 2018.

The tenement was acquired by Barton Gold in November 2019.

Deposit Type

  • Banded iron formation


Summary:

The Challenger Gold Deposit area lies in the northern Gawler Craton. The gold deposit and surrounding area exemplify regolith-landform relationships of the northern Gawler Craton.

The northern Gawler Craton has been affected by extensive and prolonged tectonism, but a significant proportion of the region retains Archaean to earliest Proterozoic radiometric ages. Archaean metasediments of the Mulgathing Complex were derived at least in part from pre existing continental basement, and include banded iron-formation (BIF), chert, carbonate, calc silicate, quartzite and aluminous sediments. Komatiite and tholeiitic basalt flows are inferred to be contemporaneous with sedimentation.

The Challenger area consists predominantly of the Christie Gneiss, which is a compositionally layered granulite facies metasediment. The most prominent and persistent type of outcrop in the region is BIF, which, in places, has been complexly folded and oxidised to haematite goethite gneiss. The BIF has a typical composition of quartz-magnetite-diopside plus hypersthene, with accessory apatite and Fe sulphide. The gneiss also contains bands of pink microcline-quartz-plagioclase-gamet and layers of carbonate with accessory garnet, clinopyroxene and olivine.


Mining Methods

  • Uppers Retreat


Summary:

Challenger Gold Mine (Challenger) has been operational since 2002 and consists of open pit and
underground mining along the Jumbuck decline.

The Challenger resource models were used to create detailed life of mine (LOM) designs for the extraction of each resource lode. The design was based around an uphole retreat, top down stoping sequence. This mining technique has been used in the past, and will be used in the future.

Mining of the narrow vein Challenger lodes has been designed with a minimum mining width of 1.5m. Based on historical mining at Challenger an external dilution of 40% has been applied in the calculation of all reserves, unless the development has been completed and a full stope analysis has been produced indicating variations to this dilution based on geotechnical input. A specific stope extraction factor has been applied to each level in the reserve estimation, based on the geological resource model, geotechnical requirements and the extraction sequence of each orebody shoot.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Gravity separation
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)

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Summary:

Mining and processing operations at Challenger have been conducted since 2001. Although there was a temporary suspension of operations from 15 March 2016 to early May 2016 when operations recommenced under WPG’s management, Challenger is a mature operation with reliable historical data.

The existing Challenger CIP and gravity processing facility will be utilised to extract the gold. The performance of this plant is well understood.

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter201720162015
Gold Recovery Rate, % 959696.7
Gold Head Grade, g/t 2.7745

Production:

CommodityUnits201720162015
Gold oz 50,88248,99280,151
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics201720162015
Ore tonnes mined 480,416 t518 kt509 kt
Tonnes processed 602,105 t386 kt515 kt

Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 99.4 kt Gold 3.99 g/t 12.7 koz
Probable 437.7 kt Gold 5.97 g/t 84 koz
Proven & Probable 537.2 kt Gold 5.6 g/t 96.7 koz
Measured 246 kt Gold 5.49 g/t 43 koz
Indicated 926 kt Gold 7.44 g/t 221 koz
Inferred 449 kt Gold 6.9 g/t 100 koz
Total Resource 1,621 kt Gold 6.99 g/t 364 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits201720162015
Cash costs Gold USD 1,014 / oz
Total cash costs Gold USD 763 / oz 1,059 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD 1,532 / oz

Operating Costs:

Units2016
Combined mining costs ($/t milled) USD 164.78

Financials:

Units2015
Revenue M USD 118.4  
Pre-tax Income M USD 10  
EBITDA M USD 14.3  


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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Other 2018
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Press Release 2016
Annual Report 2015
Project Description 2003
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News:

NewsDate
Update on Deed of Company Arrangement: relief from financial reporting obligations for a period concluding on the earlier of 31 January 2021 or the occurrence of one of the events that were included in that announcement(“Extension Period”) November 4, 2019

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