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East Kundana (EKJV) Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Longhole open stoping
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SnapshotEast Kundana Joint Venture is part of the Mungari Gold Operations.

East Kundana Joint Venture is comprised of four underground mines: Raleigh mine and Rubicon, Hornet, Pegasus mines (RHP).

Pre-development of the Hornet Open Pit mine commenced in 2025 with production scheduled for the 2026 financial year.

All ore was processed at Evolution Mining Limited Mungari processing plant.
Related AssetMungari Operation

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Rand Mining Ltd. 12.25 % Indirect
Tribune Resources Ltd. 36.75 % Indirect
Evolution Mining Ltd. (operator) 51 % Indirect
The East Kundana Joint Venture is between Rand Mining Limited(12.25%), Tribune Resources Limited(36.75%) and Gilt-Edged Mining Pty Limited(51%).

The EKJV is majority owned and managed by Evolution Mining Ltd since August 2021.

Deposit type

  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Kundana camp is situated within the NorsemanWiluna Greenstone Belt, in an area dominated by the Zuleika Shear Zone, which separates the Coolgardie domain from the Ora Banda domain. The Zuleika Shear Zone in the Kundana area comprises multiple anastomosing shears the most important of which are the K2, the K2A and Strzelecki Shears.

The Kundana deposits are hosted by a structurally prepared sequence of sediments, volcaniclastics, mafic and ultramafic volcanic and intrusive rocks typical of the greenstone sequences in the Archaean Yilgarn Block. The deposits are spatially associated with the cratonscale Zuleika Shear Zone. The Zuleika Shear Zone represents the boundary between the Coolgardie domain to the west and the Ora Banda domain to the east.

Raleigh mineralisation is hosted on the Strzelecki Structure. Strzelecki mineralisation consists of very narrow, very highgrade mineralisation on a laminated vein hosted in the camp-scale Strzelecki Shear which abuts a differentiated mafic intrusive, the Powder Sill Gabbro against intermediate volcanoclastic rocks (Black Flag Group). A thin ‘skin’ of volcanogenic lithic siltstone-sandstone lies between the gabbro and the Strzelecki shear. Being bound by an intrusive contact on one side and a sheared contact on the other, the thickness of the sedimentary package is highly variable from absent to about forty metres true width.

The Hornet-Rubicon-Pegasus mineralisation consists primarily of high-grade laminated vein hosted gold on the K2 plane of the Zuleika shear with additional mineralisation on associated lower order structures. The Falcon target is a related mineralised zone in the hangingwall to Pegasus and between the two main Zuleika structures, the K2 and Strzelecki structures.

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Comminution

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Gold oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe244,559193,369216,621209,106191,504
Silver oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe41,97329,97942,302
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

Metrics2025202420232022201720162015
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe0.9 Mt0.8 Mt0.7 Mt
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