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Darlot Mine

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 Location:
57 km E from Lienster, Western Australia, Australia

  Regional Office:
Level 2 35 Ventnor Avenue
West Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6005
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Longhole stoping
  • Cemented backfill
  • Paste backfill
Processing
  • Gravity separation
  • Smelting
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Elution
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)
Mine Life5 years (as of Jan 1, 2020)
Red 5’s exploration strategy at Darlot is aiming to establish the Darlot Gold Mine as a stand-alone mining and processing hub, with a targeted 5-10 year mine life, assuming no ongoing contribution of ore from KOTH. Since acquiring Darlot, Red 5 has secured an extensive tenement package adjacent to and within trucking distance of the Darlot mill.

Red 5 is working to expand the Darlot underground mining activity and introduce satellite feed to underpin a long-term, stand-alone processing operation with no ongoing contribution from KOTH.

With the recent acquisition of satellite tenements, in particular the mine-ready Great Western Project, Red 5 has reviewed the “truck-to-Darlot” business model. The opportunity is being taken to commence open pit mining at Great Western from the December 2020 Quarter and progressively scale back and suspend underground ore production at KOTH in the second half of CY2020.
Latest NewsRed 5 locks in Great Western production restart with mining contract     October 15, 2020


Owners & OPERATOR

Source: p. 2
CompanyInterestOwnership
Pit N Portal Mining Services PTY LTD (operator)
Darlot Mining Company (Pty) Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Red 5 Ltd. 100 % Indirect
The mine is operated through Red 5’s 100%-owned subsidiary company, Darlot Mining Company Pty Ltd.

Deposit Type

  • Porphyry
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Hydrothermal


Summary:

• The Darlot lodes are considered to be part of an Archean hydrothermal faultvein deposit with many similar characteristics with other deposits within the Yilgarn Craton, namely host rock type and nature of hydrothermal alteration; however, it is atypical in being relatively flat-lying rather than steeply dipping. Felsic porphyries and lamprophyre intrusions are encountered throughout the deposit. The major host for gold mineralisation is the Mount Pickering Dolerite.

Gold mineralisation is associated with quartz veins and alteration haloes controlled by major D2 and D3 structures or secondary splays and cross-linking structures. The quartz veins are hosted mainly by magnetic dolerite and magnetic quartz dolerite rock types and, to a lesser extent, by non-magnetic dolerite and felsic volcano-sedimentary rock types. Lamprophyre intrusions are present in the area with a variety of orientations. In most cases the lamprophyres are thought to be pre- mineralisation but are an un-favorable host rock for mineralisation and in most cases are barren.

The hanging-wall and footwall veins associated with the Lords Felsics mineralisation typically dip to the North between ~3° and ~10° with the Main Lords structure dipping at around 40° to the NW. The Newlands Fault is also included in the resource and dips to the SE at around 6°, (All azimuths stated above are Darlot Mine Grid referenced)

The Lords Felsics area is yet to be mined, hence the veracity of this estimate is yet to be proven by reconciliation data.

The grade in the ore bodies is controlled by both structure and host lithology, in that typically the best grades are hosted by the Magnetic Dolerite and Felsic intrusions, with comparatively lesser grades observed in the other host rocks such as the non-magnetic dolerite. Consequently, host lithology for lodes was a key factor considered for the estimate.

The deposit has an overall strike length of about 1.75km and a width of about 900 m and extends from about 660m to 1,460 m below the natural surface.


Mining Methods

  • Longhole stoping
  • Cemented backfill
  • Paste backfill


Summary:

The principal mining method used for the underground operation at Darlot is long-hole stoping with cemented paste fill where required, with only a small proportion of stopes expected to be filled with paste. This is a proven mining method at Darlot that is associated with good productivities and reasonable costs. Ground conditions underground at Darlot are good. Mine designs have had 20% planned external dilution applied.

Selected mining method deemed appropriate based on geotechnical advice and previous experience and history at Darlot.

Assumptions have been based on actual mining performance at Darlot with Geotechnical Assessments undertaken over the years to develop a comprehensive ground support and reinforcement regime for conditions encountered at Darlot.

Stopes have been designed based on revenue from individual Service blocks. Where this has not been completed an economic cut-off of 2.3 g/t was applied.

Mining dilution of 10 to 20% has been used to development & stoping respectively.

Average mining recovery factor of 90% is applied based on mining methods.

Minimum stope widths of 1.5m for Longhole stopes.

Designed stopes with greater than 50% inferred blocks are excluded from the reported reserve.

Darlot is an operating underground mine and as such all the required infrastructure is in place and operational. Minor Capital Development will be required to extract all of the ore reserve.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Gravity separation
  • Smelting
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Elution
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

Ore from the Darlot underground operation will be processed at the existing nameplate 0.83Mtpa gravity and carbon-in-leach (CIL) processing facility. Metallurgical recovery of 94% has been used, which is in line with historical gold recoveries at Darlot.

The Darlot processing plant is currently operating and is a conventional design.

No additional testwork was undertaken as all the ore reserve is contained within previously mined orebodies which are currently being processed on site.

Recoveries through the Darlot processing plant have averaged 94%.

There have been no deleterious elements identified while processing Darlot ore.

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter20192018201620152014
Gold Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Gold Head Grade, g/t 3.793.54.756.084.96
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Production:

CommodityUnits201920182017201620152014
Gold koz  ......  Subscription required *  ......  Subscription required *39667884
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré. * Combined production for Darlot Mine and King of the Hills Mine
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201920182017201620152014
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required449 kt414 kt530 kt
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.8 Mt0.8 Mt
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required635 kt640 kt695 kt
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required186.6 kt226 kt165 kt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required453.7 kt457 kt525 kt
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Reserves at December 31, 2019:

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained MetalRecoverable Metal
Proven & Probable Total 2,576 kt Gold 3.3 g/t 275 koz 259 koz
Total Resource Total 10,813 kt Gold 3.5 g/t 1,204 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2017201620152014
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold USD 1,432 / oz† 1,238 / oz† 1,057 / oz† 1,222 / oz†
All-in costs Gold USD 1,432 / oz† 1,238 / oz† 1,057 / oz† 1,222 / oz†
† Net of By-Product.

Financials:

Units201620152014
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required 20   14.7  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required 91.3   106.2  
Operating Income M USD  ......  Subscription required 6.3   5.9  
Gross profit M USD  ......  Subscription required 32.1   22.5  


Heavy Mobile Equipment:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantityLeased or
Contractor
Ref. Date
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required 2 Jul 14, 2014
Jumbo ....................... Subscription required 2 Jul 14, 2014
Loader ....................... Subscription required 2 Jul 14, 2014
Loader ....................... Subscription required 1 Jul 14, 2014
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 50 t 3 Jul 14, 2014
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 60 t 1 Jul 14, 2014
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 3 Leased Dec 31, 2018
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
................................... Subscription required 2020
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Form 20-F 2017
Project Description 2017
Annual Report 2016
Financial Review 2016
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2016
Financial Review 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Corporate Presentation 2014
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News:

NewsDate
Red 5 locks in Great Western production restart with mining contract October 15, 2020
Red 5 Limited: Full processing operations resumed at Darlot mine March 26, 2018

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