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Aldiss Centre

Location: 107 km SE from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia

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PO Box 750
Kalgoorlie
Western Australia, Australia
6433

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Longhole stoping
  • Sub-level stoping
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SnapshotThe Aldiss Centre is apart of the Mount Monger Operation. Aldiss comprises Karonie, Tank and Atreides open pits and Tank South underground mine.

Open pit mining activities were completed during H1 FY22 to facilitate the treatment of surface ore stockpiles to supplement underground mine production.

Development of the Tank South underground mine at the Aldiss Mining Centre commenced in July 2022 and is now at a steady state rate with all underground development completed in Q4 FY23. Mine production is expected to be completed in Q4 FY24, however, recent drilling beyond the Tank Mineral Resource boundary has intersected mineralisation which will be followed up to determine potential for a new mining zone.
Related AssetMount Monger Operation

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Vault Minerals Ltd. 100 % Indirect
On June 19, 2024, Silver Lake advised that the proposed merger between Silver Lake and Red 5 Limited by way of scheme of arrangement has now been implemented. All Silver Lake shares have been transferred to Red 5.

Vault Minerals Limited has been decided as the new name of the merged Red 5 and Silver Lake.

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Deposit type

  • Metamorphic
  • Porphyry
  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Aldiss Area gold deposits lie within a north-trending ductile shear zone as Karonie Main and West Zones, Spice, Atreides and Tank. It consists of a series of sheared amphibolite facies, mafic rocks, with remnant veining and late stage faulting. A number of ‘late stage’ porphyries intrude the host rock.

The Karonie resource extent consists of 1600m strike; 500m across strike; and 420m down dip and open at depth.

The Tank Artreides resource extent consists of 1850m strike; 800m across strike; and 325m down dip and open at depth.

The French Kiss Project lies on the eastern margin of the Eastern Goldfields Greenstone Province (EGGP) where Archaean volcano-sedimentary sequences are juxtaposed against granitoid-gneissic terranes. The province is characterised by an interconnecting series of north-north-westerly trending greenstone belts surrounded by ovoid to elongate granitoid batholiths.

The geology of the French Kiss area consists of a sequence of NNW-trending amphibolites and associated metasediments. The rock has a strong metamorphic overprint, generally obliterating the pre-metamorphic textures. The lithologies hosting the French Kiss deposit are mid to upper amphibolite facies and a much higher metamorphic grade than the greenschist facies that is prominent elsewhere in the Eastern Goldfields.

Gold mineralisation occurs almost exclusively within the quartz amphibolites and occurs dominantly as native gold. The habit of the native gold is as coarse interstitial grains, located along hornblende and quartz grain boundaries or included within the hornblende grains.

The French Kiss complex’s resource extent consists of 840m strike; 800m across strike; and 300m down dip and open at depth.

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Comminution

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Production

Open pit mining at Aldiss activities were completed during H1 FY22.
CommodityUnits20232022202120202019
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in ore.

Operational metrics

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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe744,590 t

Production Costs

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