Summary

Mine Type	Stockpile
Status	Active
Commodities	Gold
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start	...
Snapshot	Geko is part of the Jaurdi Operation. Low-grade stockpiles from Geko are processed off-site at the Jaurdi Processing Facility. Open pit mining at the Geko Pit was conducted between 2018 and 2021 but ceased due to water management challenges and a wall failure in the south-west corner of the pit. Substantial low-grade stockpiles remain from previous mining, and cartage of this ore to the Jaurdi Mill began in July 2023. While open pit mining at Geko was originally scheduled to resume in 2026, the start date remains uncertain due to delays in tenement approvals. Geko is a part of Beacon’s strategy to increase the mine life at Jaurdi.

Deposit type

• Metamorphic

Summary:

The Geko gold deposit is hosted by mafic rocks which have been altered and deformed to a sericite- quartz-biotite-hornblende schist. The schist overlies an ultramafic sequence, with shear hosted gold occurring at or near the contact which strikes east-west and dips 60° to the south. Mineralisation dips approximately 45°.

Mineralisation at the Geko project is orogenic, structurally controlled gold mineralisation with a supergene overprint. The deposit is approximately 50 m wide with a strike length of 500 m.

Gold mineralisation is present in mafic schists and ultramafic host rocks, with an upper weathered zone of saprolite and mottled laterite mineralisation. The weathered saprolite and laterite mineralisation is overlain by a mineralised paleochannel. The paleochannel is the shallowest mineralised unit of the deposit and is approximately 15–20 m below ground level.

Dimensions
The Geko deposit mineralisation is bound within a 920 m(E) × 460 m(N) area and 360 m(RL) extent. Across- strike widths vary from 1 m to <40 m.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Processing

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Commodity Production

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