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Imperial/Majestic Mine

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusClosing / Closed
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotMining from the Majestic and Imperial open pits was completed during FY18.

Vault Minerals (formerly Silver Lake) mined the Majestic and Imperial deposits as open pits between 2016 and 2018. Black Cat purchased the project in 2020 and exploration activities since then are documented Black Cat ASX release. RC drilling at the Imperial & Majestic deposits has been completed and assays received.

Majestic is now part of the 100% owned Kal East Gold Operation. On 2 September 2025 Black Cat Syndicate Limited announced that mining has commenced at the Majestic underground mine.

Importantly, the program points to a potential a cut-back to the historic open pit at Imperial. Imperial is not presently in the mine plan and was not included in the May 2024 Preliminary Feasibility Study update. These results will now be factored into the overall Kal East mine plan.
Related AssetMount Monger Operation

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Black Cat Syndicate Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Black Cat purchased the Imperial/Majestic project in 2020.

Deposit type

  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork

Summary:

The gold mineralisation at Majestic and Imperial deposits is hosted by a quartz diorite stock on the western side of the regional scale Yindarlgooda Dome. Gold zones are characterised by open breccias, quartz veins and zones of foliation associated with pyrite + chalcopyrite + pyrrhotite, overprinting silicasericite alteration. The highest grade gold-copper zones at Imperial are characterised by a micro breccia sulphide fracture network fill with semi-massive sulphides that almost completely overprints the silicasericite alteration, in discrete zones that are up to 5m true width.

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Comminution

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Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20182017
Gold oz 58,78754,606
All production numbers are expressed as metal in ore.

Operational metrics

Metrics20182017
Ore tonnes mined 670,605 t768,296 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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