Sunrise Dam, Australia
Sunrise Dam is an underground and open pit operation located 220km northeast of Kalgoorlie and 55km south of Laverton.
Sunrise Dam is an underground and open pit operation located 220km northeast of Kalgoorlie and 55km south of Laverton.
Ownership
Mineral Reserve
of gold
Gold production
All-in sustaining costs
Capital expenditure
Workforce
As at the year ended 31 December 2024
Overview and locality
Ore from the underground mine is supplemented periodically by feed from small satellite open pits and low grade stockpiles generated when the main open pit was in operation.
The 4.1 Mtpa processing plant comprises conventional gravity and CIL circuits and a flotation/fine grind circuit.
A brief history
- Open pit production began in 1997 and the main pit was completed at a final depth of 500m below surface in 2014.
- Underground mining started in 2003 with various mining methods being applied, depending on the style of mineralisation and grade of the geological domain.
- Installation of a new fine grind and flotation circuit was completed in the second half of 2018.
- Mining at the Golden Delicious open pit which began in 2021 was completed in 2023
- The Vogue and Frankie zones are currently the main sources of ore at the underground mine
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