Sunrise Dam, Australia

Sunrise Dam is an underground and open pit operation located 220km northeast of Kalgoorlie and 55km south of Laverton.

Ownership

100%

Mineral Reserve

1.04Moz
of gold

Gold production

252koz

All-in sustaining costs

$1,583/oz

Capital expenditure

$47m

Workforce

763

Overview and locality

Ore from the underground mine is supplemented by low-grade stockpiles generated during open cut mining to fill the processing plant.

The 4.1 Mtpa processing plant comprises conventional gravity and CIL circuits and a flotation/fine grind circuit.

A major multi-year underground exploration programme underway at the site has identified extensions to known mineralisation and several significant new ore zones.

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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