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White Dam

 

Resource:

Gold

Company:

Exco Resources NL
www.excoresources.com.au (opens in new window)

 SA map showing location of White Dam

Exco Resources’ White Dam Gold Project is located 80 km west of Broken Hill and about 15 km north of the Barrier Highway.

Exco Resources offered the project for sale or joint venture. Syrah Resources Limited and RMB Resources undertook due diligence in January–February 2008 but decided not to proceed with purchase of the project.

The project is now subject to joint venture arrangements between Exco and Polymetals Australia Pty Ltd (Polymetals). Polymetals have acquired a 25% interest (Exco retains a 75% interest) and will manage the implementation and operation of the project.

The project encompasses an open pit mine, dump/heap leach, gold extraction plant and associated infrastructure and is expected to produce a total of 120,000oz of gold at a rate of 50,000oz per annum over the relatively short-life project.

A mining lease was granted by PIRSA in September 2007 and a native title agreement is in place for the mining lease.

White Dam was officially opened by Hon Paul Holloway, 10 June 2010.

More information about White Dam can be found on Exco's website (external site)

 

Mine and Rehabilitation Program (MARP)

Now deemed to be a program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)

Amendments to the White Dam MARP volume 1 were approved by PIRSA on 18 February 2011
Volume 1: White Dam Gold Project MARP, revised and approved February 2011 (.pdf 9.7Mb, opens in new window) 

The following forms part of the approved amended White Dam MARP (approved 18 February 2011)
Geotechnical advice regarding the heap leach stability (.pdf 9.7Mb, opens in new window)

Volume 2: White Dam Gold Project MARP Appendices (.pdf 32.6Mb, opens in new window) 

Volume 3: White Dam Gold Project MARP Environmental Management System (EMS) (.pdf 420.1kb, opens in new window)

Other licence applications

Exco Operations (SA) Ltd and Polymetals (White Dam) Pty Ltd have submitted the following licence applications:

Miscellaneous Purpose Licence (MPL)

An application for a new Miscellaneous Purposes Licence (MPL) to establish and operate a new production bore
Miscellaneous Purposes Lease Application White Dam Gold Project (.pdf 3.7Mb, opens in new window)

Mining Lease application

Mining Lease Application Proposed Vertigo Project White Dam Gold Mine (.pdf 7.1Mb, opens in new window)

Other documents

Other publicly available documents relevant to the project can be accessed via the South Australian Resources Information Geoserver (SARIG).

Open the application, go to Databases (top left grey navigation bar), select Publications and Reports from the drop-down list.

Reports in alternative formats

For a copy of a report in an alternative format contact Customer Services:
Phone: +61 8 8463 3000
Email: PIRSA.CustomerServices@sa.gov.au