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The underground decline at Havieron began
in May

announced former Northern Star chief
financial officer Shaun Day would be
joining the company as its new chief
executive.
“I’d been looking for a CEO role for a little
while, but particularly something with a
meaningful platform,” Day tells GMJ.
“I put together a presentation on
where I thought I could contribute to
Greatland and what I thought were the
strengths of the company, and indeed
the weaknesses. We went through quite
an extensive process that took some
months to complete, but for me I think I
got on well with the directors through that
whole process and was able to articulate
a clear vision for the organisation.
“When you research an organisation Havieron’s initial resource stands at 4.2 moz @ 2.5 g/t gold
and do a bit of a deeper dive, I think equivalent
you always get a bit of a feel of what
the opportunity is, but for me it was
underground decline in February. These key activities are
actually meeting with the people behind
set to prove crucial to a number of upcoming milestones,
Greatland that probably was the point where I felt this was a
including periodic resource updates and an initial PFS due
really good fit for me.”
before the end of the year.
One of those people was Callum Baxter, who founded
Commercial production within three years of the start of the
Greatland in 2005 and was instrumental in acquiring the
box cut remains the target for both Greatland and Newcrest,
tenements and undertaking the exploration which led to the
meaning first gold from Havieron is likely to be delivered in
discovery of Havieron.
late 2023 or early 2024.
Day pays tribute to Baxter, who recently stepped down
Havieron has already been earmarked as potential substitute
as chief technical officer but will continue as a member
feed for Telfer, which has been producing since 1975, with
of the technical advisory committee, for his “outstanding”
both having very similar intrusion-related gold-copper
contribution to Greatland over 16 years.
systems and ore will almost certainly be extracted via the
“I met with Callum a number of times through the [CEO same underground caving method as the existing operation.
recruitment] process and I think his earnest dedication to
Earlier this year, Biswas also commented: “[Havieron] will
the business and the sense of ownership he had for the
ultimately lend itself to different types of mining depending
discovery was fantastic,” Day says.
upon each scenario, but the first order of business is to
“I think that set a bit of a culture through the organisation, get down and start mining the Crescent Zone using open
one where people felt highly aligned with the outcomes
stoping [techniques].”
it generated. It’s up to me now to continue to drive that
Day continues to marvel at how the partnership between his
because there’s plenty of excitement about this project and
company and its much larger partner is growing on a daily
the opportunities to continue that success through the drill
basis.
bit.”
“There’s a really strong mutual respect between the
Greatland delivered an initial inferred resource of 52mt @
exploration teams and, speaking from a Greatland
2 g/t gold and 0.31% copper for 3.4 moz gold and 160,000t
perspective, I know we’ve certainly benefited from having
copper – or 4.2 moz @ 2.5 g/t gold equivalent – at the
access to their technical expertise and their 35 years’
end of last year following more than 125,000m of drilling.
experience in the Paterson,” he says.
Mineralisation has been intersected in every single hole
“I think they’ve benefited from having some fresh eyes
completed to date, with each hit averaging 65m @ 1.71 g/t
gold equivalent (or 111 gram metres). looking at the Paterson, and the conviction to drill under
cover and the nimbleness and the flexibility that we have as
Development of the box cut preceded the start of the
a junior. I like to think it’s been a bit of a win-win relationship.
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