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Havana following the completion of a final cutback study and for the relocation of the processing facility to Aphrodite and
the addition of an extra four years to the mine life. inclusion of a flotation circuit. The company also recently
The final cutback of Havana will begin in 2023 and is expected started a major drilling programme to increase the 530,000oz
to bring in revenue of about $470 million. resource at Zoroastrian.
Macmahon is also set to collect circa $138 million from an
extension at Telfer after Newcrest Mining Ltd announced it
was proceeding with the West Dome Stage 5 cutback.

hexaGon on sonG at sepon

Hexagon will deploy its HxGN MineOperate OP Pro
technology across the full fleet of trucks, excavators and
auxiliary equipment at the Sepon gold mine in Laos by the end
of the year.
Owned and operated by Lane Xang Minerals Ltd, Sepon is
an open-pit gold and copper mine located in Savannakhet
province and has produced 1.2 moz of gold doré and more
than 1mt of copper cathode since operations began in 2003.
In 2020, Sepon produced more than 39,730t of copper and
GR Engineering is the preferred EPC contractor for a process plant
64,809oz of gold doré. The mine already uses Hexagon’s drill
at Bardoc’s namesake gold project
and blast solutions.
Hexagon general manager of sales Shane Boak said the OP
Pro technology would help the mine “maximise efficiency evolution MitiGates risK with
while improving safety”.
aspen’s Mtell

bardoc taps Gr For optiMised process Evolution Mining Ltd has begun to mitigate unplanned
plant downtimes at its Mungari gold operations in Western Australia
through the use of Aspen Technology Inc’s Aspen Mtell
Bardoc Gold Ltd has anointed GR Engineering Services Ltd software.
as the preferred tenderer for the construction of a processing Aspen Mtell provides early detection of possible operational
plant and associated infrastructure at its namesake project near downtime through recognised patterns in historical and real-
Kalgoorlie. time data.
GR was issued with a letter of intent for the EPC contract in Before Evolution committed to using the software, the
late August. Progressing to a formal contract remains subject to company thoroughly tested Aspen Mtell in its “offline” mode
various conditions, including board approvals, project financing, prior to switching to the “live” mode.
statutory approvals and final contractual pricing and terms.
Mungari general manager Greg Walker said previous use of
Optimisation work for a more streamlined mining and production technology in operations has produced “excellent results” and
schedule at the 3.07 moz gold project remains ongoing, with welcomed the addition of the Aspen Mtell.
Bardoc approaching FID before the end of the year.
Bardoc is working with GR to complete the optimisation study

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