TSX-listed RNC has started mining at the Baloo Stage 1 openpit to provide material to supply the 1.4-million-tonne-a-year Higginsville Gold Operation (HGO) plant with about 30 000 t/m until the end of the year.
The Baloo material that has been processed so far has grades ranging between 1.8 g/t and 2.8 g/t, which RNC says is considered “excellent grade” for a shallow openpit mine.