{"id":1148803,"date":"2019-11-08T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1006370"},"modified":"2019-11-08T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:02:08","slug":"resolute-given-key-environmental-permit-to-extend-queensland-gold-mine-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1148803","title":{"rendered":"Resolute given key environmental permit to extend Queensland gold mine life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) has <a href=\"https:\/\/clients3.weblink.com.au\/pdf\/RSG\/02170616.pdf\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">received a new environmental permit<\/a> that will allow the miner to expand an existing tailing storage facility at its Ravenswood gold\u00a0operation in in north Queensland state.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The license also lets the company proceed with in-pit tailings storage, part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/resolute-extends-life-queensland-gold-mine-three-years\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">broader mine expansion project<\/a>, which will provide Resolute with the ability to safely storage waste for the operation\u2019s entire 10-year life.<\/p>\n<p>Resolute managing director and<br \/>\nchief executive, John Welborn, said all major approvals for the plan to expand gold<br \/>\nannual production to 200,000 ounces over the mine life were now in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith available gold resources of almost six-million ounces, decades of operational excellence in open pit mining, efficient processing infrastructure, low cost grid power, and a stable skilled local workforce, the Ravenswood Expansion Project (REP) has obvious potential to deliver considerable economic benefits to shareholders, the local community and the Queensland government,\u201d Welborn <a href=\"https:\/\/clients3.weblink.com.au\/pdf\/RSG\/02170616.pdf\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said in the statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Perth-based miner said in September<br \/>\nthat the first stage of the mine expansion had already started, with the<br \/>\nrecommissioning of the third grinding mill at Nolans processing plant under<br \/>\nway.<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, Resolute will be able to return to a processing rate of five million tonnes per year Ravenswood, located about 95km southwest of Townsville.<\/p>\n<p>The company expects the mill<br \/>\nrecommissioning will be fully operational by the end of the current quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All major approvals are now in place for an expansion that could take annual production to 200,000 ounces of gold over a ten-year mine 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