Resources up Australia’s West Wits Mining has announced a min-eral resource estimate update for its Kimberley East project in the Witwatersrand Basin project in South Africa which adds some 149,000 oz of gold to the asset.
“The resource update is a critical step towards declaring a maiden ore reserve upon completion of the independent Definitive Feasibility Study,” the Australian miner said in a statement.
Jac van Heerden, the company’s managing director, said that the “successful completion of the infill exploration program has signifi-cantly advanced the Company’s mine plan on the Qala Shallows area of the project where the first mining is to be undertaken. A healthy 149,000 oz was added to the measured mineral resource category and a pleasing uplift in grade was also seen.”
“The updated MRE will underpin West Wits’ capacity to declare a maiden ore reserve for the Qala Shallows upon completion of the DFS which is scheduled for August 2021. The team have been busy advancing mine development planning in parallel to the mining right application process,” he said.