UNDERGROUND

AngloGold's Tropicana goes underground

AngloGold Ashanti and partner Independence Group have approved the A$105 million (US$75 million) Boston Shaker underground development at the Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia

Kristie Batten
Tropicana heads underground

Tropicana heads underground

Capital costs have risen by around A$10 million from the December 2018 prefeasibility study, but the mining rate will now be 1.1 million tonnes per annum, up from the 1Mtpa previously envisaged. The...

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