Alkane Resources looks underground after stellar year at Tomingley Gold Operations
The company produced 78,533 ounces of gold in FY2018 for $128.8 million revenue at an AISC of $1,002 per ounce.
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ASX:ALK
Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK; TSX:ALK; OTCQX:ALKEF) is an Australia-based gold and antimony producer. The company has three wholly owned producing mines across Australia and Sweden: Tomingley (gold, NSW), Costerfield (gold-antimony, Victoria) and Björkdal (gold, northern Sweden). Alkane also owns the large gold-copper porphyry Boda-Kaiser Project in NSW
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The company produced 78,533 ounces of gold in FY2018 for $128.8 million revenue at an AISC of $1,002 per ounce.
First underground ore is expected to be produced in the middle of next year with processing to begin in the final quarter of 2019.
The company recently intersected high-grade gold at its Tomingley Gold Operations in New South Wales.
The company’s Dubbo project is construction-ready and represents a source of rare earths and zirconium.
The company’s Dubbo project is construction ready and represents an independent supplier of rare earths such as hafnium, niobium and zirconium.
Exploration program has focused on the resource potential of the immediate mine area.
David Chalmers spent 11 years as managing director of the company.
The markets for the Dubbo Project's products are experiencing positive effects.
The Dubbo Project hosts zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, yttrium and rare earth elements.
The spot gold price is at A$1,703 per ounce, well above production costs at the TGO.
The high-purity product will help meet a growing global shortage of hafnium.
Drilling results will be included in an underground mining study.
Any extension to Tomingley's mine life will add significant value to the gold operations.
Alkane will hold its annual general meeting on the 29th November 2017.
The company's gold producing asset is supported by the Dubbo Project, which remains construction ready and supported by rising prices.
Nic Earner has been working for Alkane for over four years.
Northern Molong covers a large portion of the northern Molong Volcanic Belt.
The El Paso prospect has the potential to host Tomingley-style gold deposits
A strong June quarter of gold production has resulted in a slight beat to FY2017 guidance.
The company produces gold from the Tomingley Gold Operations in New South Wales.