Artemis Resources Ltd (ASX:ARV) has received all three approvals to install and commission the new gold circuit at the company’s 100% owned Radio Hill mine site in Western Australia.
Artemis’ chief executive officer Wayne Bramwell said: “These approvals allow Artemis to install and commission a new tertiary crusher, gold circuit and our newly refurbished crushing and grinding units.
“Being able to treat gold ores is a new capability for Radio Hill and this enhancement ties directly into our strategic plan to expand the operational flexibility of the Radio Hill Operations.”
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Artemis now has an approved stage I throughput capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum.
Stage I activities include the installation and operation of a modular gravity gold processing unit and associated crushing and milling equipment.
Concurrently, Artemis will advance submissions needed for stage II base metal operations at Radio Hill including a new four million tonnes tailings storage facility (TS4).
Part of the ongoing refurbishment of the facility
The Radio Hill processing plant is 35 kilometres from Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
This base metal flotation concentrator and associated infrastructure was built in 1988 and previous operators invested more than $60 million between 1988 and 2002.
With the recent approvals, installation of all stage I gold circuit infrastructure will commence immediately.
Artemis continues to advance a number of other programs at Radio Hill in parallel with the stage I gold circuit such as long term power supply option, tailing facilities, bulk sampling approval and resource updates.
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Artemis continues to be active across multiple projects in its portfolio that surrounds its Radio Hill facility.
Most recently, it satisfied earn-in requirements to acquire a 70% interest in the Munni Munni Project in the West Pilbara.