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Drilling contractor, QED Exploration Drilling, is on site at the
The first phase of the program will see a combination of over 20,000m of grade control and near pit extension drilling executed by the end of CY2021 and represents the first RC drilling campaign undertaken on Woodlark since 2018. Initially the drilling is centered around the Kulumadau pit and will be undertaken in advance of first ore mining to further delineate and refine the resource1.
Post the completion of the grade control drilling, the RC drill rig will move into exploration drilling with an anticipated 40,000m of exploration drilling budgeted on a phased basis through until Q4 2022. o Exploration drilling will be focused on the significant near pit opportunities now available with the completion of the relocation of all community households in the immediate proximity of the mine. All three planned pits at the Project are open at depth and laterally. The current pit shells are constrained by data and not economics and an extensive drilling campaign has the potential to add additional in-pit ounces, reduce strip ratio and increase the 'life of mine' production.
Longer term exploration activities will focus on the broader
Construction and development activities are continuing at the Project. The engineering and construction contractor
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