Western Queen Scoping Study
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WESTERN QUEEN UPDATED SCOPING STUDY SHOWS
IMPROVED GOLD PRODUCTION AND LONGER LIFE
ASX RELEASE I XX October 2026
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Western Queen Scoping Study
ASX RELEASE I 28 OCTOBER 2026
HIGHLIGHTS
• Longer life & more gold - The Updated Scoping Study on the Western Queen Gold Project demonstrates
the potential for a significantly longer mine life and more than double the gold production, compared
to the November 2025 Western Queen South Scoping Study1
• High-grade zone - In addition to the Western Queen South deposit, the updated development plan includes
the Western Queen Central deposit, where a high-grade Indicated Resource of 129kt @ 11.6 g/t Au for
48,000oz has been identified situated directly below the historical underground workings
• Higher grade Resource with more Indicated - The Study is based on a revised Mineral Resource
Estimate of 3.92Mt @ 3.1g/t Au for a total of 393,100oz contained gold, which includes 1.87Mt @ 3.7g/t
Au for 223,800oz in higher-confidence Indicated Resources2
• Five-year tolling agreement - Under the Toll Milling and Blending Agreement with Gylden Resources Pty
Ltd (“Gylden”) and Kirkalocka Gold SPV Pty Ltd3
, ore will be toll treated at Gylden’s Kirkalocka plant,
approximately 185km southeast of Western Queen
• Enhancing economics with tungsten - Work is now focused on incorporating the tungsten resources into
the mine plan which could add a valuable additional revenue stream. Initial metallurgical test work and
preliminary marketing discussions indicate that a saleable scheelite concentrate can be produced4
• Next Steps - various work streams are progressing, with next steps including a Feasibility Study
incorporating the tungsten, metallurgical testwork to confirm the gold and tungsten recoveries, sourcing
finance, obtaining all regulatory approvals, and progressing to a Final Investment Decision.
Cautionary Statements
The Updated Scoping Study referred to in this announcement has been undertaken to assess the potential viability
of an underground mining operation at the Western Queen Project. It is a preliminary technical and economic
assessment of the potential viability of the Project and has been prepared to an accuracy level of +/- 30%. The
Study is based on low level technical and economic assessments that are not sufficient to support the estimation
of Ore Reserves. Further evaluation work and studies will be required before estimating any Ore Reserves or
providing any assurance of an economic development case.
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Refer to Rumble ASX release 27 Nov 2025 “Western Queen South Scoping Study Highlights Robust Underground Mining Project”
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Refer to Rumble ASX release 28 October 2026 “Western Queen Gold MRE Optimised for Underground Mining Study”
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Refer to Rumble ASX release 19 May 2026 “Toll Milling and Blending Agreement for Western Queen gold ore executed with Gylden and
Kirkalocka Gold”
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Refer to Rumble ASX release 25 March 2026 “Excellent Metallurgical Results for Western Queen Gold and Tungsten Project”
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The Production Target and forecast financial information derived from the Production Target generated by the
Updated Scoping Study is based upon 80% Indicated Mineral Resource category material and 20% Inferred Mineral
Resource category material (by mass). Investors are cautioned that there is a low level of geological confidence
associated with Inferred Mineral Resources and there is no certainty that further exploration work will result in the
determination of Indicated Mineral Resources or that the forecast Production Target will be realised.
The Updated Scoping Study is based on the material assumptions outlined in this announcement. These include
assumptions about the gold recoveries and availability of funding. While Rumble considers all of the material
assumptions to be based on reasonable grounds, there is no certainty that they will prove to be correct or that the
range of outcomes indicated by the Updated Scoping Study will be achieved.
This announcement and the Updated Scoping Study have been prepared in compliance with the JORC Code and
the ASX Listing Rules and with reference to ASX Guidance Note 31, ASX November 2016 Interim Guidance Note
on “Reporting scoping studies” and ASIC Regulatory Guide 170. All material assumptions on which the forecast
financial information is based have been made on reasonable grounds. The material assumptions are set out in
this announcement. The Company believes that it has a reasonable basis for providing the forward-looking
statements and the forecast financial information. While the Company considers all the material assumptions to be
based on reasonable grounds, there is no certainty that they will prove to be correct or that the range of outcomes
indicated by the Updated Scoping Study will be achieved.
Given the uncertainties involved, investors should not make any investment decisions based solely on the results
of the Updated Scoping Study.
Details
Rumble Resources (“Rumble” or the “Company”) (ASX: RTR) is pleased to report results from the Western Queen
Updated Scoping Study (the “Updated Scoping Study” or “the “Study”) on the Western Queen Gold Project
(“Western Queen” or the “Project”). Western Queen is located approximately 90km northwest of Mount Magnet in
Western Australia and contains resources totalling 393,100oz Au at 3.1g/t Au. The Study is based on underground
mining of the Western Queen South and Central Resources, with toll processing at Gylden’s Kirkalocka processing
facility.
Key Findings
Key findings from the Western Queen Updated Scoping Study are:
• Resources utilised - The Study considers underground mining of the Western Queen South and Central
Resources using uphole stoping with paste fill due to simple, steep-dipping deposit geometry
• Production Target - 1.2Mt at 3.2g/t for 125koz contained gold over an initial production period of almost
four years at a production rate of approximately 30kt mineralised material per month when at full production;
• Processing - Mineralised material will be blended and toll treated at Kirkalocka on a campaign basis in
75,000 tonne batches. Historical production and metallurgical testwork indicates recoveries of 90-94% gold
are achievable, while the Study has assumed a conservative 92% recovery given that that the ore will be
blended (more testwork is required to confirm recoveries for the blended ore);
• Economics - Free cash flow of $133M, a pre-tax NPV (at 8% discount rate) of $86M and an IRR of 45%
at a gold price of A$5,714/oz5;
• All in sustaining costs - A$4,390/oz gold sold;
• Low upfront capital ~$8M; and
• Potential to extend mine life - Only approximately 30% of the current Mineral Resource at Western Queen
is included in the mining production target of this Study, providing additional opportunities to extend Project
life and life of mine (LOM) production.
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Refer to the economic parameters and design assumptions described in this release.
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Rumble’s Managing Director Peter Harold commented: “The Updated Scoping Study demonstrates the
potential of the Western Queen Gold Project. Since the release of the November 2025 Scoping Study, the Rumble
team and our consultants have worked to advance the project towards development. Significant milestones
achieved include the signing of the Toll Milling and Blending Agreement, the updated Mineral Resource Estimate,
and grant of regulatory permits to commence dewatering of the Western Queen South open pit.
The work on the mine plan has shown there is a significant amount of tungsten co-mingled with the gold
mineralisation and without a tungsten circuit at Kirkalocka this potentially valuable revenue stream will not be
captured. Hence why we are now incorporating the tungsten mineralisation into the mine plan as part of the
Feasibility Study that we have commenced.
Our primary focus remains advancing Western Queen towards production. To that end we continue to progress
development work streams, targeting completion of the Feasibility Study incorporating the tungsten to enhance the
project economics, securing finance, obtaining all regulatory approvals, and ultimately the Rumble Board making
the Final Investment Decision.”
Updated Scoping Study Executive Summary
Contributors
The Western Queen Updated Scoping Study was undertaken by Rumble, with contributions from subject experts
where appropriate. Study contributors include:
AREA CONTRIBUTOR
Mineral Tenure Rumble
Geology and Exploration Rumble
Mineral Resource Estimation Shaun Searle, Ashmore Advisory Pty Ltd
Geotechnical Peter O’Bryan and Associates
Hydrology AECOM
Stope Design AMC Consultants
Development Design Baybridge Mining Services
Mine Schedule Baybridge Mining Services
Metallurgical Testwork ALS Metallurgy
Project Infrastructure Rumble
Environment and Permitting Dr Michelle Carey
Capital and Operating Cost Estimates Contractor Quotes and Industry Costs
Financial Model Rumble
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Location and Ownership
The Western Queen Project is located within the Shire of Yalgoo, approximately 90km northwest of Mount Magnet
in Western Australia. Access to the project is via the unsealed Dalgaranga - Mount Magnet Road, then by an 11km
unsealed private road to the mine area (see Figure 1).
Mineral tenure over the Project comprises granted Mining Leases M59/45 and M59/208, and Miscellaneous Licence
L59/40 held outright by Western Queen Pty Ltd, which is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Rumble. Rumble
acquired the Project from Ramelius Resources Limited in August 2020.
The Western Queen tenements fall within the Meka Pastoral Lease. The Project lies within the Wajarri Yamatji Part
A Native Title determined area (WCD2017/007), although the mining leases were granted prior to the Native Title
Act 1993 (Cth) coming into effect.
Figure 1: Western Queen tenure and location, relative to Kirkalocka
History
The shallow, high-grade, orogenic gold deposits at Western Queen were first discovered and developed in the
1930s. Modern mining at the project has been undertaken by Equigold NL and subsidiaries of Harmony Gold and
Ramelius Resources. The most recent mining comprised open cut operations by Ramelius Resources, which were
completed in 2014. Historical production from the Western Queen Central and South pits to that time totalled
880,000 tonnes at 7.6 g/t Au for 215,000 ounces.
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Regional Geology
The Western Queen tenements lie within the Archaean Warda Warra Greenstone Belt, a north trending enclave
within the Murchison Province of the Yilgarn Craton. The belt is situated in the far western sector of the Cue
1:250,000 geological map. The Murchison Province has and continues to be a prolific gold producer with over 35
million ounces of gold defined or mined from areas including Never Never-Gilbeys, Mt Magnet, Cue, Mt Gibson,
Meekatharra, and Plutonic. The Warda Warra Greenstone Belt is approximately 35km in length and is up to 7km
wide. The north striking and steeply west dipping Warda Warra Greenstone Belt is a layered sequence that has
been metamorphosed to amphibolite grade and is enveloped by recrystallised granitoids.
The Western Queen deposits sit on a major regional shear system, similar to the structurally controlled high-grade
deposits at Ramelius Resources’ 3.0Moz Dalgaranga Project, 48km to the southeast. Western Queen remains
largely untested along strike and at depth, presenting strong exploration upside (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Western Queen Project – Tenure, Resources, Prospectivity over 1VD RTP Magnetics
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Deposit Geology and Mineralisation
At Western Queen, the geology is steep westerly dipping and comprises intercalated sheared amphibolites of mafic
to ultramafic composition with thin iron formation horizons, komatiitic basalt, dolerite sills, and talc chlorite schists.
Later dolerite and pegmatitic felsic intrusives cut across the amphibolites and gold mineralisation.
Structurally, the gold occurrences are interpreted to be associated with D4 shear zones, sub-parallel to isoclinal
upright north striking F3 folds. The north striking and west dipping layered sequence has been metamorphosed to
amphibolite and locally garnet amphibolite grade and is enveloped by recrystallised granitoids. A later phase of
retrograde metamorphism has altered the mineralogy.
Mineralisation is associated with sheared silica-sulphide zones with an ultramafic footwall and a mafic hanging wall.
The mineralised zone is strongly recrystallised and massive, comprising phlogopite-chlorite-tremolite-talc schist,
amphibolite with lenticular quartzo-feldspathic layering and quartz-muscovite-biotite-sillimanite schist. Pyrite,
pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, molybdenite and scheelite are present. Depth of complete oxidation is approximately 30 to
60m with depth to fresh rock approximately 45 to 80m. A zone of lacustrine sediments up to 45m thick overlies the
Western Queen South deposit (Figure 3). Long sections through the deposits show the plunging nature of the
mineralisation (Figure 4 and Figure 5).
Figure 3: Western Queen South – Cross Section of Geology and MRE Block Model coloured by grade
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Figure 4: Western Queen South – long section showing drillhole locations and gold grade-thickness contours
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Figure 5: Western Queen Central – long section showing drillhole locations and gold grade-thickness contours
Resources
The Study is based on mining the Western Queen South and Central resources. The Mineral Resource Estimate
(“MRE”) which underpins the Study has been publicly reported and prepared by Competent Persons as defined in
the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore
Reserves (“JORC Code”). Details are included in Rumble’s ASX announcement of 28 October 2026.
Following the 17,255m diamond drilling campaign completed between October 2025 and April 2026, the revised
MRE (based on geological wireframes cut-off grade of 0.5g/t Au) increased to 5.13Mt @ 2.6g/t Au for a total of
433,600oz6, representing a 17% increase in overall contained gold compared to the July 2025 Resource estimate
at the same cut-off grade.
For the purposes of the Updated Scoping Study, the MRE was re-estimated using revised geological wireframes
using a 1.0g/t Au cut-off grade. The resulting revised MRE is 3.92Mt @ 3.1g/t Au for a total of 393,100oz
contained gold, which includes 1.87Mt @ 3.7g/t Au for 223,800oz in Indicated Resources7 (Table 1). The
drilling also discovered a new high-grade zone of 129kt @ 11.6 g/t Au for 48,000oz at Western Queen Central
which is situated directly below the historical underground workings.
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Refer to Rumble ASX release dated 24 June 2026 “Western Queen Gold Resources upgrade to 433,600ozs”
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Refer to Rumble ASX release dated 28 October 2026 “Western Queen Gold MRE Optimised for Underground Mining Study”
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Table 1: Western Queen Project Mineral Resources (as at October 2026)8
Mining
The Scoping Study is based upon a simple underground design using uphole stoping with paste fill, with a cut-off
grade of 1.7g/t Au, to mine the gold mineralisation delineated beneath the Western Queen South and Central open
pits. It has been assumed that development and mining will be undertaken by a contractor with appropriate expertise
in underground gold mining. The Company has sought expressions of interest from several suitable mining
contractors and has been provided with indicative schedules of rates.
The Production Target for the Western Queen Project is 1,220kt at 3.2g/t gold for 125kozs contained gold (Table
2). The production target comprises 80% Indicated Resources and 20% Inferred Resources (by mass). Investors
are reminded that this Production Target is not an Ore Reserve estimate due to the inclusion of Inferred Resources
and the lower level of confidence applied to scoping studies.
Table 2: Key mine design physicals
MATERIAL TYPE WASTE (t) ORE (t) GRADE (g/t) METAL (oz)
Measured Resource - - - -
Indicated Resource - 970,000 3.3 103,000
Inferred Resource - 250,000 2.7 22,000
Total 840,000 1,220,000 3.2 125,000
The tables may not sum, due to rounding differences.
Block Model and Mine Design Parameters
The block model used was created with 5m x 5m x 1m blocks, orientated to a strike of 020 degrees. The orebody
wireframe was created at a cut-off grade of 1.0 g/t, with all material outside of this envelope assigned a zero grade.
The decline was designed at 5.0 x 5.5m, with all other development at 4.5 x 5.0m. Levels were set 20m from floor
to floor. All ground support was assumed to be with bolts and mesh to the grade line. The ore dilution for all ore
drives was 2% (at 0.0 g/t Au) with a recovery of 99%.
Stopes were designed with a minimum mining width of 2.5m. Stope dilution was set at 1.25m for the stope shapes,
then a further 10% (at 0.0 g/t Au) with a recovery of 85%.
Lateral development is assumed to be carried out with a twin boom jumbo for all development.
Underground Mine Layout
Primary access to the mine will be via a 1:7 decline developed from the Western Queen South (WQS) open pit.
Access to Western Queen Central (WQC) will be via a 650m decline across from the WQS decline.
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Emergency egress will be provided by a series of interconnected ladderways through decline accesses to an exit
point located on the pit ramp on WQS. A second emergency egress system will be developed in WQC and will be
connected to the surface via a 225m raisebore. Each active level will also be equipped with access to a suitable
refuge chamber.
Primary ventilation will be from a primary fan located on the pit ramp in WQS. The WQC vent circuit will exit through
to the surface via 220m raisebore. The ventilation system will be connected to most of the stoping levels on the
footwall drives.
Ore will be hauled to a ROM pad located to the Southeast of the WQS pit (see Figure 6). From there the ore will be
loaded into triple road trains for trucking to Kirkalocka.
Waste will be placed on the waste dump located to the west of the Western Queen South open pit.
Paste fill will be utilised and a paste plant will be located to the east of the Western Queen South open pit. Paste
will be reticulated via a reticulation pipeline. Tailings for paste fill will be obtained from nearby mine sites with historic
tailings stockpiles and back-hauled to site by the ore haulage contractors.
Figure 6: Western Queen - Underground Design (section view)
Mine Scheduling
A life-of-mine schedule was developed based on the physical quantities derived from the underground designs (see
Figure 7). The full mining schedule spans 52 months from decline portal commencement. The mining sequence
has been designed to maximise monthly production.
Decline development totals 3,500m and is scheduled at a monthly advance rate of 80m/month/decline with both
Western Queen South and Western Queen Central being accessed by separate declines.
First development ore is mined seven months after commencement of development. Initial stopes are mined eleven
months after commencement of development, with full production of approximately 30kt per month achieved 14
months after commencement of development.
The breakdown of contained gold in material mined by resource category is shown in (Figure 8).
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Figure 7: Material mined (tonnes per quarter)
Figure 8: Contained gold in material mined by resource category
0.0
0.5
1.0
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Gold
Grade
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Material
Mined
(tonnes)
Material Mined and Gold Grade (Quarterly)
Development Ore Mined Stope Ore Mined Gold Grade (Total)
0%
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Contained Gold in Material Mined by JORC Category
Indicated Inferred Percentage Inferred
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Equipment List
All mining equipment will be provided by the mining contractor. An indicative equipment list required for the
development and operation of the mining project comprises the following (Table 3):
Table 3: Mining equipment list
DESCRIPTION MAKE MODEL QTY
Twin Boom Jumbo Sandvik DD422i 3
Longhole Rig Epiroc Simba H1257 1
Charge Up Rig Normet Charmec 2
Medium Underground Loader Caterpillar R1700 3
Underground Truck Caterpillar AD45 4
Grader Caterpillar 12H 1
Large Integrated Tool Carrier Volvo L120F 1
Flat Top Truck Hino 4x4 with Hiab 1
Light Vehicle – UG Toyota Landcruiser 6-9
Light Vehicle – Surface Toyota Hilux 4
Hiace Bus Toyota Hiace 1
Raise Drill 1
Personnel
It is proposed that most of the personnel involved in the mining operations will be employed by the mining contractor
(Figure 9). The Company will be responsible for key oversight and technical services roles, including a General
Manager Operations with overall site accountability.
Project manning is based on a 7 days per week / 24 hours per day operation with continuous 12-hour shifts. A four-
panel roster is envisaged, with mining crews and management working even-time rosters.
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Figure 9: Mining workforce organisational chart (contractor)
Metallurgical Testwork and Processing
Rumble has entered into a Toll Milling and Blending Agreement (“TMBA”) with Gylden Resources Pty Ltd and
Kirkalocka Gold SPV Pty Ltd for material from Western Queen to be toll treated at Gylden’s Kirkalocka plant,
approximately 185km southeast of Western Queen. The Kirkalocka processing plant has a nominal capacity of
2.0Mtpa and comprises crushing, grinding, gravity, leaching and adsorption circuits, producing gold dore on site.
Gylden is currently refurbishing the plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in early 2027. Key terms of the
TMBA include:
• Duration – the TMBA will run for 4 years and 11 months from the date the first parcel of Western Queen
material is processed at Kirkalocka;
• Milling campaigns – either blending 75,000 tonnes of Western Queen material with an equal amount from
Gylden or an associated company, or running dedicated 150,000 tonne campaigns of 100% Western Queen
material;
• Milling Fees - competitive milling and blending fees fixed for calendar year 2027, and for subsequent years
fees will be negotiated annually before the commencement of the next calendar year;
• Other charges - additional costs for excess reagent or grinding media consumption, oversize material can
be recovered.
• Share of gold – Rumble to retain 100% of its share of the gold recovered from each campaign; and
• Parties agree to negotiate in good faith the development of a facility for processing tungsten bearing ore
from Western Queen at Kirkalocka should Rumble decide to mine tungsten bearing material.
Project Manager
8:6
Alt Project
Manager
8:6
Maintenance
Foreman x 2
8:6
Leading Hand
Fitter x 4
14:14
Shift Fitter x 4
14:14
Service Fitter x 12
14:14
Drill Fitter x 2
14:14
LV Fitter + Auto
Sparky x 4
14:14
Storeman x 2
8:6
Project Foreman x 2
8:6
Shift Boss x 4
14:14
Development
Twin Boom
Jumbo Op x 12
14:14
Large Loader Op
x 4
14:14
Nipper x 8
14:14
Production
Production
Driller x 4
14:14
Large Loader Op
x 8
14:14
Truck Op x 16
14:14
Charge up / Mine
Services
Charge Up x 12
14:14
Paste/Service
crew x 6
14:14
Grader Op x 2
14:14
Raise Drill
Raise Driller x 4
14:14
Raise Drill
Offsider x 4
14:14
Electrical
Superintendent x 2
8:6
Shift electrician x
2
14:14
Safety / Training x 4
8:6
Engineers x 2
8:6
Admin x 2
8:6
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Figure 10: Kirkalocka process plant
Gylden remain supportive of Rumble’s development plans for Western Queen and will continue working closely
with Rumble to optimise the Western Queen Project economics with focus on:
• developing flexible milling options and maximising gold recoveries: and
• options to recover the tungsten including potentially building a tungsten processing circuit at Kirkalocka.
Rumble and Gylden have been reviewing an initial high level tungsten process plant design which will be explored
further with a detailed engineering study which will commence in the December quarter.
Based on the expected mining rates in the Updated Scoping Study of approximately 360ktpa of mineralised material
(approximately 30kt per month), and assuming a milling campaign size of 150kt and blending 50/50 Western Queen
and Gylden ore, a campaign comprising Western Queen material would be treated every three months (i.e. four
times per year).
While historical production records from previous owners on Western Queen and Rumble metallurgical test work
indicate recoveries of between 90-94% are achievable the Updated Scoping Study assumes a conservative gold
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recovery of 92% for fresh Western Queen material treated through the Kirkalocka plant. This is based on
metallurgical test-work undertaken for Rumble by ALS Metallurgy on Western Queen South material to provide
physical milling, leaching and reagent consumption characteristics required under the Toll Milling and Blending
Agreement. A 360kg master sample with a head grade of 1.8g/t Au was composited from six mineralised intervals
from the recent diamond drill program, collected along the strike of the main zone of unweathered mineralisation at
Western Queen South. Key results from the testwork include:
• Bond ball mill work index shows moderate hardness at 14.9 kWh/t;
• Fast gold leach kinetics, with most of the gold leaching in the first 4 hours;
• Combined gravity and cyanide leaching achieved 48-hour gold extractions of >95% at a grind P80 of
106µm. Extraction improved to 98% at a P80 of 53µm (Figure 11); and
• Cyanide (0.45 to 0.65 kg/t) and lime consumptions (0.15 to 0.27 kg/t) were low in Perth tap water and a
follow-up test in site water only increased lime consumption to 0.58 kg/t.
Figure 11: Gold extraction by time for grind sizes of 53um, 106um and 150um
Site Infrastructure
Whilst the Project area is a brownfields site, there is minimal infrastructure and services on site. Key infrastructure
requirements include dewatering infrastructure, diesel fuel storage, power generation, vehicle workshop and office
facilities.
Diesel fuel will be required for dewatering, mobile equipment and electrical power generation, with consumption at
full production estimated to be 320kL per month when at full production. Diesel will be stored in a series of self-
bunded tanks with capacity for 200kL.
Major power items will be underground ventilation, dewatering pumps, and electrical underground equipment. The
initial electrical load will be serviced by 2 x 500kVA synchronised diesel generators. As the mine workings increase
and more equipment is introduced, additional generators will be required to service the load. An electr
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