First gold pour imminent at East Menzies

First gold pour is expected this quarter at the Maranoa deposit within Resources & Energy’s (ASX: REZ) East Menzies gold project in WA.

Following the successful capital raising in May, REZ and Lamington Minerals have lodged a mining proposal with the WA Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) in mid-June 2024.

The proposal covers a gold vat leach program with ore sourced from the Maranoa strike that was previously identified as an ideal shallow, high-grade gold target to support a vat leach campaign.

The campaign will initially target 5kt of ore with a diluted grade of around 4g/t gold and after establishing the economics of the process, REZ will develop a larger-scale vat leach campaign to treat additional shallow resources at the Maranoa and Goodenough deposits.

Resources & Energy managing director Daniel Moore commented on the start of mining operations.

“Gold mining activity at Maranoa is now ready to processed once approval from DMIRS is received,” he said.

“Lamington sees Maranoa as a major opportunity to provide the local industry with economic processing options that can be scaled up and provide cash flow for companies like REZ.

“Successfully undertaking gold mining operations and processing using the trial vat leach facility for gold production at Maranoa opens up a number of other gold mines on our tenements for similar operations.”

Additionally, a new chief geologist has been appointed to conduct project-wide resource analysis to drive exploration targeted to increase gold resources and plan mining operations.