Gruyere Gold Project: Full of Life
All images: Gold Fields Australia. BY REUBEN ADAMS CONSTRUCTION work is ramping up at the $532 million Gruyere gold project, 200km east of Laverton in WA. For South African-based Gold Fields, which holds a 50 per cent stake in the project with Gold Road Resources, Gruyere represents the newest chapter in a long, influential – but relatively low profile – history in the WA gold sector. A January update has underscored the massive scope of this 270,000 ounce per annum (ozpa) project, which remains on budget and on track to pour first gold in early 2019. In the December quarter, the Gruyere JV awarded a key five-year, $400 million mining services contract to Downer EDI Mining, which will begin construction…