Northern Star: A Year of Exploration
All images: Northern Star. BY ELIZABETH FABRI NORTHERN Star’s 600,000 ounce per annum production target rate was ticked off the list in June. Now, the miner’s focus turns back to exploration to firm up reserves and – with luck – find the next big Goldfields deposit. Four years ago, Northern Star was fresh from completing its landmark Jundee and Kalgoorlie operations acquisitions. At the time the miner only had one producing asset to its name, the 100,000ozpa Paulsens mine. In a few short years Northern Star has spent $200 million on exploration, adding 5 million ounces of reserves and more than 9moz of resources; and its market cap has responded in kind, growing from $424 million in...