WESTGOLD Resources has restarted operations at the Big Bell gold mine in WA.
The company announced underground sub-level mining had resumed at Big Bell earlier this month.
The first mass cave blast was initiated on March 2 and broke almost 103,000t at 3g/t of gold over three levels.
The company said it is on track for a planned ramp-up in mine output by the end of 2020.
Westgold’s executive chairman, Peter Cook, said the company had made significant capital reinvestments over the past three years to return Big Bell to its prior state.
The mine was once one of the largest single mine gold producers in Australia, producing about 2.7mz of gold prior to Westgold ownership.
It was closed in 2003 due to technical and economic factors driven by a gold price under $500 per oz.
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