The Kidston Gold Mine operated in North Queensland between 1985 to July 2001. During this period the mine produced over 3.5 million ounces of gold from two open cut pits. The mine used standard drill and blast practices with a truck and shovel operation to remove ore and overburden/waste rock from the pit to either the mill (for processing), or placement of waste rock into engineered dumps. Engineered waste rock dumps were made by end dumping the rock from the dump crest to an average height of between 24-36m high.
It is interesting to see kidston is very close to the maitland deposit.
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