navajo chief

the clearing permit for the projects Mining leases were granted by DMP on 21 January 2010 (Permit starts 20 February 2010) - I assume mining will start according to the schedule...

announcement 26 October 2009

"Mining at Navajo Chief is scheduled to start in the March Quarter 2010."


announcement 9 July 2009

Navajo Chief, 39 km south of the mill
and 8 km west of Kalgoorlie, is planned
to be developed as an open cut mine
to deliver base-load soft ore.
Stage 1 operations are due to start in
January 2010 and run until June 2012. It
has a 30m pre-strip, a 5:1 strip ratio and
will deliver 3.3 Mt of mill feed at 1.6 g/t
to produce 168 koz over three years.
Stage 2 is based on defined extensions
along strike. It is expected to deliver 4.0
Mt of similar grade and produce 205 koz
over four years.
There is potential to extend mine life
further at depth and along strike.
Navajo Chief is a long life, base-load
mine.

Sources:
NGF & DMP websites