Tricha,From looking at their maps and the Google satellite...

Tricha,
From looking at their maps and the Google satellite image, the Warrior mine (Washington open pit area)is about 5 km east of the plant as the crow flies, and about 12km if the crow has to drive an ore truck.
I rang the mine (07 4787 8300), and they said that the Warrior Mine and the Mill are on two completely different and independent supply circuits. The Mill has a 5MW circuit but the mine has only 750KW, upgrading to 3 MW. They said they have been trying for over 12 months to get Ergon to upgrade the powr circuit - Ergon is a QANGO that trundles along at its own pace. Lack of power has been a real issue in upping production for over a year.

Hey Skaterboy how about ringing Ergon and get their side of the story.


U R running a business.U need to be cashflow positive as soon as possible. which option would u take.

1 - Would u spend your energy\cash drilling a deep hole.

2 - Spend a little bit more and make the power thing happen.

3 - I'm sure BMA gold just down the road could loan them a generator or two.

A generator, a lot of remote mines run on them.It's not rocket science, it's very basic.

I think u will find Dominion mining do.