Camel Creek Heaps
Camel Creek, on granted mining leases
Key facts
| Location | Camel Creek, Amanda Bel Gold & Antimony Fields, North Queensland |
|---|---|
| Status | Production Ready |
| Processing route | Heap leach |
| Material | About 1 million tonnes of previously leached heap material, stockpiled at surface |
| Tenure | Granted mining leases. No new mining leases required |
| JORC resource | None |
| Target | First production in early 2027 |
Overview
The Camel Creek Heaps are about 1 million tonnes of previously leached heap material, stockpiled at surface on granted mining leases. No new mining leases are required.
A bulk crush-and-re-leach trial of about 50,000 t has already been completed, and it produced gold. The rest of the heaps, close to 1 million tonnes, is ready for processing, and restarting the heap leach is planned as Great Eastern Gold’s first production.
A proven retreatment case
The 1995 bulk trial put 48,375 t of Camel Creek heap material through a crushing circuit in 39 working days, about 1,240 t a day. The coarse +25mm fraction assayed 0.42 g/t Au, 2.6 times the fines, and 438 oz of gold was recovered at about 70% recovery.
Heap leach technology has advanced a long way since 1995, so faster leach times and better recoveries than in the 1995 trial are expected.
An independent 2024 review and 1992 aircore drilling across five pads support the findings.
The plan
Production from the heaps is targeted for early 2027, ahead of the CIL circuit, at about 33,000 t a month. About 395,000 t of the heaps are treated in the first 12 months, followed by ore from shallow open cuts. These dates and rates are company targets, not guarantees.
Highlights
- About 1 million tonnes at surface, on granted mining leases, ready for processing
- A bulk trial of about 50,000 t (48,375 t crushed and re-leached in 1995) has already produced gold: 438 oz at about 70% recovery
- Modern heap leach technology: faster leach times and better recoveries than the 1995 trial are expected
- Supported by an independent 2024 review and 1992 aircore drilling across five pads
- First production targeted for early 2027, at about 33,000 t a month
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