Maritana Minerals turns its nickel plant into a gold production hub - Mining.com.au

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Maritana Minerals is converting its Black Swan nickel plant into a gold processing hub in WA’s Goldfields, with demolition and early works underway and a new carbon-in-leach circuit being prepared. The company is also running a 60,000m resource-conversion drill program to upgrade confidence for reserves and mine planning, while progressing toward an EPC contract.

Management said first gold is targeted for H2 2027. Maritana says it holds about 2.15Moz of gold resources across its WA portfolio and is positioning Black Swan as a hub to treat ore from multiple regional deposits.