Additional Milling to Start in 10 Days of Jeffreys Find Ore
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
28 OCTOBER 2024
Additional Jeffreys Find Ore to be
Processed at Three Mile Hill Plant
Highlights
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Auric Mining Ltd’s, JV partner, BML Ventures Pty Ltd has executed a toll milling
agreement with Focus Minerals Ltd (ASX: FML) to process additional ore from
Jeffreys Find at its Three Mile Hill Plant, Coolgardie, WA.
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Toll milling expected to commence on or about 7 November 2024 with an initial
parcel of 40,000 tonnes. Haulage commenced on 27 October 2024.
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The agreement is for a minimum of 50,000 tonnes to a maximum of 120,000
tonnes.
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Contract will ensure expedited cash for Auric.
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Jeffreys Find Project mining to be completed early 2025.
Management Comment
Managing Director, Mark English, said: “With BML Ventures locking away a contract
with Focus Minerals to process approximately 120,000 tonnes of ore from Jeffreys
Find Project, this will be the icing on the cake.
“We’ll soon have two mills processing Jeffreys Find ore. Our partner BML Ventures
already has an agreement with Greenfields Mill for about 142,000 tonnes to be
milled starting around 28 November 2024.
“There are more than 60,000 tonnes of ore on the ROM Pad at Jeffreys Find ready to
haul to Three Mile Hill Plant to fulfill the initial parcel.
“We have finalised one of our key milestones for 2024, two mills producing gold will
ensure a bonanza finish to the Jeffreys Find Gold Mine in early 2025. The stellar gold
price continues to boost the surplus cash flow from the joint venture with BML and
exceeds all our expectations,” said Mr English.
Auric Mining Limited
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PO Box 1057, Joondalup DC WA 6919
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Photo: The Jeffreys Find Pit; 25 October 2024.
The Announcement
Auric Mining Limited (ASX: AWJ) (Auric or the Company) is pleased to announce its
JV partner, BML Ventures Pty Ltd (BML or BML Ventures) of Kalgoorlie has executed
a toll milling contract with Focus Minerals Ltd (ASX: FML or Focus) to process a
minimum of 50,000 tonnes up to a maximum of 120,000 tonnes of ore, from the
Jeffreys Find Gold Mine near Norseman, WA.
Toll milling will commence on or about 7 November 2024. A milling notice for 40,000
tonnes has been issued. Haulage commenced on 27 October 2024.
Focus is the owner of the Three Mile Hill Plant at Coolgardie where the processing
will take place. The Plant has a name plate capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per annum.
It is adjacent to the Greenfields Mill where Auric’s ore has been processed during
2023 and 2024.
Auric Mining Limited
ACN 635 470 843
Level 1, 1 Tully Road, East Perth WA 6004
PO Box 1057, Joondalup DC WA 6919
info@auricmining.com.au
08 9548 9997
auricmining.com.au
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28 OCTOBER 2024
BML currently has stockpiled more than 60,000 tonnes of ore on the ROM Pad at
Jeffreys Find ready for haulage to the Three Mile Hill Plant. There will be both High
Grade Ore and Low Grade Ore processed.
The ore to be processed at the Three Mile Hill Plant is in addition to BML’s contract
with the Greenfields Mill for a total of 300,000 tonnes during Stage Two of mining. An
estimated 142,000 tonnes will be processed at the Greenfields Mill starting around
28 November 2024, to complete that contract.
When milling has concluded at both Three Mile Hill and Greenfields, in 2025,
approximately 420,000 tonnes will have been processed to complete Stage Two of
the Project. This will complete mining of Jeffreys Find Gold Mine.
The Joint Venture is between Auric and BML. BML are the miners, operators and
managers of the Jeffreys Find Gold Project. BML incurs and pays all mining, haulage,
milling costs and all related expenses.
After sale of the gold BML subtracts all direct costs before splitting the surplus cash
proceeds on a 50:50 basis. Initially BML retains majority of the surplus cash from the
sale of the gold for working capital purposes. Cash distributions are paid to Auric by
BML after agreement between the partners.
Auric and BML are in the process of reconciling and verifying all the revenue and
costs from the start of Stage Two in February 2024 to the 30 September 2024. A large
component is calculating the work in progress and mine stocks on hand at both
Jeffreys Find Gold Mine and the Greenfields Mill. Once this is completed and agreed
between the parties Auric will update the ASX and advise of its share of the net cash
surplus as at 30 September 2024. Up to today, Auric from Stage Two, has only
received the previously announced nominal cash distribution of $2,000,000 (See ASX
Announcement: 2 October 2024).
Auric will receive substantial additional cash distributions in December 2024 and in
2025.
Auric Mining Limited
ACN 635 470 843
Level 1, 1 Tully Road, East Perth WA 6004
PO Box 1057, Joondalup DC WA 6919
info@auricmining.com.au
08 9548 9997
auricmining.com.au
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ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
28 OCTOBER 2024
Forward Looking Statements
This Announcement may contain forward-looking statements which are identified
by words such as ‘may’, ‘could’, ‘should’, ‘believes’, ‘estimates’, ‘targets’,
‘expecting’, or ‘intends’ and other similar words that involve risks and uncertainties.
These statements are based on an assessment of present economic and operating
conditions, and on a number of assumptions regarding future events and actions
that, as at the date of this Announcement, are considered reasonable. Such
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other important factors,
many of which are beyond the control of the Company, the Directors, and the
management. The Directors cannot and do not give any assurance that the results,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements contained in this Announcement will actually occur and investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
This announcement has been approved for release by the Board of Auric Mining Ltd.
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Managing Director
Auric Mining Limited
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PO Box 1057, Joondalup DC WA 6919
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