AUSTRALIA exploration programme , he says . Many companies with a clear path to profitable production might be tempted to focus exclusively on construction , but not Dacian , which wants to still be bringing in new resources 20 years from now .
Expansion ? It ’ s already been established that Westralia is a large mineralised system extending over three kilometres , and that the Jupiter deposit is also a big open pit at nearly two kilometres long . With all systems go on developing these areas Williams is intent on investigating a third potential system on the property known as Cameron Well , just nine kilometres from the treatment plant . A 750-hole reconnaissance drilling programme has just been completed using a combination of air-core and RAB ( rotary air blast ) drilling , showing up encouraging quantities of near-surface gold . Once all these results have been interpreted he intends to bring in the diamond drilling and reverse circulation ( RC ) rigs to confirm what he believes may well become a third major resource for the company .
You only have to look at the area that embraces Mt Morgans to feel the buzz . Just outside lies the world class Wallaby gold mine and within a 25 kilometre radius there are many other names to conjure with such as the Sunrise Dam and Granny Smith gold mines . “ I can ’ t think of another gold system in Australia where there are that many twomillion plus gold deposits . We are definitely in elephant country and it excites us .” That combination of enthusiasm , experience and scientific rigour is what makes Dacian a leading light in the resurgence of Australia ’ s gold mining industry after a period of recession .
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