Savannah Goldfields has resumed production at its Georgetown gold processing plant in Far North Queensland, marking the company’s first gold pour since January 2024.
All components of the Georgetown plant are now operating, including the crushing, milling, gravity recovery and leaching and elution circuits.
Savannah Goldfields poured its first gold doré since January 2024, weighing about 1.5 kilograms. The company has not yet determined the gold content of the doré.
Savannah Goldfields CEO Brad Sampson said: “Resuming gold production at Georgetown is a significant milestone for this company and our community. I wish to recognise the significant efforts of our people and the support of our business partners to deliver this outcome for our shareholders.”
The company has resumed milling operations at Georgetown with lower grade materials being fed into the mills and steady increases in feed rate planned until a steady state and stable operating conditions are achieved.
Savannah Goldfields is continuing preparations towards mining and processing of up to 18,000 tonnes of inferred mineral resource from a small open pit at Big Reef and mining is planned to start in November.
The current plan is for a small amount of surface clearing and top soil removal to be followed by a blast hole drilling and grade control sampling programme as the first activities.
Meanwhile, the company is also finalising an application to amend its Agate Creek environmental authority to allow for expanded mining. The resumption of mining at Agate Creek and processing of Agate Creek ore is planned to commence in the second quarter of 2026.
Savannah Goldfields also has plans to position its Georgetown plant as a regional processing hub, as it is the only processing plant within a 400-kilometre radius and is surrounded by stranded gold mineralisation and dozens of old open pits.
The company is continuing discussions with multiple parties in the Georgetown area who are conducting small-scale mining producing gold and who have interest in potentially toll treating their material at the Georgetown processing plant.
