Tag: Kirkland Lake Gold

KIRKLAND Lake Gold has announced new, high-grade results from both its Fosterville Operation in Victoria, and Canadian-based Macassa operations. Recent surface drilling at Robins Hill, Fosterville, has confirmed an extended mineralisation down-plunge of the existing mineral resource, outside of the current resource. Key drilling results that confirmed mineralisation at depth were 3.7mat 24.5g/t gold, including 1m at 82.3g/t gold; and 8.8m at 11.7g/t gold, including 0.5m at 81.7 g/t gold. Kirkland Lake Gold chief executive Tony Makuch said that the company believed there were “more Fostervilles at Fosterville” for a long time, and that Robbin’s Hill had emerged “clearly” as a second potential mining front to provide feed to the Fosterville mill. “Based on current drilling, we have already identified...

THE Victorian Liberal National Coalition will block the Andrew’s Government’s planned 2.75pc gold royalty when it is tabled in the state parliament. Introduced at the May budget, the royalty shocked the emerging Victorian gold industry which had seen something of a renaissance since 2015, with Kirkland Lake’s (ASX: KLA) Fosterville gold mine becoming Australia’s most lucrative pure-play gold mine. While a gold royalty applies in all other states, there was concern that it would cripple vital early investment in Victoria. Although the industry has said it was not opposed to a gold royalty, it said proper consultation on its structure was needed, and that it be introduced over three years. But successful opposition of the tax will be hard fought....