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A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN. KALGOORLIE CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES. What’s Down the Track. Current Life of Mine is to 2021 Reduce All In Sustaining Cost to below $1,000/oz Commitment to Hannans North Mt Charlotte UG, 50 th Year of continuous operations. What's Down the Track Forum. 2.
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A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN KALGOORLIE CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES
What’s Down the Track • Current Life of Mine is to 2021 • Reduce All In Sustaining Cost to below $1,000/oz • Commitment to Hannans North • Mt Charlotte UG, 50th Year of continuous operations What's Down the Track Forum 2
Current Strategy Objective Reduce All In Sustaining Cost per ounce to <A$1,000/oz Tactics Reduce operating cash costs • Tender all new contract work and commercial contracts • Understand the Risk and Reward profile for current processes and activities • Prioritise improvement projects that give “more for less” • Continue to improve safety performance (currently best since 2008) Increase gold production • Increase mining rate at Mt Charlotte underground • Specific improvement projects to increase output What's Down the Track Forum
Opportunities and Threats Opportunities • Extend current LOM – Open Pit and Underground • Exploration potential – Underground • Processing – Large tonnage and low cost processing plant with capacity to treat refractory ore • Workforce – Experienced and stable (residential) • Community – Good relationship Threats • Gold price continues to drop • Royalty / tax increases • Australian mining becoming less productive What's Down the Track Forum 4
2013 LOM Metal Profile Mt Charlotte Complete Open Pit Mining Complete Marginal Stockpile Processing Opportunity What's Down the Track Forum 5
KCGM Community Investment Strategic Long-Term Investments • Part of ongoing closure planning • Focused on sustainable projects for the wider community • Moved away from one-off events and initiatives Hannans North Tourist Mine • KCGM acting as caretakers to re-establish the attractions • Long-term business strategy being developed • Dependent on community support What's Down the Track Forum 6
50 Years at Mt Charlotte • 5 Million ounces since 1963 • Expected to close 1976, 1998 and 2001 • 1.2km deep • Average 3,740oz each month • Employs 60 people Public tours • 12 and 20 underground levels • Historic and present day mining • Limited time – Sept and Oct • 230 visitors Historic DVD • Overview of the last 50yrs • Available at Super Pit Shop Proceeds • Approx $5k to Hannans North 7 What's Down the Track Forum