Corporate
Objectives for 2011
- Establish stoping production in newly discovered Western Zone
- Confirm potential of stockwork as ore source
- Extend enhanced remote mining method to cover most production and improve safety
- Improve gold production rate and reduce costs at Tasmania mine
- Extend reserves at the Tasmania mine
- Realise value for copper resources in Victoria and progress development studies
Highlights for 2010
Financial
• Company reported a net loss of $1.1 million following a profit of $9.1 million in 2009
• Strong cash flow of $7.6 million
• All production was unhedged, with an average gold price for the year of A$1,236
Operational
• Medically referred injury frequency rate fell to a historic low
• Gold production of 57,758 ounces for the year
• Record mill throughput of over 297,000 tonnes
• A new lower cost mining method was successfully introduced
• Stockwork resources were identified as a potential new source of low-cost bulk tonnes
Exploration
• Reserves of 48,000 ounces added in the newly discovered Western Zone with stope production expected to commence in second half of 2011 financial year
• Conceptual development study on Victorian copper resources shows encouraging results
• Boundary of copper mineralisation extended at Thursdays Gossan resource
• Encouraging metallurgical testwork completed on copper resources
• Drilling confirms Stawell style gold targets at Langi Logan and Langi Logan South
