Northern Star's Central Tanami plans ripen

Gold miner Northern Star Resources on Thursday told shareholders that infill drilling at the recently acquired Central Tanami project, in the Northern Territory, has supported the company’s strategy to establish a 125 000-t/y operation. Assay results for the first 22 infill diamond drill holes at the Groundrush deposit were in line with those recorded by the project’s previous owners. The drilling aimed to establish Northern Star’s confidence in the Central Tanami project in the lead-up to a decision to start refurbishing the project’s processing plant, and to start production in 2018.