Sandfire tells DeGrussa story in pictures

They say a picture is worth a thousand words but it’s not too often a mining company will give them the opportunity to do so.

An announcement to the Australian Securities Exchange by Western Australian copper play Sandfire Resources has provided some images of the progress that has been made at the company’s Degrussa copper-gold project.

The DeGrussa project is located 900 kilometres north of Perth and approximately 150km north of the mining centre of Meekatharra in the Peak Hill mineral field of Western Australia.

It is now just short of two years since Sandfire entered the annuls of mining folk-lore by drilling one final hole, when all the money was pretty much spent, on a hunch.

The company was presented with Prospector of the Year award at last year’s AMEC conference dinner.

Sandfire is now well underway with construction and commissioning for an open pit and underground mining operation.

Development commenced ahead of the announcement, on 3 June 2011, of the results of a Definitive Feasibility Study which confirmed the outstanding economics and potential of this project.

Sandfire has made considerable progress on construction and infrastructure development at DeGrussa.

To view the press release click here.