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Winners of the 2018 Prospect Awards: Kirkland Lake scoops top honour

Kirkland Lake Gold’s Fosterville gold mine in Victoria has won the 2018 Prospect Awards Mine of the Year.

The Prospect Awards are hosted by ABHR sister publication Australian Mining.

Fosterville, Victoria’s largest gold operation, has emerged as one of Australia’s standout mines after delivering outstanding performance from a production and exploration perspective in recent years.

Kirkland Lake produced 263,845oz of gold at 15.8g/t at Fosterville in 2017, a substantial improvement on the 151,755oz at 7.55g/t delivered in 2016.

In 2018, the company has continued its strong performance at Fosterville and is targeting between 275,000oz–300,000oz for the year.

Kirkland Lake is progressing growth projects at Fosterville to ramp up annual production to 400,000oz.

It is supporting these plans by continuing to deliver outstanding exploration results at the site.

In September, Kirkland Lake’s latest intercepts with extremely high grades included 289g/t gold over 7.45m, 144g/t over 11.9m, and 423g/t over 3.55m.

The Prospect Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award has this year been won by Fortescue Metals Group founder and chairman Andrew Forrest.

Anglo American’s Moranbah North coal mine in Queensland backed up its great form at the Prospect Awards by taking out the Coal Mine of the Year and Minerals Processing of the Year awards.

A full list of this year’s award winners is included below:

Australian Mine of the Year (sponsored by Australian Mining)
Fosterville gold mine, Victoria, Kirkland Lake Gold

Lifetime Achievement Award (sponsored by Liebherr)
Andrew Forrest, Fortescue Metals Group

Safety Advocacy (sponsored by SICK)
Josh Bryant, General Manager – People and Risk, Mitchell Services

Community Interaction (sponsored by Safe to Work)
Roy Hill Community Foundation, Roy Hill

Contract Miner of the Year (sponsored by Epiroc)
Wolff Mining

Contribution to Mining (sponsored by BGC Contracting)
Maria Joyce, General Manager, MEC Mining

Hard Rock Mine of the Year (sponsored by Epiroc)
Fosterville gold mine, Victoria, Kirkland Lake Gold

Coal Mine of the Year (sponsored by SEW Eurodrive)
Moranbah North coal mine, Queensland, Anglo American

Excellence in Environmental Management (sponsored by Metso)
Rio Tinto

Excellence in Mine Safety, OH&S (sponsored by Flexco)
REDLINE Underground Conveyor System, Conveyor Manufacturers Australia

Mine Manager of the Year (sponsored by CRC Industries)
Elsabe Muller, Jimblebar mine General Manager, BHP

Minerals Processing of the Year (sponsored by Rockwell Automation)
Moranbah North CHPP, Queensland, Anglo American

Innovative Mining Solution (sponsored by Austmine)
Blast Movement Monitoring System, Blast Movement Technologies

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