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orthern Star Resources has rapidly grown from a


100,000-ounce-per-year, single- mine operator in 2010 to emerge as Australia’s second-largest gold producer in 2015. The company now operates fi ve Western Australia gold mines – Plutonic, Paulsens, Kanowna Belle, Kundana and Jundee – with total annual production of 500,000-


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600,000 ounces. Since its series of 2014 acquisitions, Northern Star has invested heavily in near- mine and in-mine exploration to grow its resource bases. The company expects to produce between 535,000 and 570,000 ounces in 2016 and is targeting annual production of 700,000 ounces by 2018 from its current assets. ●


Plutonic project manager Craig Bolton quantifi es the value of the new Sandvik TH663 fl eet in tonne-kilometres (TKMs)


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