Ramelius board approves Vivien underground gold mine

The board of ASX-listed Ramelius Resources has given its approval to start mining at the Vivien gold project, near Leinster in Western Australia, which the company bought from Gold Fields in July last year. Ramelius said on Wednesday that it would mine the Vivien deposit as a three-year underground project with a total mining inventory of 451 000 t at 7.6 g/t for 109 000 oz. The company planned to start the underground decline on June 1, and said it expected to intersect first ore in November.