Thunderbox remains on track - Saracen

Mining at the Thunderbox gold mine, in Western Australia, continued to progress ahead of schedule, with owner Saracen Mineral Holdings on Wednesday confirming that the project was still slated to produce its firs gold in the June quarter of next year. First ore was mined in October, ahead of schedule, and Saracen told shareholders that openpit mining has now advanced to a depth of 40 m, with 4.46-million bank cubic meters mined to date.