Fosterville
site overview
The Fosterville gold mine is the largest producing gold mine in Victoria. It is situated 20 kilometres east of Bendigo in Victoria and 150km North of Melbourne.
The underground mine commenced declining in March 2006 with production first recorded in September 2006.
Underground mining is conducted using a conventional fleet including jumbos, production drills, loaders, trucks and ancillary equipment. Current mining is undertaken as owner miner. Open Cut mining is conducted using a conventional fleet including excavators and trucks with the mining fleet and workforce being contract.
Fosterville operates its own processing facility with a capacity of 830,000 tonnes per annum. The processing path for the ore involves crushing and grinding followed by flotation, bacterial oxidation and CIL circuits. The bacterial oxidation process uses BIOX technology, operated under licence from Goldfields Pty Ltd.
| Site Information | |
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| Operating Status | operating mine |
| Client Roster | Residential |
| Mining Contractor Roster | Residential |
| Transport | DIDO from township of Bendigo |
| Estimated Mine Life | 6 |
| Primary Commodity | Gold |
| Mining Method | Open Pit, Underground |
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| Facility | Availability | Comments |
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| Foxtel | Available in township of Bendigo | |
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Site Reviews
Joke site. Filled with inbred Victoria sheep fuckers who are physically and mentally incapable of performing in one day the equivalent output a Westralian can manage in sixty minutes. Ground was ok-ish and yeah sure, pretty enough place to live but fuck me, the doughy chicken heads they had working there back then were amazing.
Bendigo has got plenty of sluts though, that was one thing.
Fosterville is a nice little site that has had a few owners of late. More recently croc gold has taken over who own a few sites in the northern territory which have proved successful. They seem to have a bit of a cash backing and have a refurbished plant to work with which proves promising for production.
I was involved in the underground survey team. Close knit team and Bendego is a really nice place to be.