Jaurdi Gold Project
Beacon Minerals operates the Jaurdi Gold Project (JGP). The JGP project consists of The Black Cat, Wealth of Nations, Panther and Lost Dog deposits, in addition to the Jaurdi Gold Processing Plant. The Jaurdi Gold Project commissioned in 2019.
Jaurdi Mill
The Jaurdi Mill is a Carbon-in-Pulp (CIP) Gold Treatment facility constructed and commissioned 2019. Throughputs have increased from 0.8Mtpa to 1.0Mtpa in 2025 and approval of a further plant expansion has been granted to take throughputs to 1.2Mtpa by the end CY2026.
Long term water supply has been secured, and the Jaurdi Mill has 5 years tailings capacity.
As of Q2 FY2026 the Jaurdi Mill has produced 200,000 ounces of gold.
Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations project consists of M16/301, M16/425, M16/486, P16/2627 (live – awaiting conversion) and M15/570 is pending approval.
The Wealth of Nations project is located 11km’s NW of Beacon’s Jaurdi Gold Processing Plant and is accessible via existing haul roads.
The Wealth of Nations Deposit is a historically significant deposit for the Dunnsville district being the largest producer of gold since its discovery in 1895.
Gold is associated with a sedimentary contact, encased in the regionally dominate pillow basalts. Enrichment occurs in locations intersected by east-west striking faults.
Recent drilling at the deposit by Beacon Minerals since acquisition has confirmed extensive mineralisation with results such as:
- 1 metre @ 10.7 g/t gold from 52 metres (WNRC_012)
- 2 metres @ 8.8 g/t gold from 67 metres (WNRC_006)
- 6 metres @ 6.2 g/t gold from 40 metres (WNRC_009)
- 5 metres @ 7.9 g/t gold from 48 metres (WNRC_010)
Black Cat
The Black Cat Deposit is located 3km north of the Beacon Minerals Juardi Gold Processing Plant. This deposit was prior mined by Beacon Minerals in 2017 with a significant mineral extension now identified and defined to the south of the existing pit.
At current the Black Cat South project contains 42koz of gold at an average head grade of 1.28g/t. Mineralisation is contained within shallow dipping north striking lodes, contained within the local basaltic unit. A number of high potential supergene mineralisation zones are also present locally.
Lost Dog
The Lost Dog Deposit was Beacon Minerals main mining centre between 2017 and its completion in 2023. During this time Beacon Minerals was successful in mining and processing over 100,000oz of gold.
The Lost Dog Deposit is a geological anomaly, being contained within a clay-silcrete paleochannel and containing primarily eluvial gold mineralisation. Beacon Minerals retains the eastern extension of the Lost Dog Paleochannel with potential for further economic mineralisation within the geological trend.