https://newsletter.mw.creamermedia.com
Construction|Environment|Exploration|Gold|Innovation|Mining|PROJECT|Storage|Tourism|Environmental|Drilling
Construction|Environment|Exploration|Gold|Innovation|Mining|PROJECT|Storage|Tourism|Environmental|Drilling
construction|environment|exploration|gold|innovation|mining|project|storage|tourism|environmental|drilling

Savannah secures key environmental approvals for Georgetown restart

25th September 2025

By: Creamer Media Reporter

     

Font size: - +

ASX-listed Savannah Goldfields has secured two further environmental approvals to advance the restart of gold production at its Georgetown processing plant, in Far North Queensland.

The Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation has authorised the company to process material from the Big Reef project at the Georgetown plant. Savannah will begin mining at Big Reef in October, targeting 18 000 t of ore from the deposit’s inferred mineral resource of 107 000 t at 3 g/t gold, containing about 10 000 oz.

The company also received approval for Phase 1 of an expansion to the Georgetown plant’s tailings storage facility, providing an additional 125 500 t of capacity. Construction is scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2026.

Savannah CEO Brad Sampson welcomed the regulatory support, noting that approvals were being processed “promptly and professionally”. He added that the company remained on track to resume gold production in October.

Savannah is also advancing exploration at the Big Reef Extended prospect, where reverse circulation drilling began last week to test strike extensions of about 1.5 km.

Edited by Mariaan Webb
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

John Thompson
John Thompson

John Thompson, the leader in energy and environmental solutions through value engineering and innovation, provides the following: design, engineer,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

The SAIMM started as a learned society in 1894 after the invention of the cyanide process that saved the South African gold mining industry of the...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Gold projects spark revival
Gold projects spark revival
7th November 2025
Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
7th November 2025

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.11 0.185s - 128pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now