The water cannon was trialled and started up during July and August and is now in use at Cadia East.

The plant is expected to reach 85% of its 4,000 t/d nameplate capacity by the end of 2021.

According to the company, mine has begun a staged restart but the Agrarian Council of Carrizalillo said the community and company did not reach an agreement.

The resource estimate for the Mexico project features 48 million inferred pit-constrained tonnes, grading 0.41 g/t gold, containing 630,000 oxide gold oz.

The company says it will not be releasing any details about the plan until it is accepted by the USACE.

A new publicly traded resource company will be created and it is expected to focus on gold and tin assets in New Zealand and Australia.