These results are part of a drill program designed to expand the size of the mineral resource estimation that already includes 1,665,000 tonnes at 10.05 g/t gold in the indicated category and 2,906,000 tonnes at 8.76 g/t gold as an inferred resource.
Last month the markets finished relatively flat. However, the first few days of January trading, after the cliff aversion, has seen S&P 500 hit a 5-year high.
Underground miners, led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, demanded that those suspended for participating in strike action last week be reinstated.