RE: It's usually at times like this ......10 Jun 2025 08:17
Todays news is about the exploration, but ....
REMEMBER - From 23rd April
Great Western chairman Brian Hall commented: "The price of gold has never been higher than it is today. The Western Milling Joint Venture began as a very low-cost project to process its partners' own material and has achieved a great deal with limited funds, despite frustrating delays. Initial trial production could begin at any time but, to become an effective and significant revenue generator, we now consider that Western Milling's capacity should be expanded with external finance and independent engineering and we are in early-stage discussions to achieve this."
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Given the prevailing record price of gold, the absence of any other commercial milling operation in the locality and a number of recent approaches from other local claim owners with available material, the joint venture partners are planning to expand the Western Milling project. This will require some third-party financing and the introduction of a specialised mine engineering company with the relevant expertise and a proven track record to upscale the mill and bring it on to full commercial production.
The Company is in early-stage discussions with financing parties and has identified and received initial proposals from two mine engineering houses with the right qualifications to manage this phase and subsequently monitor commercial operations.
The Board of Great Western considers that third party financing and the introduction of a dedicated, specialist team for the project will accelerate the expansion of the mill's operational capacity to generate meaningful gold revenues without further recourse to shareholders for this purpose, enabling the Company to remain focused on its highly promising copper projects and gold exploration prospects.