Kingsgate gold mine thrown a lifeline as Thai authorities pass mineral bill

By Lindsay Murdoch and Colin Kruger
Updated December 12 2016 - 9:13am, first published December 11 2016 - 3:07pm
Chatree general manager Brennan Lang says state-of-the-art health and environment safeguards are in place at the gold mine. Photo: Craig Skehan
Chatree general manager Brennan Lang says state-of-the-art health and environment safeguards are in place at the gold mine. Photo: Craig Skehan
50,000 tonnes of ore a day are being blasted daily to squeeze every last dollar out of the mine before its closure. Photo: Craig Skehan
50,000 tonnes of ore a day are being blasted daily to squeeze every last dollar out of the mine before its closure. Photo: Craig Skehan

Bangkok: Thailand's military government has thrown a lifeline to Australian gold miner Kingsgate Consolidated just three weeks before the scheduled closure of its part-owned Chatree mine in central Thailand.

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