Eldorado Gold has started up the first two Metso tailings filter presses at its Skouries gold-copper project in northern Greece, enabling continuous plant operation during commissioning. Throughput is being progressively ramped up as these initial units stabilise and additional filter presses are installed and brought online. The move confirms Skouries’ shift to filtered tailings, with implications for dry-stack design, reduced tailings storage facility footprint, and tighter control of water balance in a high-rainfall, mountainous setting.

Aurelia Metals has intersected a new gold‑rich zone in previously “barren” ground between the Peak and Kairos lenses at its Peak South mine and extended two existing copper lenses, supporting a shift to copper‑gold ore. Recent drilling in the sparsely tested corridor returned 10m (8.5m estimated true width) at 1.3g/t gold, indicating additional mineralisation outside current resource models. For mine planners and geotechs, the results point to potential strike and depth extensions that could alter stope layouts, sequencing, and long‑term development priorities.

Medallion Metals will launch a 9000m drilling campaign in November at the Ravensthorpe gold project in Western Australia, supported by $180,000 from the State Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme. The programme combines reverse circulation and diamond drilling at the Kundip Mining Centre to test deeper, high-grade gold–copper mineralisation beneath existing resource envelopes. Geotechs and mine planners should watch for new structural and grade continuity data that could materially change pit-shell limits and underground development options at Kundip.