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Copper look at Degrussa

IT WOULD be hard to find anywhere more remote than Degrussa. The high-grade copper-gold deposit mined by Sandfire Resources around 100km north of Meekatharra rises like an oasis on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert.

Karma Barndon
The Degrussa mine from above

The Degrussa mine from above

With its genesis in a discovery drill hole drilled by 25-year old geologist Margaret Hawke on the broader Doolgunna project that unearthed massive sulphide mineralisation at depth, Degrussa has turned...

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