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Dacian Gold commenced construction of a new process facility at the Mount
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Transvaal. Range River Gold went into voluntary administration in April 2011. The project was then purchased by a private entity from the administrators that listed as Dacian Gold Limited on the ASX
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In June 2022, operations at the mine were suspended, with the company citing cost explosions and a tight labour market as some of the reasons. Dacian Gold and thereby the mine was subsequently acquired by
Genesis Minerals Limited in November 2023.
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Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $ 1.0 billion, and, in turn, Homestake was acquired by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001. Barrick then sold the mine to Range River Gold in May 2009.
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