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New Australian kaolin prospect

26 May 2009

by Mike O'Driscoll

Mutiny Gold targets co-product kaolin in White Well Gold project, Western Australia

Keywords: kaolin, Mutiny Gold, WA Kaolin, Minotaur, ceramics, paper, paint, Australia

South Perth, Western Australia based gold developer Mutiny Gold is evaluating the potential of developing a kaolin co-product at its White Well Gold Project, located 30km east of Cue in the Tuckabianna Mineral Field in Western Australia’s Murchison Goldfields.

Initial test-work has confirmed that one third of Mutiny’s White Well tenement contains “host lithology suitable for kaolin deposits”. The presence of kaolin presents a number of potential cost saving and income generating benefits to the company, hence its interest in assessing kaolin production.

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