The Kanowna Belle Gold Mine (KB) is an underground gold mine located 19 km north east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, near the town of Kanowna. KB is mined by longhole stoping and underhand longhole bench stoping with paste fill methods. Additionally, geotechnical driven mining sequence and a fill system is employed to minimise the impact of mining induced stress on the underground operation. KB produced 228,000 ounces of gold in 2012 at total cash costs of $925 per ounce. Proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2012, were 632,000 ounces of gold. KB is operated by Barrick Gold, an industry leader in production, reserves and market capitalisation. The company operates mines and advanced exploration and development projects across the world, and holds larg

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