Westfill Pty Ltd is pleased to announce the award of a two-year underground mining contract with Vault Minerals, previously Silverlake Resources, for the Rothsay mine, in the southern Murchison region of Western Australia.

The contract encompasses both development and production activities, focusing on extracting mineralised ore from narrow sub-vertical structures. Operations at Rothsay commenced on September 17, and the award of the contract is testament to the solid relationship between Westfill and Vault Minerals, Westfill says.

Westfill Managing Director, Ashley Morcombe, said: “We are very excited to take on our first full principal mining services contract with Red5 (now Vault Minerals after the merger with Silverlake Resources) who are a valued client of Westfill’s.

“Our Darlot development team’s hard work and consistently high performance are what put Westfill up as a key contender for the Rothsay contract. I would like to thank our entire team for pulling the contract together and mobilising in a short time frame. We look forward to continuing our high performance and success at another of Vault Minerals’ sites.”

The Rothsay underground mine is a high‑grade satellite ore source, with ore road‑hauled approximately 197 km to the Deflector processing facility. In the 2024 financial year, the Rothsay underground mine produced approximately 221,000 t of ore at an average grade of 4.8 g/t Au.