Rox fires first Youanmi stope ahead of 2027 production - Mining.com.au

AI desk brief

Rox Resources has fired and extracted the first stope at Youanmi in Western Australia, targeting first gold in mid-2027 and commissioning from March 2027. Construction of the 1 million-tonne-per-annum processing plant remains on schedule, and Rox drew on its $350 million debt facilities in October. Infill drilling returned 7.42m at 9.91g/t gold and 5.50m at 15.46g/t; two thicker intercepts outside the mine plan will be evaluated for inclusion. These are development milestones rather than evidence of refined gold production; the update primarily affects Rox’s execution outlook and does not establish a material near-term bullion-price effect.