# Monument Progresses Mine Development at Burnakura Site

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/monument-progresses-mine-development-at-burnakura-site--338e6797-69d4-461c-89c3-f6f8c656fa0e

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/MMY/news/67512532/monument-progresses-mine-development-at-burnakura-site

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2015-09-28T16:39:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Monument Mining Limited

- Ticker: MMY

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: None reported

- Document categories: Metallurgy, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-23 22:59:15 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Monument Mining has completed horizontal impact crushing trials and is progressing with heap leach engineering design at the Burnakura gold site in Western Australia. The company has engaged Como Engineers to assess equipment and provide CAPEX/OPEX estimates for the heap leach plant, targeting commissioning by June 2016.

Reasoning: The company is advancing the Burnakura project through engineering design and crushing trials, moving closer to heap leach commissioning.

- Positive factor: Progress in mine development

- Positive factor: Completion of crushing trials

- Positive factor: Engagement of engineering firm for heap leach plant

- Negative factor: Awaiting technical results from crushing trials

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Heap Leach Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected.

Why it applies: The company is progressing toward heap leach construction and engineering design at the Burnakura site.

Evidence · text

> has made progress toward heap leach construction at the Burnakura site

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Qualified Person \(QP\) or Competent Person \(CP\) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association \(e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo\) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: Roger Stangler, a Qualified Person under NI43-101 standards, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure.

Evidence · text

> Roger Stangler... has reviewed, supervised the preparation and approved the scientific and technical disclosure... as a Qualified Person under NI43-101 standards.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### crushing trials

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/monument-progresses-mine-development-at-burnakura-site--338e6797-69d4-461c-89c3-f6f8c656fa0e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

gold

#### Identity

- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: MMY

#### Test Work

- Program Status: optimization
- Test Type: crushing trials
- Processing Route: heap leach
- Sample: various pit and underground materials for crushing trials

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2015-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Crushing trials on various materials have been completed, but the actual assay/technical results are pending.

- Positive factor: Trials completed

- Negative factor: Technical results still awaited

Evidence · text

> completed the on-site horizontal impact crushing trials of various pit and underground materials

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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