Kingsrose Mining Limited announced that mining and processing of ore has commenced at its Talang Santo open pit gold-silver mine following approval of the AMDAL (Environmental Impact Assessment) by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Stage 1 pit waste pre-stripping commenced in early November and high-grade mineralisation has been just 1 metre below the surface. This confirms the Mawi and Hanging Wall quartz veins encountered in the old underground workings continue to near-surface. The identification of this mineralisation is significant because it was previously interpreted that the top of the orebody started 20m below surface. At 31 December 2018, the total ore mined from the Talang Santo pit was 4,603 tonnes at 6.4g/t Au and 11g/t Ag.