en.Wedoany.com Reported - Australian mining company Rox Resources Limited (ASX: RXL) announced in July 2026 that its Youanmi gold project in Western Australia has received the final major environmental approval—a Works Approval for the processing plant—marking the full acquisition of all permits required to execute the mining plan. With engineering, procurement, and construction contractor Interquip already on site and commencing construction of a 1 million tonne per annum processing plant, the project has officially entered the full construction phase.

Rox Resources is an Australian-listed company focused on gold exploration and development, with its flagship asset, the Youanmi gold mine, located in a renowned goldfield in Western Australia, boasting a long history of mining and a substantial resource base. The project completed a definitive feasibility study and made a final investment decision in 2025. The Works Approval covers the processing plant, tailings storage facility, wastewater treatment facilities, power station, and related supporting infrastructure, meaning all environmental approvals for the project are now in place.

Rox Resources Managing Director and CEO Phill Wilding stated that with the final major environmental approval secured, construction of the Youanmi gold mine will rapidly accelerate in the coming weeks. He noted that long-lead items ordered before the final investment decision are on schedule or ahead of plan, with the first batch of steel structures set to arrive on site this month, ensuring the project remains on track for first gold pour by mid-2027.

Underground development is also progressing in parallel. In addition to ongoing work at the historic Youanmi Decline, excavation has commenced at the Pollard Decline, creating three separate mining zones. At the United North underground mine, construction is ahead of schedule, with multiple working faces already extracting ore, and underground diamond drilling is underway to further refine the orebody model.

As of June 30, 2026, Rox Resources held a cash balance of A$152.7 million, with the company stating that project funding is sufficient to support continued progress through to production. As one of the key gold development projects advancing in Western Australia in recent years, the full-scale commencement of the Youanmi gold mine marks a new phase in regional gold development, contributing to Australia's domestic gold supply capacity. With ongoing construction of the processing plant and underground development, the project is on track to achieve its commercial production target on schedule.