Black Cat Syndicate (ASX:BC8) said that first gold has been poured, with 757 ounces produced, at the recently acquired Lakewood processing facility, located near its Kal East gold project in Western Australia, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.

The acquisition of the facility was completed on March 31. It has achieved a throughput of up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum at the site.

The company's share rose almost 5% in recent Thursday trade.