Sino Gold Mining Ltd, owner of China`s second-largest gold mine, will explore for the precious metal within three new tenements in China`s Shandong province.

The tenements are close to the Jiaojia fault, which hosts a number of gold each, the Sydney-based company said on Thursday in a statement to the Australia Securities Exchange.

Sino will explore the ground in partnership with Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geo-Mineral Exploration & Development, it said.