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The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, is an open-pit mine in Australia. It was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016, when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine, also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia ...
The South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine is a gold mine located south-west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The mine is sometimes also referred to as "South Kal Mines - New Celebration", being a merger of the former New Celebration Gold Mine and the Jubilee Gold Mine, which were combined in 2002. [2] [3]
This is a list of major active gold mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 oz of gold), or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a ...
Kalgoorlie Super Pit Gold Mine: Northern Star Resources (50%) Saracen Mineral (50%) Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 690,000 (2009) Kanowna Belle Gold Mine: Barrick Gold: Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 284,000 (2009) Laverton Gold Mine: Crescent Gold Limited: Laverton: Goldfields-Esperance: 73,474 (2009–10) Lawlers Gold Mine: Gold Fields ...
The Kanowna Belle Gold Mine is a gold mine 19 kilometres (12 mi) north-east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, near the ghost town of Kanowna. It is operated by Northern Star Resources . [ 2 ] Kanowna Belle has one viewing platform and an interpretive centre .
Gold mining in Western Australia is the third largest commodity sector in Western Australia (WA), behind iron ore and LNG, with a value of A$17 billion in 2021–22.The 6.9 million troy ounces (214 tonnes) sold during this time period was the highest amount in 20 years and accounted for almost 70 percent of all gold sold in Australia.
Mining had been carried out in the area from the early 1900s, mostly by small mining companies, gold having been found there in 1896. [2] Approximately 400,000 ounces have been mined in the Mount Monger area, with old workings in the area reaching a depth of 80 metres. [3] The current Daisy Milano mine has been in operation since 1990.
The first private battery in Kalgoorlie was constructed at the Croesus mine in 1894. [5] As early as 1897 there was consideration of ore-crushing facilities being funded by private or government means. [6] [7] The first government battery was constructed at Norseman in 1898. [8] But by 1906 there was a Batteries Inquiry Board. [9]