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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 ...
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]
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 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. [2] Gold mining in Western Australia dates back to the 1880s but became a significant industry in the 1890s, following gold discoveries at Coolgardie in 1892 and Kalgoorlie ...
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. [3] [4]
The Daisy Milano Gold Mine is a gold mine located 50 km south east of Kalgoorlie at Mount Monger Station, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Silver Lake Resources , who reopened the mine in December 2007.
Major active mines in Australia include: Olympic Dam in South Australia, a copper, silver and uranium mine believed to have the world's largest uranium reserve, and in 2018 representing 6% of world production. [citation needed] Super Pit gold mine, which has replaced a number of underground mines at Boulder, Western Australia.