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Cowal
The Cowal mine is located in Central New South Wales, Australia, approximately 32 kilometres north of West Wyalong and approximately 350 kilometres west of Sydney.It is an open-pit operation, mined by a fleet of dump trucks, excavators and ancillary equipment.The mine was officially opened in September 2006. The mine was initially expected to involve eight years of excavation.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: 58.75 Mt at 1.15 g/t gold (December 2011, proven & probable reserves)
Products: Gold - 269 koz in 2011
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp.
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania
| Jundee
The Jundee Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia, approximately 55 km north east of the town of Wiluna.Production began in 1995 from a complex of open pits and two underground mines at Newmont Jundee, in the heart of the remote Yandal goldfield.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): to 2013
Start Date: 1995
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 0.6 Moz (Dec 31, 2011, proven reserves).
Products: Gold - 333 koz in 2011
Owner: Newmont Mining Corp. - 100%
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania
| Kalgoorlie Mine
The Kalgoorlie properties consist of 58 mining leases and 104 prospecting licenses covering 23,000 hectares, located adjacent to the town of Kalgoorlie, 550 km northeast of Perth, Western Australia.Kalgoorlie was born in the gold rush of the 1880s.Today million dollar mining companies have replaced the starry-eyed prospectors.It is an open-pit, truck-and-loader operation.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: 8.4m oz (2010, proven and probable reserve).
Products: 394k oz (2010)
Owner: Barrick (50%), Newmont (50%)
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania
| Kanowna
The Kanowna mines are located in the Eastern Goldfields near Kalgoorlie-Boulder, 570 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia.The underground mine at Kanowna Belle is in full production and all mined ore is now sourced from underground. The Kanowna Belle open-pit operated for six years to December 1998, producing over 1.1 million ounces of gold.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2016
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 832 koz gold (Dec 31, 2011, proven and probable reserves
Products: Gold - 226 koz in 2011
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania
| Plutonic
The Plutonic Gold Mine is a gold mine located 82 km east north east of Peak Hill, Western Australia.Plutonic is an underground mining operation that produces gold through a cyanidation process.The gold deposit was discovered in the 1987-1989 period by Great Central. Plutonic mine has been in operation since August 1990. It started as an open pit mining operation. It was subsequently transitioned to an underground mining operation in 1995.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2015
Reserves/Resources: 402koz gold (proven & probable, December, 2011)
Products: Gold - 115 koz (2011)
Owner: Barrick Gold Corporation ｨC 100%
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania
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