List of active gold mines in Western Australia
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This is a list of the major gold mines in Western Australia.

Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 produced approximately 50% of all Australian mineral and petroleum sales, which made up 89% of the state's merchandise exports in 2008. In 2008, gold
Gold mining
Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...

 was ranked fifth in the list of resources exported by Western Australia in regards to value, behind iron ore, crude oil, alumina and LNG, with a value of A$4.4 billion. In 2008, the state produced 4,200,000 ounces
Troy ounce
The troy ounce is a unit of imperial measure. In the present day it is most commonly used to gauge the weight of precious metals. One troy ounce is nowadays defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg = 31.1034768 g. There are approximately 32.1507466 troy oz in 1 kg...

 of gold, or 131.421 tonnes. All up, in 2008, Western Australian gold mines employed 14,459 people on their mine sites.

By 2008-09, gold had jumped into fourth spot in regards to export value with a value of A$5.2 billion , overtaking alumina. The average gold price was US$874 per ounce in 2008–09, or A$1,171 per ounce, which was 28 per cent higher than the previous year.

List of active mines

This is a list of gold mines in Western Australia which are active, were recently active or are scheduled for production in the near future:
Mine Owner Location Region Production
(troy ounces
Troy ounce
The troy ounce is a unit of imperial measure. In the present day it is most commonly used to gauge the weight of precious metals. One troy ounce is nowadays defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg = 31.1034768 g. There are approximately 32.1507466 troy oz in 1 kg...

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Period Source
Agnew Gold Mine
Agnew Gold Mine
The Agnew Gold Mine is a gold mine located west of Agnew, Western Australia. It is owned by the South African mining company Gold Fields. It is one of two mines the company operates in Australia, the other being the St Ives Gold Mine....

Gold Fields
Gold Fields
Gold Fields Limited is a South African gold mining firm, one of the world’s largest, which is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange ....

Leinster
Leinster, Western Australia
Leinster is a town in the northern goldfields area of Western Australia. The town is located 4 km east of the Goldfields Highway, in the Shire of Leonora Local Government Area, northeast of the state capital, Perth...

Goldfields-Esperance 192,100 (2008–09) http://www.goldfields.co.za/
Boddington Gold Mine
Boddington Gold Mine
The Boddington Gold Mine is a gold and copper mine located 17 km northwest of Boddington, Western Australia.Officially reopened on 3 February 2010, the mine is expected to become Australia's largest gold mine once it reaches full production.-History:...

Newmont Boddington
Boddington, Western Australia
Boddington is a town and shire in the Peel region of Western Australia, located south-east of Perth. The town sits on the road from Pinjarra to Williams on the Hotham River...

Peel none (2009) http://www.bgm.com.au/one/index.asp
BrightStar Gold Mine
BrightStar Gold Mine
The BrightStar Gold Mine is a gold mine located 35 km south-east of Laverton, Western Australia.It is operated by A1 Minerals Limited, having commenced production in December 2009....

A1 Minerals Limited Laverton
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton:In Australia:*Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne*Laverton, Western Australia is a shire and townIn the United Kingdom*Laverton, Gloucestershire*Laverton, North Yorkshire*Laverton, Somerset...

Goldfields-Esperance 14,287 (2010–11) http://www.a1minerals.com.au/?id=1
Bronzewing Gold Mine
Bronzewing Gold Mine
The Bronzewing Gold Mine is a gold mine located approximately 83 km north-east of Leinster, Western Australia. The mine, owned by Navigator Resources Limited, was, until early 2010, in care and maintenance after its previous owner, View Resources Limited went into administration.The mine is...

Navigator Resources Limited Wiluna Mid West 75,423 (2010–11) http://www.navigatorresources.com.au/
Burbanks Gold Mine
Burbanks Gold Mine
The Burbanks Gold Mine is a gold mine located 9 km south east of Coolgardie, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Barra Resources Limited.-History:...

Barra Resources Limited Coolgardie Goldfields-Esperance 17,840 (2006–07) http://www.barraresources.com.au/projects_burbanks.asp
Carosue Dam Gold Mine
Carosue Dam Gold Mine
The Carosue Dam Gold Mine is a gold mine located south of Laverton, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited.Carosue Dam was previously owned by the now defunct mining company Sons of Gwalia Limited...

Saracen Mineral Holdings Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 111,163 (2010–11) http://www.saracen.com.au/
Coolgardie Gold Mine
Coolgardie Gold Mine
The Coolgardie Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Coolgardie, Western Australia. The Coolgardie Gold Mine is not one single mine, but rather a generic term to describe a diverse group of mines - in essence, a mining locality....

Focus Minerals Limited Coolgardie
Coolgardie, Western Australia
Coolgardie is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth. It has a population of approximately 800 people....

Goldfields-Esperance 72,832 (2010–11) http://www.focusminerals.com.au/
Coyote Gold Mine
Coyote Gold Mine
The Coyote Gold Mine is a gold mine located in the remote Tanami Desert of Australia. The mine has leases both in the Central Desert Shire of the Northern Territory and the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, but current mining is only carried out in Western Australia, 10 km west of the...

Tanami Gold NL Tanami Desert
Tanami Desert
The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia situated in the Northern Territory. It has a rocky terrain with small hills. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored until well into the twentieth century...

Kimberley 47,960 (2009–10) http://www.tanami.com.au/
Daisy Milano Gold Mine
Daisy Milano Gold Mine
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. Silver Lake reopened the mine in December 2007...

Silverlake Resources Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 66,671 (2009–10) http://www.silverlakeresources.com.au/index
Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine
Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine
The Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine is a gold mine located 58 km east of Leinster, Western Australia.It is operated by Barrick Gold and, since the beginning of 2008, part of its Yilgarn South operation, which consists of Darlot, the Lawlers Gold Mine and the Granny Smith Gold Mine...

Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America...

Leonora
Leonora, Western Australia
Leonora is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, located northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north of the city of Kalgoorlie. At the 2006 census, Leonora had a population of 401, about a third of whom are of Aboriginal descent. The area is extremely arid, with a...

Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
Edna May Gold Mine
Edna May Gold Mine
The Edna May Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Westonia, Western Australia.It is operated by Catalpa Resources. The mine, planned to be in full production by the end of July 2010, is scheduled to produce in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold per annum...

Catalpa Resources Westonia
Westonia, Western Australia
Westonia is a small town located in the Eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, 10 kilometres north of the Great Eastern Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Westonia.-History:...

Wheatbelt none (2009–10) http://www.westoniamines.com.au/default.asp
Frog's Leg Gold Mine
Frog's Leg Gold Mine
The Frog's Leg Gold Mine is a gold mine located 19 km west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.It is jointly owned by La Mancha Resources and Avoca Resources Limited .-History:...

La Mancha Resources (51%)
Avoca Resources Limited
Avoca Resources Limited
Avoca Resources Limited was an Australian gold mining company, based in Perth, Western Australia. It merged in with Anatolia Minerals Development Limited in 2011 to form Alacer Gold....

 (49%)
Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 85,600 (2008–09) http://www.lamancharesources.com/
http://www.avocaresources.com.au/
Golden Grove Mine
Golden Grove Mine
The Golden Grove Mine is a copper, lead, silver, zinc and gold mine located 52 km south-south-east of Yalgoo, Western Australia.It is operated by Minerals and Metals Group, which was formed after its parent company, China Minmetals, bought the mine from OZ Minerals in June 2009...

Minerals and Metals Group
Minerals and Metals Group
Minerals and Metals Group is an Australian-based mining company and wholly owned subsidiary of China Minmetals. It was formed in 2009 with the purchase of most of OZ Minerals' assets by China Minmetals; these collective assets became MMG...

Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet, Western Australia
Mount Magnet is an old Western Australian gold rush town. The name was chosen during exploration of the region due to an isolated hill 5 km north west of the town current townsite. This hill has an extremely high iron content and affected the compasses of explorers...

Mid West 47,755 (2008) http://www.mmg.com/
Granny Smith Gold Mine
Granny Smith Gold Mine
The Granny Smith Gold Mine is a gold mine located 20 km south of Laverton, Western Australia near Mount Weld.It is operated by Barrick Gold and, since the beginning of 2008, part of its Yilgarn South operation, which consists of Granny Smith, the Lawlers Gold Mine and the Darlot-Centenary Gold...

Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America...

Laverton
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton:In Australia:*Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne*Laverton, Western Australia is a shire and townIn the United Kingdom*Laverton, Gloucestershire*Laverton, North Yorkshire*Laverton, Somerset...

Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
Gwalia Gold Mine
Gwalia Gold Mine
The Gwalia Gold Mine is located at Gwalia, a few kilometres south of Leonora, Western Australia. It was originally established by Welsh miners in the late 19th century and Herbert Hoover, the later President of the United States, served as the mine manager in its early days from May to November...

St Barbara Limited Leonora
Leonora
-People:*Leonora , a feminine given name*Leonora of Castile *Leonora of England*John Leonora, research scientist, Loma Linda University-Arts and entertainment:...

Goldfields-Esperance 82,795 (2008–09) http://www.stbarbara.com.au/
Higginsville Gold Mine
Higginsville Gold Mine
The Higginsville Gold Mine is a gold mine located near Higginsville, 45 km north of Norseman, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Avoca Resources Limited. Avoca has made headlines in 2009 when it became engaged in a bitter dispute with Ramelius Resources over conflicting takeover bids...

Avoca Resources Limited Higginsville
Higginsville, Western Australia
Higginsville is the name of an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance Region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Higginsville had a population of 64....

Goldfields-Esperance 131,227 (2008–09) http://www.avocaresources.com.au/
Jundee Gold Mine
Jundee Gold Mine
The Jundee Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia, approximately 55 km north east of the town of Wiluna, owned by Newmont Mining.-History:...

Newmont Wiluna
Wiluna, Western Australia
Wiluna is a complex town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated on the edge of the Western Desert at the gateway to the Canning Stock Route and Gunbarrel Highway. It is the service centre of the local area for the local Aboriginal people, the pastoral industry, mining, and...

Mid West 412,300 (2009) http://www.bgm.com.au/one/index.asp
Kalgoorlie Super Pit Gold Mine Barrick Gold (50%)
Newmont (50%)
Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 690,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
http://www.bgm.com.au/one/index.asp
Kanowna Belle Gold Mine
Kanowna Belle Gold Mine
The Kanowna Belle Gold Mine is a gold mine located 19 km north east of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, near the ghost town of Kanowna.It is operated by Barrick Gold...

Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America...

Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 284,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
Laverton Gold Mine
Laverton Gold Mine
The Laverton Gold Mine is a gold mine 9 km east of Laverton, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Crescent Gold Limited and has recommenced mining in August 2009, after having been shut for just over one year...

Crescent Gold Limited Laverton
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton:In Australia:*Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne*Laverton, Western Australia is a shire and townIn the United Kingdom*Laverton, Gloucestershire*Laverton, North Yorkshire*Laverton, Somerset...

Goldfields-Esperance 73,474 (2009–10) http://www.crescentgold.com/projects/laverton_gold.phtml
Lawlers Gold Mine
Lawlers Gold Mine
The Lawlers Gold Mine is a gold mine located 23 km south west of Leinster, Western Australia.It is operated by Barrick Gold and, since the beginning of 2008, part of its Yilgarn South operation, which consists of Lawlers, the Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine and the Granny Smith Gold Mine...

Barrick Gold Leinster
Leinster
Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
Marvel Loch Gold Mine
Marvel Loch Gold Mine
The Marvel Loch Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Marvel Loch, 30 km south of Southern Cross, Western Australia.It is operated by St Barbara Limited...

St Barbara Limited Marvel Loch
Marvel Loch, Western Australia
Marvel Loch is a small townsite of less than 100 people, some 401 km east of Perth, Western Australia. It is located 32 km south west of Southern Cross, along the Perth to Kalgoorlie Great Eastern Highway...

Wheatbelt 156,105 (2008–09) http://www.stbarbara.com.au/
Mount Morgans Gold Mine
Mount Morgans Gold Mine
The Mount Morgans Gold Mine is a gold mine located 37 km west-south-west of Laverton, Western Australia.It is operated by Range River Gold, who purchased the mine from Barrick Gold in May 2009...

Range River Gold Laverton
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton:In Australia:*Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne*Laverton, Western Australia is a shire and townIn the United Kingdom*Laverton, Gloucestershire*Laverton, North Yorkshire*Laverton, Somerset...

Goldfields-Esperance 6,088 (2009–10) http://www.rangeriver.com.au/
Norseman Gold Mine
Norseman Gold Mine
The Norseman Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Norseman, Western Australia.It is operated by Norseman Gold Plc and is Australia’s longest continuously running gold mining operation...

Norseman Gold Plc Norseman
Norseman, Western Australia
Norseman is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, east of Perth and above sea level. It is also the starting point of the Eyre Highway, and the last major town in Western Australia before the South Australian border to the...

Goldfields-Esperance 80,753 (2008–09) http://www.norsemangold.com/
Paddington Gold Mine
Paddington Gold Mine
The Paddington Gold Mine is a gold mine located near Broad Arrow, 30 km north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.It is operated by Norton Gold Fields Limited, having acquired the mine from Barrick Gold on 25 August 2007 for A$45 million....

Norton Gold Fields Limited Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 140,436 (2009–10) http://www.nortongoldfields.com.au/
Paulsens Gold Mine
Paulsens Gold Mine
The Paulsens Gold Mine is a gold mine located 105 km south of Pannawonica, Western Australia, within the Pastoral lease of the Mount Stuart Station...

Northern Star Resources Pannawonica
Pannawonica, Western Australia
The town of Pannawonica is an iron-ore mining town located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, near the Robe River, about 200 km south-west from Karratha...

Pilbara 75,089 (2009) http://www.nsrltd.com/
Plutonic Gold Mine
Plutonic Gold Mine
The Plutonic Gold Mine is a gold mine located 82 km east north east of Peak Hill, Western Australia.It is operated by Barrick Gold and located at the Plutonic Well Greenstone Belt.-History:...

Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold
Barrick Gold Corporation is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America...

Meekatharra
Meekatharra, Western Australia
Meekatharra is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Meekatharra is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'place of little water'. At the 2006 census, Meekatharra had a population of 798, with 44.0% being Aboriginal....

Mid West 144,000 (2009) http://www.barrick.com/Home/default.aspx
Randalls Gold Mine
Randalls Gold Mine
The Randalls Gold Mine is a gold mine, recently developed, located 36 km east-north-east of Kambalda, Western Australia, near Mount Monger Station...

Integra Mining Limited Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 54,766 (2010–11) http://www.integramining.com.au/
Sandstone Gold Mine
Sandstone Gold Mine
The Sandstone Gold Mine is a gold mine located 6 km south east of Sandstone, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Troy Resources NL...

Troy Resources NL Sandstone
Sandstone, Western Australia
Sandstone is a small town located in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town is located 157 kilometres east of Mount Magnet and 661 kilometres north of the state capital, Perth...

Mid West 29,885 (2009–10) http://www.try.com.au/
South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine
South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine
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.It was...

Avoca Resources Limited Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 34,766 (2008–09) http://www.avocaresources.com.au/
St Ives Gold Mine
St Ives Gold Mine
The St Ives Gold Mine is a gold mine located 20 km south-east of Kambalda, Western Australia. It is owned by the South African mining company Gold Fields.It is one of two mines the company operates in Australia, the other being the Agnew Gold Mine....

Gold Fields Kambalda
Kambalda, Western Australia
Kambalda is a small mining town about 60 kilometres from the mining city of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, within the Goldfields. It is split into two townsites 4 kilometres apart, Kambalda East and Kambalda West; and is located on the western edge of a giant salt lake, Lake Lefroy...

Goldfields-Esperance 428,300 (2008–09) http://www.goldfields.co.za/
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine
The Sunrise Dam Gold Mine is located 55 km south of Laverton, Western Australia. It is fully owned by AngloGold Ashanti. In 2007, it accounted for 11% of the company's production.The mine is currently the company's only Australian operation...

AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a global gold mining company. It was formed in 2004 by the merger of AngloGold and the Ashanti Goldfields Corporation.AngloGold Ashanti Limited is now a global gold producer with 21 operations on four continents...

Laverton
Laverton
There is more than one place named Laverton:In Australia:*Laverton, Victoria is a suburb of Melbourne*Laverton, Western Australia is a shire and townIn the United Kingdom*Laverton, Gloucestershire*Laverton, North Yorkshire*Laverton, Somerset...

Goldfields-Esperance 401,000 (2009) http://www.anglogoldashanti.com/default.htm
Telfer Mine
Telfer Mine
The Telfer Mine is a copper and gold mine located at Telfer, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. It is owned by Newcrest Mining, Australia's largest gold producer....

Newcrest Mining Limited Telfer
Telfer, Western Australia
Telfer is a minesite in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, within the Great Sandy Desert. Telfer was previously the state's most isolated town, located north-east of the state capital Perth...

Pilbara 688,909 (2009–10) http://www.newcrest.com.au/
Wattle Dam Gold Mine
Wattle Dam Gold Mine
The Wattle Dam Gold Mine is a gold mine located 25 km south west of Kambalda, Western Australia.It is currently owned by Ramelius Resources...

Ramelius Resources Kambalda Goldfields-Esperance 16,283 (2008–09) http://www.rameliusresources.com.au/
White Foil Gold Mine
White Foil Gold Mine
The White Foil Gold Mine is a gold mine 23 km south-west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It is currently owned by La Mancha Resources and has been in care and maintenance since 2003, but is scheduled to reopen in March 2010....

La Mancha Resources Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance none (2008–09) http://www.lamancharesources.com/
Wiluna Gold Mine
Wiluna Gold Mine
The Wiluna Gold Mine is an active gold mine in Western Australia near the town of Wiluna. The mine was active from 1984 till its closure in 2007; when it was put into care and maintenance; and again since late 2008....

APEX Minerals NL Wiluna Mid West 68,049 (2010–11) http://www.apexminerals.com/

List of mines in care and maintenance

This is a list of gold mines in Western Australia which are currently under care and maintenance with no specific date of reopening:
Mine Owner Location Region Production
(troy ounces
Troy ounce
The troy ounce is a unit of imperial measure. In the present day it is most commonly used to gauge the weight of precious metals. One troy ounce is nowadays defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg = 31.1034768 g. There are approximately 32.1507466 troy oz in 1 kg...

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Period Source
Bluebird Gold Mine
Bluebird Gold Mine
The Bluebird Gold Mine is a gold mine located 15 km south-south-west of Meekatharra, Western Australia.The mine was owned by Mercator Gold PLC, who placed it on care and maintenance after the company went into administration in October 2008. In January 2011, the mine was sold to Australian...

Reed Resources Meekatharra Mid-West 32,145 (2007–08) http://www.reedresources.com/
Burnakura Gold Mine
Burnakura Gold Mine
The Burnakura Gold Mine is a gold mine located 50 km south of Meekatharra, Western Australia.It is currently owned by the Canadian ATW Gold Corporation...

ATW Gold Corporation Meekatharra Mid-West 2,641 (2009) http://www.atwgold.com/projects/burnakura_mine/
Davyhurst Gold Mine
Davyhurst Gold Mine
The Davyhurst Gold Mine is a gold mine located 53 km south-west of Menzies, Western Australia, near Davyhurst.The mine was recently acquired by Swan Gold Mining Limited, having formerly been owned by Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd, and went on care and maintenance shortly before Monarch went...

Swan Gold Mining Davyhurst
Davyhurst, Western Australia
Davyhurst is a Goldfields town that is situated south west of Menzies, Western Australia and is approximately northwest of Kalgoorlie. The proposed townsite was initially declared "Davyston" in 1900, Also known as Mace's Find and Davyton. Warden Owen of Menzies advised the Department the town was...

Goldfields-Esperance 18,392 (2007–08) http://www.swangoldmining.com.au/
Fortnum Gold Mine Grosvenor Gold Pty Limited Peak Hill
Peak Hill, Western Australia
Peak Hill is the name of a goldfield, locality and the site of a gold mining ghost town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia. The gold mine covers 2,162 hectares and consists of four open-cut mines, titled Main, Jubilee, Fiveways and Harmony....

Mid West 25,000 (2006–07)
Gidgee Gold Mine
Gidgee Gold Mine
The Gidgee Gold Mine is a gold mine in Western Australia, 82 km north of the town of Sandstone. The mine was, until recently, owned by APEX Minerals NL, but purchased by Panoramic Resources in February 2011. The mine is currently in care and maintenance....

Panoramic Resources Sandstone Mid West 42,000 (2004) http://www.panoramicresources.com
Gullewa Gold Mine ATW Gold Corporation Wurarga Mid-West http://www.atwgold.com/projects/gullewa/
Hill 50 Gold Mine
Hill 50 Gold Mine
The Hill 50 Gold Mine is a gold mine located 4 km north-west of Mount Magnet, Western Australia. The mine was, until July 2010, owned by Harmony Gold and had been placed in care and maintenance since 2007...

Ramelius Resources Mount Magnet Mid West 224,797 (2007) http://www.rameliusresources.com.au/company_overview.8.html
Indee Gold Mine
Indee Gold Mine
The Indee Gold Mine is a gold mine located 37 km east of Whim Creek, Western Australia. The mine is owned by Range River Gold. The mine has been placed in care and maintenance since October 2008...

Range River Gold Port Hedland
Port Hedland, Western Australia
Port Hedland is the highest tonnage port in Australia and largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with a population of approximately 14,000 ....

Pilbara 1,022 (2008–09) http://www.rangeriver.com.au/
Kirkalocka Gold Mine
Kirkalocka Gold Mine
The Kirkalocka Gold Mine is a gold mine located 70 km south of Mount Magnet, Western Australia. The mine is owned by Mount Magnet South NL, who purchased it from Equigold Limited in April 2008, and is currently in care and maintenance....

Mount Magnet South NL Mount Magnet Mid West 9,400 (2008) http://www.mountmagnet.com.au/IRM/content/home.html
Mandilla Gold Mine Anglo Australian Resources NL Kambalda Goldfields-Esperance 20,619 (2006–07) http://www.anglo.com.au/mandilla.asp
Minjar Gold Mine Golden Stallion Resources Yalgoo Mid West http://www.goldenstallion.com.au/
Mount Gibson Gold Mine Legend Mining Limited Paynes Find
Paynes Find, Western Australia
Paynes Find is a former gold rush settlement approximately northeast of Perth in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is reachable by the Great Northern Highway. Only a roadhouse, which serves as a fuel stop, and a few other buildings remain today. The area is renowned for its...

Mid West http://www.legmin.com.au/mtgibson.html
Mount Ida Gold Mine
Mount Ida Gold Mine
The Mount Ida Gold Mine is a gold mine located 86 km north-west of Menzies, Western Australia.The mine was recently acquired by Swan Gold Mining Limited, having formerly been owned by Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd, and went on care and maintenance when Monarch went into administration in...

Swan Gold Mining Menzies
Menzies, Western Australia
Menzies is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, east-northeast of the state capital, Perth, and north-northwest of the city of Kalgoorlie...

Goldfields-Esperance 1,646 (2007–08) http://www.swangoldmining.com.au/
Tarmoola Gold Mine
Tarmoola Gold Mine
The Tarmoola Gold Mine is a gold mine located 29 km north-west of Leonora, Western Australia. The mine has been placed in care and maintenance since September 2004, when a pit wall failure forced its closure.It is owned by St Barbara Limited...

St Barbara Limited Leonora Goldfields-Esperance inactive (2008–09) http://www.stbarbara.com.au/
Thunderbox Gold Mine
Thunderbox Gold Mine
The Thunderbox Gold Mine is a gold mine 41 km south-east of Leinster, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Norilsk Nickel and has been in care and maintenance since 2007.Norilsk acquired the mine in June 2007, when it took over Lionore Mining....

Norilsk Nickel Leinster Goldfields-Esperance http://www.nornik.ru/en/our_products/norilsknickelaustralia/
Youanmi Gold Mine
Youanmi Gold Mine
The Youanmi Gold Mine is a gold mine 82 km south-south-west of the town of Sandstone. It is near the abandoned town of Youanmi, in the Murchison Region of Western Australia....

APEX Minerals NL Youanmi
Youanmi, Western Australia
Youanmi is the name of an abandoned town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia.The town was gazetted in 1910 but abandoned in 1942, after the local gold mine was closed.-History:...

Mid West http://www.apexminerals.com/

List of advanced mining projects

This is a list of gold mine projects in Western Australia which are currently in an advanced state of planning or construction:
Mine Owner Location Region Future production
(troy ounces per annum
Troy ounce
The troy ounce is a unit of imperial measure. In the present day it is most commonly used to gauge the weight of precious metals. One troy ounce is nowadays defined as exactly 0.0311034768 kg = 31.1034768 g. There are approximately 32.1507466 troy oz in 1 kg...

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Duketon Gold Mine Regis Resources Limited Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 110,000 - 145,000 2010 http://www.regisresources.com/page.aspx?IDDataTreeMenu=57&parent_0=57
Fortitude Gold Mine Midas Resources Limited Laverton Goldfields-Esperance http://www.midasresources.com.au/
Tropicana Gold Mine
Tropicana Gold Mine
The Tropicana Gold Mine project is located 330 km northeast of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Since 2001, it is jointly owned by AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group NL .The Tropicana tenement consists of 12,500 km2 of land...

AngloGold Ashanti (70%)
Independence Group NL (30%)
Great Victoria Desert
Great Victoria Desert
The Great Victoria Desert is a barren and sparsely populated desert area of southern Australia.-Location and description:The Great Victoria is the biggest desert in Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles and salt lakes...

Goldfields-Esperance 350,000 - 400,000 2013 http://www.anglogoldashanti.com/default.htm

See also

  • Gold mining in Western Australia
    Gold mining in Western Australia
    Gold mining in Western Australia is the fourth largest commodity sector in Western Australia, behind iron ore, crude oil and LNG, with a value of A$5.2 billion....

  • Regions of Western Australia
    Regions of Western Australia
    Regionalisations of Western Australia are systems by which Western Australia is divided into distinct geographic regions. The most commonly known regionalisation is the governmental division of the state into regions for economic development purposes, of which there are nine.Other regionalisations...

  • Mineral fields of Western Australia
    Mineral fields of Western Australia
    Western Australian Mining is administered in terms of the administrative divisions of the:-* Gold or Mineral Field* Goldfield DistrictThere have also been various hierarchies of State Mining Engineer Inspectorate areas, as well as Mining Registrars Offices and areas.-List of fields:The following...


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