Lawlers Gold Mine
Location | |
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Lawlers Gold Mine Location in Australia | |
Location | Leinster |
State | Western Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 28°08′S 120°54′E / 28.133°S 120.900°ECoordinates: 28°08′S 120°54′E / 28.133°S 120.900°E |
Production | |
Production | 352,000[1] |
Financial year | 2009 |
Owner | |
Company | Barrick Gold |
Website | Barrick website |
Year of acquisition | 2001 |
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. The mine is located in the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt.[2]
History[]
Gold was first discovered in the region in 1892 and the town side of Lawlers, named after Patrick Lawler who found the first gold in a nearby creek, was established. Of the original town of Lawlers, only the old police station is still standing.[3]
The site, was originally owned by , a major Australian gold mining and exploration company.[4][5] Homestake Mining Company purchased Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $1.0 billion,[6] and, in turn, Homestake was acquired by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001.[7]
Ore at Lawlers is mined in an underground operation.[2]
In June 2009, Lawlers has been certified as fully compliant with the International Cyanide Management Code.[8]
Production[]
Lawlers[]
Year | Gold production |
Grade | Cost per ounce (US$/oz) |
2000[9] | 101,200 ounces | 4.94 g/t | 215 |
2001[10] | 104,000 ounces | 4.45 g/t | 407 |
2002[11] | 113,291 ounces | 179 | |
2003[12] | 99,223 ounces | 249 | |
2004[12] | 110,374 ounces | 246 | |
2005[13] | 131,000 ounces | 0.154 oz/t | 324 |
2006[14] | 110,000 ounces | 0.129 oz/t | 494 |
2007[14] | 115,000 ounces | 0.138 oz/t | 515 |
Yilgarn South[]
Production figures for the Yilgarn South operation, consisting of Darlot, Granny Smith and Lawlers. Yilgarn south belongs to Gold Fields now.
Year | Gold production |
Grade oz/ton |
Cost per ounce (US$/oz) |
2007[15] | 410,000 ounces | 0.117 | 486 |
2008[15] | 325,000 ounces | 0.125 | 749 |
2009 | 352,000 ounces | 685 |
Sources[]
- The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, Louthean Media Pty Ltd, Editor: Ross Louthean
- Western Australian Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest 2008 Page 34: Principal Mineral and Petroleum Producers - Gold
References[]
- ^ Combined figure for the Yilgarn South operation
- ^ a b Australia Pacific Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine Barrick website, accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ GHOST TOWNS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA gold-net.com.au, by Jim Foster, accessed: 3 January 2010
- ^ PLUTONIC RESOURCES LIMITED (PLU) delisted.com.au, accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ Atlantic Gold NL website Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 January 2009
- ^ Homestake Mining Company - History accessed: 1 January 2009
- ^ MINEDEX website Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Darlot search result, accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ Barrick Gold Corporation's Lawlers Gold Mine Certified Under International Cyanide Management Code Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine published: 9 June 2009, accessed: 3 January 2010
- ^ The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, page 10
- ^ The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, page 105
- ^ 2003 Fourth Quarter Report Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ a b 2004 Fourth Quarter Report Archived 2010-10-28 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ a b Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2007 Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 1 January 2010
- ^ a b Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2008[permanent dead link] accessed: 1 January 2010
External links[]
- Gold mines in Western Australia
- Surface mines in Australia
- Underground mines in Australia
- Goldfields-Esperance
- Barrick Gold