List of gold mines in Australia

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This list of gold mines in Australia is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines in the country organised by state.

New South Wales[]

Queensland[]

South Australia[]

Mine Owner Location Region Production Years active notes
Barossa Goldfields N/A Near Williamstown Adelaide Hills 778kg 1868–1930s
Carrapateena OZ Minerals West of Lake Torrens Far North Under construction since 2016
Challenger Far North 2001–present [1]
Hillside South of Ardrossan Yorke Peninsula 0 Proposed
Olympic Dam BHP Far North 1998–present
Prominent Hill OZ Minerals Far North 2009–present
Bird-in-Hand mine Woodside Adelaide Hills 1880–1889 Application to reopen mine in 2019[1]

Tasmania[]

Victoria[]

Western Australia[]

Main article: Gold mining in Western Australia
Mine Owner Location Region Production
(troy ounces) 		Period [1] Source
Agnew Gold Mine Gold Fields Leinster Goldfields-Esperance 192,100 (2008–09) [2]
Beta Hunt Mine Kambalda Goldfields-Esperance 50,311 FY 2017-18 [2]
Boddington Gold Mine Newmont Boddington Peel none (2009) [2] [3]
BrightStar Gold Mine Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 14,287 (2010–11) [10] [4]
Bronzewing Gold Mine Wiluna Mid West 75,423 (2010–11) [13] [5]
Burbanks Gold Mine Coolgardie Goldfields-Esperance 17,840 (2006–07) [3] [6]
Carosue Dam Gold Mine Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 111,163 (2010–11) [5] [7]
Coolgardie Gold Mine Coolgardie Goldfields-Esperance 72,832 (2010–11) [8]
Coyote Gold Mine Tanami Desert Kimberley 47,960 (2009–10) [6] [9]
Daisy Milano Gold Mine Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 66,671 (2009–10) [10]
Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine Leonora Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) [7] [11]
Edna May Gold Mine Westonia Wheatbelt none (2009–10) [12]
Frog's Leg Gold Mine (51%)

Avoca Resources Limited (49%)

Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 85,600 (2008–09) [8] [13]

[14]

Golden Grove Mine Minerals and Metals Group Mount Magnet Mid West 47,755 (2008) [9] [15]
Granny Smith Gold Mine Gold Fields Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) [7] [16]
Gwalia Gold Mine St Barbara Limited Leonora Goldfields-Esperance 82,795 (2008–09) [17]
Higginsville Gold Mine Avoca Resources Limited Higginsville Goldfields-Esperance 131,227 (2008–09) [18]
Jundee Gold Mine Newmont Wiluna Mid West 412,300 (2009) [19]
Kalgoorlie Super Pit Gold Mine Northern Star Resources (50%)

Saracen Mineral (50%)

Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 690,000 (2009) [20]

[21]

Kanowna Belle Gold Mine Barrick Gold Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 284,000 (2009) [22]
Laverton Gold Mine Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 73,474 (2009–10) [11] [23]
Lawlers Gold Mine Gold Fields Leinster Goldfields-Esperance 352,000 (2009) [7] [24]
Marvel Loch Gold Mine St Barbara Limited Marvel Loch Wheatbelt 156,105 (2008–09) [25]
Mount Morgans Gold Mine Range River Gold Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 6,088 (2009–10) [4] [26]
Norseman Gold Mine Norseman Goldfields-Esperance 80,753 (2008–09) [27]
Paddington Gold Mine Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 140,436 (2009–10) [28]
Paulsens Gold Mine Northern Star Resources Pannawonica Pilbara 75,089 (2009) [29]
Plutonic Gold Mine Meekatharra Mid West 144,000 (2009) [30]
Randalls Gold Mine Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 54,766 (2010–11) [14] [31]
Sandstone Gold Mine Sandstone Mid West 29,885 (2009–10) [32]
South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine Avoca Resources Limited Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance 34,766 (2008–09) [8] [33]
St Ives Gold Mine Gold Fields Kambalda Goldfields-Esperance 428,300 (2008–09) [34]
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine AngloGold Ashanti Laverton Goldfields-Esperance 401,000 (2009) [35]
Telfer Mine Newcrest Mining Limited Telfer Pilbara 688,909 (2009–10) [36]
Wattle Dam Gold Mine Kambalda Goldfields-Esperance 16,283 (2008–09) [37]
White Foil Gold Mine Kalgoorlie Goldfields-Esperance none (2008–09) [12] [38]
Wiluna Gold Mine Wiluna Mid West 68,049 (2010–11) [39]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Changarathil, Valerina (27 June 2019). "Terramin submits mining application for Adelaide Hills Bird in Hand gold mine; plan up for public scrutiny". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Focused on Value Creation" (PDF). . 4 September 2018. p. 34. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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