Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine Location in Australia | |
| Location | Leinster |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°53′S 121°16′E / 27.883°S 121.267°ECoordinates: 27°53′S 121°16′E / 27.883°S 121.267°E |
| Production | |
| Production | 352,000 [1] |
| Financial year | 2009 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Barrick Gold |
| Website | Barrick website |
| Year of acquisition | 2001 |
The Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine is a gold mine located 58 km east of Leinster, Western Australia.
It is operated by Gold Fields Australia 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. The mine is located in the Yandal Greenstone Belt.[2][3]
History
Ore at Darlot-Centenary is mined in an underground operation at the Centenary deposit, discovered in 1996 next to the Darlot Gold Mine, which had a historical production in excess of 500,000 ounces.[4] Homestake begun mining the Centenary deposit in 1998.[5]
The site, was originally owned by Sundowner Minerals, which was taken over by Forsayth group, then Plutonic Resources, a major Australian gold mining and exploration company.[6][7] Homestake Mining Company purchased Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $1.0 billion,[8] and, in turn, Homestake was acquiered by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001.[9]
Gold Fields Limited acquired the mine in October 2013 as part of a purchase that included Barrick's Lawlers and Granny Smith mines.
Production
Darlot
| Year | Gold production |
Grade | Grade | Cost per ounce |
| 2000 [10] | 127,100 ounces | 5.9 g/t | A$193 | |
| 2001 [10] | 125,000 ounces | 5.7 g/t | A$325 | |
| 2002 [11] | 145,443 ounces | US$ 168 | ||
| 2003 [12] | 154,977 ounces | US$164 | ||
| 2004 [12] | 140,235 ounces | US$210 | ||
| 2005 [13] | 135,000 ounces | 0.164 oz/t | 5.3 g/t | US$325 |
| 2006 [14] | 137,000 ounces | 0.170 oz/t | 5.4 g/t | US$378 |
| 2007 [14] | 120,000 ounces | 0.156 oz/t | 5.0 g/t | US$508 |
Yilgarn South
Production figures for the Yilgarn South operation, consisting of Darlot, Granny Smith and Lawlers.
| Year | Gold production |
Grade oz/ton |
Grade g/t |
Cost per ounce (US$/oz) |
| 2007 [15] | 410,000 ounces | 0.117 | 3.7 | 486 |
| 2008 [15] | 325,000 ounces | 0.125 | 4.0 | 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
- ↑ Australia Pacific Barrick website, accessed: 1 January 2010
- ↑ Barrick Gold on the move miningaustralia.com.au, published: 28 March 2008, accessed: 1 January 2010
- ↑ Homestake Mining Co/DE · DEFA14A accessed: 1 January 2009
- ↑ On the Use of Mechanistic Blast-Outcome Measurement and Modelling Dyno Nobel, accessed: 1 January 2009
- ↑ PLUTONIC RESOURCES LIMITED (PLU) delisted.com.au, accessed: 1 January 2009
- ↑ Atlantic Gold NL website accessed: 1 January 2009
- ↑ Homestake Mining Company - History accessed: 1 January 2009
- ↑ MINEDEX website Darlot search result, accessed: 1 January 2010
- 1 2 The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, page 80
- ↑ 2003 Fourth Quarter Report accessed: 1 January 2010
- 1 2 2004 Fourth Quarter Report accessed: 1 January 2010
- ↑ Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2006 accessed: 1 January 2010
- 1 2 Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2007 accessed: 1 January 2010
- 1 2 Fourth Quarter & Year-End Mine Statistics 2008 accessed: 1 January 2010