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Higginsville Gold Mine
The Higginsville Gold Mine is a gold mine located near Higginsville, 45 km north of Norseman, Western Australia. The mine has been owned and operated by Karora Resources since 2019 and is one of two mines operated by the company in Western Australia, the other being the Beta Hunt Mine. History The Higginsville mine was in operation in the 1990s, its mill ceasing work in October 1997. Mining continued until early 2000, with ore being milled at the Chalice Gold Mine.''The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition'', pp. 92-93 The mine was then owned in parts by the St Ives Gold Mining Company, a subsidiary of Gold Fields, who had also purchased the nearby St Ives Gold Mine from WMC Resources in 2001. Avoca Resources Limited, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2002, paid A$6.25 million to Gold Fields for its Higginsville exploration project in June 2004. After discovering the Trident deposit in late 2004, Avoca raised $125 million in April 2007 to build ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higginsville, Western Australia
Higginsville is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance Region of Western Australia.History of country town names - H website, accessed: 25 January 2010 According to the 2016 census, Higginsville had a population of 66. The town was gazetted in 1907 and is believed to have been named after the prospector Patrick Justice Higgins. The town is located on the Esperance Branch Railway, west of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Securities Exchange
Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as, The Sydney Stock Exchange, a separate entity). The ASX was formed on 1 April 1987, through incorporation under legislation of the Australian Parliament as an amalgamation of the six state securities exchanges, and merged with the Sydney Futures Exchange in 2006. Today, ASX has an average daily turnover of A$4.685 billion and a market capitalisation of around A$1.6 trillion, making it one of the world's top 20 listed exchange groups. ASX Clear is the clearing house for all shares, structured products, warrants and ASX Equity Derivatives. Overview ASX Group is a market operator, clearing house and payments system facilitator. It also oversees compliance with its operating rules, promotes standards of corporate governance am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Mines, Industry Regulation And Safety
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety is a department of the Government of Western Australia. The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce. A restructuring of the Western Australian Government Departments was part of Mark McGowan's election campaign and, in the month after taking office, the number of government departments was reduced from 41 to 25. The department, through the Geological Survey of Western Australia The Geological Survey of Western Australia is an authority within the Department of Mines and Petroleum of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for surveying and exploration of Western Australia's geological resources. The ..., operates the Minedex website, which contains comprehensive information on mining and exploration sites and projects in Western Australia. In May 2021, the department was one of eight Western Australian Government depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government. It carries out geoscientific research. The agency is the government's technical adviser on all aspects of geoscience, and custodian of the geographic and geological data and knowledge of the nation. On a user pays basis it produces geospatial products such as topographic maps and satellite imagery. It is also a major contributor to the Australian Government's free, open data collections such as data.gov.au. Strategic priorities The agency has six strategic priority areas: # building Australia's resource wealth in order to maximise benefits from Australia's minerals and energy resources, now and into the future; # ensuring Australia's community safety so that Australian communities are more resilient to natural hazards; # securing Australia's water resources in order to optimise and sustain the use of Australia's water resources; # managing Australia's marine jurisdictions in order to maximise benefits from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in and the seat of Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. It is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario and the second most populous (after Greater Sudbury) municipality in Northern Ontario; its population is 108,843 according to the 2021 Canadian Census. Located on Lake Superior, the census metropolitan area of Thunder Bay has a population of 123,258 and consists of the city of Thunder Bay, the municipalities of Oliver Paipoonge and Neebing, the townships of Shuniah, Conmee, O'Connor, and Gillies, and the Fort William First Nation. European settlement in the region began in the late 17th century with a French fur trading outpost on the banks of the Kaministiquia River.Brief History of Thunder Bay City of Thunder Bay. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chronicle-Journal
''The Chronicle-Journal'' is the daily newspaper in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Unlike many List of newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspapers, it does not use the city's name in its masthead. The paper has an average weekday circulation of 17,200. The paper is owned by Continental Newspapers Canada Ltd. Netnewsledger. Retrieved 8 June 2007. History ''The Chronicle-Journal'' name is a combination of the names of the ''Daily Times-Journal'' of Fort William, Ontario, Fort William and the ''News-Chronicle'' of Port Arthur, Ontario, Port Arthur. The ''Daily Times-Journal'' was created in 1899 when the ''Fort William Journal'' merged with the ''Fort William Times''. In 1902 the ''Daily Times-Journal'' became ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Australian
''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833. It tends to have conservative leanings, and has mostly supported the Liberal–National Party Coalition. It has Australia's largest share of market penetration (84% of WA) of any newspaper in the country. Content ''The West Australian'' publishes international, national and local news. , newsgathering was integrated with the TV news and current-affairs operations of ''Seven News'', Perth, which moved its news staff to the paper's Osborne Park premises. SWM also publish two websites from Osborne Park including thewest.com.au and PerthNow. The daily newspaper includes lift-outs including Play Magazine, The Guide, West Weekend, and Body and Soul. Thewest.com.au is the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westgold Resources
Westgold Resources is an Australian-based, Australian Securities Exchange-listed (ASX) gold producer and explorer based in Perth, Western Australia. Formed in 1987, the company briefly lost its independence and was delisted from the ASX after it merged with Metals X in 2012, but the two companies de-merged in 2016 and Westgold was re-listed. 2022, Westgold operates three mining centres in Western Australia, the Fortnum Gold Mine, the Meekatharra Gold Operation centred around the Bluebird Gold Mine, and the Cue Gold Operation, which includes the historic Big Bell Gold Mine. History Westgold Resources was incorporated in Western Australia on 27 July 1987 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the code of WGX. The company underwent a number of name changes in its early years, originally being formed as Jenwood Resources NL, becoming Poverty Gold NL in April 1990, Gold and Resource Holdings NL in August 1993, Westgold Resources NL in January 1994 and Westgold Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.Gold Process Plant Acquisition Integra ASX announcement, published: 15 May 2006, accessed: 20 January 2010Integra`s Gold Processing Plant Dismantled Integra ASX announcement, published: 29 May 2008, accessed: 20 January 2010 The mine is operated by |
Dioro Exploration NL
Dioro may refer to *Dioro, Mali Dioro is a town and rural commune in the Cercle of Ségou in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The commune extends over an area of approximately 586 square kilometers on the right bank of the Niger River and includes the town and 29 of ... * Dioro, Burkina Faso {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground Mining (hard Rock)
Underground hard-rock mining refers to various underground mining techniques used to excavate "hard" minerals, usually those containing metals, such as ore containing gold, silver, iron, copper, zinc, nickel, tin, and lead. It also involves the same techniques used to excavate ores of gems, such as diamonds and rubies. Soft-rock mining refers to the excavation of softer minerals, such as salt, coal, and oil sands. Mine access Underground access Accessing underground ore can be achieved via a decline (ramp), inclined vertical shaft or adit. *Declines can be a spiral tunnel which circles either the flank of the deposit or circles around the deposit. The decline begins with a box cut, which is the portal to the surface. Depending on the amount of overburden and quality of bedrock, a galvanized steel culvert may be required for safety purposes. They may also be started into the wall of an open cut mine. *Shafts are vertical excavations sunk adjacent to an ore body. Shafts are s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
