| Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine | |
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Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine
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| Location | Leinster |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Owner | |
| Company | Barrick Gold |
| Website | Barrick website |
| Year of acquisition | 2001 |
| TSX | ABX |
| Production | |
| Financial year | 2009 |
| Ounces of Gold | 352,000 [1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1996 |
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. The mine is located in the Yandal Greenstone Belt.[2][3]
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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 Plutonic Resources, a major Australian gold mining and exploration company.[6][7] Homestake Mining Company purchased Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $1.0 billion,[8] and, in turn, Homestake was acquiered by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001.[9]
| Year | Gold production |
Grade | Grade | Cost per ounce |
| 2000 [10] | 127,100 ounces | 5.9 g/t | A$ 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 |
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 |
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