Kirkalocka Gold Mine

Kirkalocka Gold Mine
Kirkalocka Gold Mine
Location in Australia
Location Mount Magnet
State Western Australia
Country Australia
Owner
Company Mount Magnet South NL
Website Mount Magnet South website
Year of acquisition Project: 2008
Plant: 2009
ASX MUM
Production
Financial year 2009-10
Ounces of Gold inactive
History
Opened 2002
Closed Mining: 2005
Milling: 2008

The Kirkalocka Gold Mine is a gold mine located 70 km south of Mount Magnet, Western Australia. The mine is owned by Mount Magnet South NL, who purchased it from Equigold Limited in April 2008, and is currently in care and maintenance.[1][2]

It is named after the near-by Kirkalocka sheep station.

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History

Mount Magnet is one of the Murchison region’s original gold mining towns, having recorded the first gold finds in 1891.[3]

Exploration at Kirkalocka was carried out by a number of companies, including Sons of Gwalia, before Equigold Limited acquired the area in 2001.[2][4]

Equigold, after constructing a plant, commenced mining in October 2002. Over the next three years, the company extracted 294,000 ounces of gold from the deposit, at a grade of 1.62 g/t. Equigold continued milling operations after finishing the mining, with the mine being placed in care and maintenance in August 2008, after having produced in excess of 300,000 ounces.[2]

Equigold Limited sold its mining rights in the area to Mount Magnet South NL in April 2008 and was itself merged into Lihir Gold in June 2008.[5] The Kirkalocka plant however was not part of this sale. It was acquired by Mount Magnet South in a separate sale in March 2009.[6]

Production

Production of the mine:

Year 2 Production Grade Cost per ounce
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06 [7] 47,638 ounces 1.39 g/t A$ 384
2006-07 [7] 37,472 ounces 1.07 g/t A$ 432
2007-08
2008-09 inactive
2009-10 inactive

References

  1. ^ MINEDEX website - Kirkalocka search result accessed: 31 July 2010
  2. ^ a b c Kirkalocka Gold Project Mount Magnet South website, accessed: 31 July 2010
  3. ^ Welcome to Mount Magnet Shire of Mount Magnet website, accessed: 20 January 2010
  4. ^ The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, page: 99
  5. ^ Kirkalocka site overview Lihir Gold website, accessed: 31 July 2010
  6. ^ Kirkalocka Plant Acquisition Mount Magnet South ASX announcement, published: 16 March 2009, accessed: 31 July 2010
  7. ^ a b Preliminary Final Report Equigold ASX announcement, published: 3 August 2007, accessed: 31 July 2010

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