St Ives Gold Mine
The St Ives Gold Mine is a gold mine located 20 km south-east of Kambalda, Western Australia. It is owned by the South African mining company Gold Fields.[1]
Location | |
---|---|
![]() ![]() St Ives Gold Mine Location in Australia | |
Location | Kambalda |
State | Western Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 31°23′S 121°48′E |
Production | |
Production | 428,300 |
Financial year | 2008-09 |
History | |
Closed | 2020 |
Owner | |
Company | Gold Fields Limited |
Website | www |
Year of acquisition | November 2001 |
It is one of two mines the company operates in Australia, the other being the Agnew Gold Mine.
Ore is mined at St Ives in three underground and four open-pit operations.[2]
History
![](../I/Gold_mines_Kalgoorlie.jpg.webp)
St Ives is named after the prospector Pat Ives, who discovered what became the working of Ives Reward in 1919.[3]
The mine was purchased by Goldfields from WMC in late 2001.[4][5] The combined price for the two Australian operations Goldfields purchased, St Ives and Agnew, was US$180 million in cash and US$52 million in Gold Fields shares.
St Ives, as of 2009, employs 249 permanent staff and 926 contractors.[2]
Production
Annual production of the mine:
Year | Production | Grade | Cost per ounce |
2000[4] | 408,155 ounces | 3.92 g/t | |
2001[4] | 455,183 ounces | 3.01 g/t | |
2002[4] | 542,200 ounces | 3.03 g/t | A$ 295 |
2002-03[6] | 513,000 ounces | 2.9 g/t | A$323 |
2003-04[6] | 543,000 ounces | 2.5 g/t | A$416 |
2004-05[6] | 527,000 ounces | 2.6 g/t | A$447 |
2005-06[2] | 496,000 ounces | 2.3 g/t | A$453 |
2006-07[2] | 487,000 ounces | 2.2 g/t | A$540 |
2007-08[2] | 418,000 ounces | 1.8 g/t | A$649 |
2008-09[7] | 428,300 ounces | 1.8 g/t | A$805 |
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
- St Ives, Australia, Gold AME Group website, retrieved 2015-02-17
- Review of International Operations - St Ives Gold Mine Goldfields website, retrieved 2009-08-13
- St Ives gold-mine Miningweekly.com, retrieved 2009-08-13
- The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition, page 124
- News briefs Mining Engineering magazine, published 2001-11-01, retrieved 2009-08-09
- Annual Report 2005 Gold Fields website, retrieved 2009-08-13
- Quarterly report June 2009 Goldfields website, retrieved 2009-08-13
External links
- Goldfields website
- Place Names Search Results - St Ives Geoscience Australia website
- Gold Fields Ltd. - detailed company history at FundingUniverse
- List of Gold Mines - AME Group