Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine


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.

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. Homestake begun mining the Centenary deposit in 1998.
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. Homestake Mining Company purchased Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $1.0 billion, and, in turn, Homestake was acquired by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001.
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

Yilgarn South

Production figures for the Yilgarn South operation, consisting of Darlot, Granny Smith and Lawlers.
YearGold
production		Grade
oz/ton		Grade
g/t		Cost per ounce
2007410,000 ounces0.1173.7486
2008325,000 ounces0.1254.0749
2009352,000 ounces685