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The Carosue Dam Gold Mine is a gold mine located south of Laverton, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited. Carosue Dam was previously owned by the now defunct mining company Sons of Gwalia Limited.〔''The Australian Mines Handbook: 2003-2004 Edition'', page 520〕 Sons of Gwalia went into administration on 30 August 2004 and the company's gold mining operations were sold to St Barbara Limited in March 2005 for A$38 million, having been valued by the Sons of Gwalia directors at A$120 million. It was one of four gold mines sold to St Barbara in this deal, the other three being the Marvel Loch Gold Mine, the Tarmoola Gold Mine and the Gwalia Gold Mine.〔(Sons of Gwalia Limited at delisted.com.au ) accessed: 3 September 2009〕〔(St Barbara Mines Limited - Lodgment of Open Briefing ) published: 28 June 2005, accessed: 3 September 2009〕〔(''The West Australian'' ), published 16 March 2005, accessed: 3 September 2009〕 The mine was placed in care and maintenance by St Barbara in June 2005 and sold to Saracen in February 2006. Saracen reopened the mine in early 2010. ==History== Located within the South Laverton gold field, situated 120 km North East of Kalgoorlie, the processing plant at Carosue Dam was constructed and commissioned in 2000, then owned by Pacmin Mining. In October 2001, it was acquired by Sons of Gwalia.〔(MINEDEX on the Web ) accessed: 4 September 2009〕 During its five-year operation until June 2005, the mine produced over 700,000 ounces of gold.〔(Saracen website - Plant and Infrastructure ) accessed: 4 September 2009〕 After the collapse of Sons of Gwalia in 2004, the mine continued producing but was placed in care and maintenance by St Barbara three months after its purchase.〔(St Barbara annual report 2005 )〕 In October 2005, St Barbara announced the sale of Carosue Dam to Saracens for A$19.4 million in cash and shares. St Babrbara acquired a 20% interest in Saracens through this transaction.〔(St Barbara annual report 2006 ) accessed: 4 September 2009〕 With the purchase of the mine by Saracen, the new owners developed a two-staged plan to reopen the mine in 2010. After a period of open pit mining, lasting for three to five years, the second stage will also include an underground operation.〔(Saracens website - Operations - Stage 2 ) accessed: 4 September 2009〕 On 15 June 2009 Saracen announced that the mine would be connected to the Western Power grid through a 90 km power line rather than being supplied by diesel generators on site. This line, scheduled to be completed in late 2010, is estimated to cost between $10 to 15 million but should provide the company with savings in the range of $50 to 100 per once of gold produced.〔(Carosue Dam Operations - Mains power supply ) Saracens website, published: 15 June 2009, accessed: 5 September 2009〕 In November 2009, Saracen announced that the $7 million construction project at the mine had been finished and plant commissioning had started. Gold production was scheduled to begin in February 2010,〔(Carosue Dam plant commissioning commenced Gold production expected in February 2010 ) ASX announcement, published: 30 November 2009, accessed: 27 December 2009〕 with the first gold pour announced on 29 January 2010.〔(First Gold Pour at the Carosue Dam Operations ) Saracens ASX announcement, published: 29 January 2010, accessed: 30 January 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carosue Dam Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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