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The Granny Smith Gold Mine is a gold mine south of Laverton, Western Australia near Mount Weld. It is operated by Goldfields and, since the end of 2013, part of its Yilgarn South operation, which consists of Granny Smith, the Lawlers Gold Mine and the Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine. ==History== The Granny Smith gold deposit was discovered in 1979.〔(Australian Mining History ) accessed: 2 January 2010〕 Construction of the mine took place in the late 1980s.〔(HISTORIC PICTURES RELEASED TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY ) Thiess Pty Ltd announcement, published: 17 November 2009, accessed: 2 January 2010〕 The project was originally owned by Delta Gold Ltd, which became Auriongold Ltd in February 2002. Aurion was taken over by Placer Dome Inc in 2003, who already held a 60% interest in the mine,〔(Placer Dome Seeks to Buy 2 Mining Concerns for $600 Million ) ''The New York Times'', published: 29 November 1996, accessed: 2 January 2010〕 and Placer Dome in turn by Barrick Gold in March 2006.〔(MINEDEX website - Granny Smith search result ), accessed: 2 January 2010〕 A large amount of ore processed at Granny Smith originated from the Wallaby deposit, approximately west of the mine, and was hauled to the Granny Smith mill for processing.〔(Wallaby ) infomine.com, accessed: 2 January〕〔(Laverton Gold Project ) Crescent Gold website, accessed: 2 January〕 Open pit mining at Wallaby ceased in September 2006, followed by a ramp up of underground mining at the location.〔(Department of Environment and Conservation - Works approval ) accessed: 3 January 2010〕 In February 2009, Barrick signed a Memorandum of understanding with Crescent Gold to purchase ore from their Laverton Gold Mine and mill it at Granny Smith.〔(Crescent Gold signs landmark MOU with Barrick Gold over WA gold resource ) proactiveinvestors.com.au, published: 24 February 2009, accessed: 2 January 2010〕〔(Deal paves way for Laverton gold mining ) ABC News, published: 22 June 2009, accessed: 2 January 2010〕 In January 2010, an agreement was signed with Range River Gold to purchase ore from the Mount Morgans Gold Mine and treat it at Granny Smith from February 2010 onwards.〔(Mt Morgans - Ore Sale Terms agreed with Barrick ) River Gold ASX announcement, published: 27 January 2010, accessed: 9 February 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「Granny Smith Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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