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The Lawlers Gold Mine is a gold mine located 23 km south west of Leinster, Western Australia. It is operated by Barrick Gold and, since the beginning of 2008, part of its Yilgarn South operation, which consists of Lawlers, the Darlot-Centenary Gold Mine and the Granny Smith Gold Mine. The mine is located in the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt.〔(Australia Pacific ) Barrick website, accessed: 1 January 2010〕 ==History== Gold was first discovered in the region in 1892 and the town side of Lawlers, named after Patrick Lawler who found the first gold in a nearby creek, was established. Of the original town of Lawlers, only the old police station is still standing.〔(GHOST TOWNS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ) gold-net.com.au, by Jim Foster, accessed: 3 January 2010〕 The site, was originally owned by Plutonic Resources, a major Australian gold mining and exploration company.〔(PLUTONIC RESOURCES LIMITED (PLU) ) delisted.com.au, accessed: 1 January 2010〕〔(Atlantic Gold NL website ) accessed: 1 January 2009〕 Homestake Mining Company purchased Plutonic in April 1998 for more than $1.0 billion,〔(Homestake Mining Company - History ) accessed: 1 January 2009〕 and, in turn, Homestake was acquiered by Barrick Gold at the end of 2001.〔(MINEDEX website ) Darlot search result, accessed: 1 January 2010〕 Ore at Lawlers is mined in an underground operation.〔 In June 2009, Lawlers has been certified as fully compliant with the International Cyanide Management Code.〔(Barrick Gold Corporation's Lawlers Gold Mine Certified Under International Cyanide Management Code ) published: 9 June 2009, accessed: 3 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「Lawlers Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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