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The Norseman Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Norseman, Western Australia. It is operated by Norseman Gold Plc and is Australia’s longest continuously running gold mining operation. The Norseman area lies at the southern end of the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt.〔(The Norseman Project ) Norseman Gold website, accessed: 30 December 2009〕 Norseman Gold plc is an ASX listed gold production and exploration company ASX:NGX (currently suspended). Its key asset is the Norseman Project, which lies at the Eastern Goldfields Province of the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia.〔http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/company.do#!/NGX〕 ==History== Gold was first discovered in the region at Dundas, 22 km south of present-day Norseman, followed in August 1894 by a gold discovery near the future town of Norseman itself, by Laurie Sinclair his brother George Sinclair & Jack Alsopp, the deposit was named the Norseman Reward after his horse, ''Hardy Norseman''. The family came to Western Australia in December 1863 from The shetland Isles.〔〔(History ) Shire of Dundas website, accessed: 30 December 2009〕 In 1935, a new era of mining begun for the town, when Western Mining arrived in the region and invested in its infrastructure.〔 Operated by ''Central Norseman Gold Corporation Ltd'', a subsidiary of Western Mining, the mine became effectively owned by ''Croesus Mining NL'' in February 2002, when Croesus purchased WMC's 50.5% share of the company for A$75 million.〔(CENTRAL NORSEMAN GOLD CORPORATION LIMITED (CNG) ) delisted.com.au, accessed: 30 December 2009〕〔(Rush on for WA gold assets ) ''The Age'', published: 6 November 2006, accessed: 30 December 2009〕 Croesus Mining went into administration in June 2006,〔(CROESUS MINING NL (CRS) ) delisted.com.au, accessed: 30 December 2009〕〔(Gold miner Croesus goes into liquidation ) miningtopnews.com, published: 27 June 2006, accessed: 30 December 2009〕 after gold production levels at Norseman fell short of hedging commitments.〔(Croesus Mining reviews acquisitions ) ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', published: 28 January 2009, accessed: 30 December 2009〕 The mine was operated by Central Norseman Gold until April 2007, when it passed into the ownership of ''Davos Gold Pty Ltd'', now Norseman Gold, who purchased it for a sum in excess of A$60 million〔 The Norseman Gold Mine had been in administration for eleven months at the time of the sale and had been in operation for more than 65 years,〔(Norseman Gold annual report 2007 ) accessed: 30 December 2009〕 producing in excess of 5.5 million ounces of gold in that time. The mine was run as an underground operation only, with two declines being mined, ''Bullen'' and ''Harlequin''.〔 A third decline, named ''OK'', commenced production in 2010.〔Bullen Mine, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia http://www.mindat.org/loc-218496.html〕〔Foster, Geoffrey (29 October 2009) (MARKET REPORT: End of U.S. slump lifts the spirits )〕 On 5 August 2010, an underground miner at the mine was found dead at a new escape rise.〔(Fatal Accident Report 05/08/2010 ) WA mining fatalities database, accessed: 21 February 2011〕〔(Fatality at the Norseman Project ) Norseman Gold Plc ASX announcement, published: 6 August 2010, accessed: 21 February 2011〕 There was a further fatality at the Harlequin underground mine after a rockfall collapse in February 2014.〔Death at Norseman gold mine http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/death-at-norseman-gold-mine-20140216-32tfe.html〕 Norseman Gold announced in February 2012 that Tulla Resources is their new strategic partner. Tulla is an Australian resources company and the family vehicle of the Maloney family, ran MAC Services, that was sold to Oil States International for A$650 million.〔Norseman Gold unveils Tulla Resources as new strategic partner - Proactiveinvestors (AU) http://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/companies/news/25416/norseman-gold-unveils-tulla-resources-as-new-strategic-partner-25416.html〕 Current gold mining operations as at August 2015 include the Harlequin mine and Phoenix Mill. 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「Norseman Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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