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The Wattle Dam Gold Mine is a gold mine located 25 km south west of Kambalda, Western Australia. It is currently owned by Ramelius Resources. Ramelius, listed at the Australian Securities Exchange since 2003, discovered Wattle Dam in 2005 and begun mining the deposit in 2006.〔(Ramelius website - Company Overview ) accessed: 6 September 2009〕 Ore from Wattle Dam is not treated on site but rather taken to the company's Burbanks Treatment Plant, 8 km south of Coolgardie,〔(Ramelius website - Burbanks Treatment Plant ) accessed: 6 September 2009〕 near the Burbanks Gold Mine which is owned by Barra Resources Limited. Ramelius has made headlines in 2009 when it became engaged in a bitter dispute with Avoca Resources Limited over conflicting takeover bits for Dioro Exploration NL.〔(Response to Dioro’s 8th Supplementary Target’s Statement ) Avoca Resources announcement, published: 17 August 2009, accessed: 6 September 2009〕〔(Ramelius shares rise on strong gold results ) news.com.au, published: 10 August 2009, accessed: 6 September 2009〕 Avoca eventually had to drop its bit for Dioro,〔(Avoca's bid for Dioro beaten by Ramelius offer ) business.watoday.com.au, published: 30 July 2009, accessed: 6 September 2009〕 having reached an 44.85% interest in Dioro at the close of the offer on 20 August, short of the 50% needed.〔(Avoca reaches 44.85% at close of Offer for Dioro ) Avoca Resources announcement, published: 17 August 2009, accessed: 6 September 2009〕 Ramelius's offer for the company closes on 8 February 2010. Avoca made a renewed takeover offer for the company in late December 2009.〔(NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MAKE A NEW TAKEOVER OFFER FROM AVOCA AND UPDATE ON RAMELIUS’S AMENDED OFFER ) Dioro ASX announcement, published: 4 January 2010, accessed: 6 January 2010〕 Avoca eventually succeeded in its bid for Dioro and, on 21 April 2010, Dioro was delisted from the ASX.〔(Removal from Official List ) Dioro ASX announcement, published: 21 April 2010, accessed: 7 May 2010〕 Ramelius purchased the Hill 50 Gold Mine from Harmony Gold for A$40 million in July 2010.〔(Quarterly report June 2010 ) Ramelius ASX announcement, published: 23 July 2010, accessed: 29 July 2010〕 ==History== Discovered in 2005, Ramelius begun mining the deposit in March 2006. After two periods of open pit mining in 2006 and 2008–09, underground development commenced in May 2009. The company expects high grade underground ore to be available for milling in December 2009.〔(Ramelius website - Wattle Dam ) accessed: 6 September 2009〕 The ore is treated at the Burbanks Treatment Plant, which is located 65 km from Wattle Dam. Ramelius purchased the plant in November 2006 for A$2.8 million. Ramelius spent a further $1.3 million on refurbishing the facility, which has a capacity to treat up to 180,000 tonnes of ore per annum.〔 When not used for Wattle Dam ore, the facility toll treats third party ore, like from July to September 2009.〔(Ramelius quarterly report June 2009 ) accessed: 6 September 2009〕 Before the purchase of Burbanks, Ramelius had its ore treated at the plant of the Higginsville Gold Mine, owned by Avoca Resources〔(Ramelius annual report 2007 ) accessed: 6 September 2009〕 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「Wattle Dam Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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