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  2. Category:Gold mining in Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Gold prospecting in Western Australia (1 P) Pages in category "Gold mining in Western Australia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.

  3. Western Australian gold rushes - Wikipedia

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    In the latter part of the nineteenth century, discoveries of gold at a number of locations in Western Australia caused large influxes of prospectors from overseas and interstate, and classic gold rushes. [2] [3] Significant finds included: Halls Creek in 1885, found by Charles Hall and Jack Slattery. Triggered the "Kimberley gold rush". [4]

  4. Western Australian Goldfields - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes West Australian Goldfields, even the goldfields or Eastern Goldfields is a term that has been used to either identify the region surrounding Kalgoorlie-Boulder within the current broader designated region of Goldfields-Esperance in Western Australia.

  5. Gold mining in Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Gold mining in Western Australia is the third largest commodity sector in Western Australia (WA), behind iron ore and LNG, with a value of A$17 billion in 2021–22.The 6.9 million troy ounces (214 tonnes) sold during this time period was the highest amount in 20 years and accounted for almost 70 percent of all gold sold in Australia.

  6. Gold Stealing Detection Unit - Wikipedia

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    As 70% of all gold mined in Australia is produced from Western Australia, gold mining is an important industry in the state and it is a requirement for anybody to work in the industry to obtain a GSDU clearance certificate. In 2017, 210 tonnes of gold were mined in Western Australia, worth A$11.2 billion to the state economy. [20] [21] [22] [23]

  7. Central Norseman gold mine - Wikipedia

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    Norseman lies at the southern end of the Norseman-Wiluna Greenstone Belt, in the Eastern Goldfields Province of the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. [ 2 ] The mine was owned by an unincorporated 50/50 joint venture between Tulla Resources, formerly Norseman Gold, and Pantoro Limited until a merger of the two in June 2023. [ 1 ]

  8. Recreational gold mining - Wikipedia

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    Recreational gold mining and prospecting has become a popular outdoor activity several countries, including New Zealand (particularly in Otago), Australia, South Africa, Wales (at Dolaucothi and in Gwynedd), Canada and the United States especially. Recreational mining is typically small-scale placer mining but has been challenged for ...

  9. Hints to Prospectors and Owners of Treatment Plants

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    Hints to Prospectors and Owners of Treatment Plants was a booklet published and distributed to gold prospectors in Australia, although its original focus was Western Australia in the 1930s. It went to 10 editions and was published until the 1960s. Its main author was identified as the Perth Branch of the Royal Mint of Great Britain. Most ...