Project Updates

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Type: Open-pit

Location: Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea

Owner: Newcrest Mining

Reserves: 310Mt

The Lihir gold mine is located approximately 900km north-east of Port Moresby. The gold mine was managed by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto until late 2005, and the operatorship was then handed over to Lihir Gold.

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Type: Open-pit

Location: Western Australia

Owner: Rio Tinto

Reserves: 561Mt

The Gudai-Darri iron ore mine, previously known as the Koodaideri mine, is Rio Tinto’s first greenfield mine and its most technologically advanced mine. It has an estimated mine life of more than 40 years.

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Type: Underground

Location: Western Australia

Owner: Gold Fields

Reserves: 1.2 million ounces

The Agnew gold mine is an underground gold mining operation located 870km north-east of Perth. The deposit was first discovered in 1897. Initial mining activities were carried out by Waroonga Gold Mines until 1948.