Expansions, exploration needed to counter WA's maturing gold mines

摘要

Roughly 75 percent of Australian gold production came from the west in recent years but this dropped down to about 66 percent last year, with Western Australia contributing 173 tonnes of the 262t of gold produced in Australia, according to the Department of Industry and Resources. Of the nation's 65 producing gold mines in 2005, 34 were situated in WA, accounting for more than five million troy ounces of the roughly 7.5 million troy oz produced in total.