9KCGM - a celebration of 25 years8 Timeline

Gidji Processing Plant Phase I commissioned.

Paringa Roaster closed as part of KCGM’s plan to close last three roasters on Golden Mile.

First Super Pit Lookout, a fenced area with a small viewing platform, built 100m south of Hainault Tourist Mine near the Boulder Block.

3 millionth ounce poured in September.

KCGM starts using power from new $70 million Parkeston Power Station.

Second Super Pit Lookout constructed near Chaffers/Horseshoe Pit.

Public bus tours of Fimiston operations start.

Mt Charlotte celebrates 50 years of continuous operation with public underground tours.

Community Perception Survey shows residents have an overall positive view of KCGM.

Community Open Day to celebrate relocation of Super Pit Shop to Hannans North Tourist Mine and first phase of facility’s rejuvenation.

KCGM commits $1 million to sponsor Ray Finlayson Sporting Complex.

15 millionth ounce poured in September.

Gidji II Tailings Storage Facility opens.

KCGM Community Investment Programme reviewed and relaunched.

KCGM becomes caretaker of Hannans North Tourist Mine after Mining Hall of Fame closes.

9 millionth ounce poured in May.

Cobb Johnstone appointed General Manager.

Mining starts on Trafalgar Cutback

Social Impact Assessment conducted.

First Issue of News and Views published.

Auction of old Chaffer’s underground signs, raising $26,000 for proposed Miner’s Memorial.

Fourth Super Pit Lookout built off the Bypass Road.

KCGM wins Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Tourism Business Award.

Normandy merges with Newmont Mining Corporation, now 50% owner of KCGM.

Work begins on new Eastern Bypass Road realignment.

KCGM launches new logo and website with celebrations at the Chaffers Power Station.

Six new KCGM-funded units costing $600,000 gifted to City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to replace Aged Persons housing in Wittenoom Street.

20142002

8 millionth ounce poured in March.

On 3 July the 50 millionth ounce from the Golden Mile is poured. To celebrate, KCGM produces one ounce Golden Mile medallions costing $770 each.

New Eastern Bypass Road opened by WA State Resources Minister Clive Brown.

Golden Quest Discovery Trail launched; celebrations held at last stop on the tourist trail, the Super Pit Lookout.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

10 millionth ounce poured in June.

KCGM releases a Concept Plan outlining its vision for remaining Open Pit life to 2017.

KCGM Social Needs Analysis identifies community requirements to help develop effective sponsorship programme.

Super Pit Shop opens in Burt Street, Boulder.

Completion of rehabilitation at Mt Gleddon indigenous heritage site celebrated with community barbecue hosted by KCGM.

11 millionth ounce poured in November.

Russell Cole appointed General Manager.

Public Environmental Review, including the Golden Pike Cutback, to extend mine life to 2017.

Super Pit Shop wins gold medal in West Australian Tourism Awards.

Super Pit Shop, War Museum and Loopline Railway Museum run first Boulder Discovery Trail kids holiday activity program.

Work begins on noise bund realignment for the Golden Pike Cutback.

Social Impact Survey indicates KCGM’s economic and social contributions appreciated by a majority of the community.

2008

12 millionth ounce poured in July.

KCGM becomes fully compliant with the voluntary Cyanide Code.

A gold splatter from the Fimiston Gold Room is sealed in a Time Capsule buried beneath the Kalgoorlie Town Hall. The capsule, to be opened in 100 years’ time, also contains nickel from the Silver Swan mine and a McDonald’s takeaway food wrapper.

2010

Mining starts on Golden Pike Cutback.

Social Impact Assessment indicates KCGM continues to demonstrate strong performance in managing its social licence to operate.

Fifth Super Pit Lookout opens off Outram Street, Boulder.

Earthquake measuring 5.0 on Richter Scale rocks Kalgoorlie-Boulder on 20 April. KCGM stops operations, employees exit Fimiston Open Pit and Mt Charlotte Underground Mine. Super Pit Shop used as operations base for response teams.

200913 millionth ounce poured in December.

KCGM receives Ministerial approval for Golden Pike Cutback which extends Open Pit mine life for another five years to 2017.

On 29 March KCGM celebrates its 20th birthday with a barbecue for thousands of people at Super Pit Lookout, complete with fireworks, a giant birthday cake and a 793C haul truck.

KC Bear created to celebrate KCGM’s 20th birthday.

KCGM employees vote to donate LTI (Lost Time Injury) bonus to community organisations.

201114 millionth ounce poured in April.

Central Corridor Exploration drilling program starts between Fimiston and Mt Percy.

Kaltails Tailings Storage Facility re-commissioned, increasing storage capacity required for Fimiston Processing Plant.

KCGM in top five Movember fundraisers in Australia. “Bluey”, the truck painted blue to raise awareness of prostate cancer, dons a moustache for St Barbara’s Festival Parade.

2013

2012

16 millionth ounce poured in March. Brings total to almost 58,000,000 ounces of gold extracted from the Golden Mile since 1893.

KCGM Life of Mine Plan announced with processing to 2029; roasters at Gidji Processing Plant to be decommissioned in 2015.

Hidden Secret Underground Project announced, with potental to extend Mt Charlotte life by two years, to around 2018.

KCGM celebrates its 25th birthday.

1989

1990

Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) is registered as a company on 29 March.

Joint Venture agreement signed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder between Homestake Gold of Australia and Normandy Mining on 14 April. The deal brings together all the assets of the historic Golden Mile, which has been mined since 1893. The mine is expected to last for 14 years, to 2003.

Ian Burston appointed CEO.

Fimiston Processing Plant constructed, work starts on Fimiston Open Pit.

Croesus Roaster decommissioned.

Gidji Processing Plant Phase II commissioned.

Oroya Processing Plant – the last roaster near the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder – is closed.

Long-reach drill invented.

Golden Mile Social Impact Study examines impact of open pit mining on Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Greening the Golden Mile rehabilitation project commences, planting trees in Safety Exclusion Zone (SEZ) between the mine and Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

1991

1992

1 millionth ounce poured in September.

Underground mining of narrow ore bodies ceases (Main, Croesus, Chaffers, Lake View and Perseverance shafts). Mt Charlotte is KCGM’s last underground operation.

$2 million invested in “Greening the Golden Mile” project.

Hainault Tourist Mine closed to make way for development of Fimiston Open Pit. The key infrastructure is to be moved to a new tourism facility at Hannans North, managed by KCGM.

1.5 millionth ounce poured in December.

Bob Crew appointed CEO.

Geological re-evaluation of Fimiston Open Pit extends mine life by another 10 years, to 2013.

Hannan’s North Tourist Mine officially opens.

19932 millionth ounce poured in January.

“Wake” held to farewell Oroya Processing Plant, decommissioned to make way for expansion of Fimiston Open Pit.

Overland Conveyor between Fimiston and Mt Charlotte commissioned.

KCGM wins 1995 John Tonkin Greening Award and Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation Environmental Excellence Award.

1995

1994

Mining contractor Roche Brothers renews multi-million dollar contract to mine Fimiston Open Pit.

$115 million expansion of Fimiston Processing Plant approved, proposed mill to be largest in Australia.

Rehabilitation of leases east of Williamstown and around Mt Gleddon starts.

KCGM donates nearly $1 million to build Goldfields Oasis Recreation Centre.

1997

1996 1998

4 millionth ounce poured in January.

John Shipp appointed General Manager.

KCGM announces plans to transition to owner-mining.

KCGM Revegetation Centre (Croesus Tree Farm) wins Commercial/Industrial category of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Garden Beautiful Competition.

6 millionth ounce poured in July.

Gidji Processing Plant purchases its first IsaMill Ultra Fine Grinding (UFG) Mill, which is commissioned in early 2001.

KCGM wins Chamber of Minerals and Energy Surface Mines Rescue Competition.

KCGM provides $1 million in support of Loopline Heritage Restoration Project.

Old Chaffers Power Station opened as a tourist attraction as part of Loopline Tour.

Third Super Pit Lookout constructed near the Chaffers Power Station.

5 millionth ounce poured in March.

KCGM moves to owner-mining on 1 October.

Mining begins on Stores Cutback.

Komatsu PC8000 shovel, at the time the biggest in the world, is commissioned.

Cassidy Shaft, commissioned in 1985, ceases transportation of underground ore.

Community Reference Group established.

Hannan’s North Tourist Mine handed over to Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame.

First St Barbara’s Festival Parade.

Prime Minister John Howard visits Fimiston Open Pit.

1999

2000

7 millionth ounce poured in October.

Homestake merges with Barrick Gold Corporation, now 50% owner of KCGM.

Plan to realign Eastern Bypass Road approved by City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

First issue of KCGM newsletter “The Dirt” published.

KCGM’s CAT 793 haul truck is for the first time part of the St Barbara’s Festival Parade. The truck has been a feature of the annual parade down Hannan Street ever since.

2001

KCGM commissions Sam Pearce Decline linking Mt Charlotte Underground Mine and Fimiston Open Pit. The Decline is named for Sam Pearce, the prospector credited with discovering the Golden Mile.

Mt Percy and Croesus Processing Plants decommissioned.

KCGM sponsored tours of site on Boulder Market Days start.