DARGUES REACHES END OF MINE LIFE
December 16, 2024The end of an era was marked as Dargues Gold Mine, NSW, reached the end of mine life in August this year.
After 16km of development, 2.5Mt of material movement and 287km of production drilling, the operational life of Dargues Gold Mine has sadly come to an end.
PYBAR has been on site at Dargues since 2017 when it was still a construction site with only a handful of portable office buildings and the surface boxcut excavation to the face of the yet to be cut portal in place. Starting with installation of surface infrastructure, we commenced development of the decline and underground mine in May 2018, with the first ore delivered to the surface in May 2019.
PYBAR is proud to have partnered with the former and current owners of Dargues to develop and operate the mine throughout its life, and with the local community, many of whom have had their start in the mining industry at Dargues, sourcing the majority of the workforce regionally and building relationships with local suppliers and community groups.
Thank you to our client, Aurelia Metals, and to the PYBAR team members who have made us proud while upholding the PYBAR values of Safety, Service, Respect + Results throughout the life of Dargues Gold Mine.
As we say goodbye to Dargues, it is fitting that loader 127, the first loader into the mine in 2018, was the last to leave.