 Fimiston Open Pit gold mine, c. 2005 | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Super Pit Location in Western Australia | |
| Location | Kalgoorlie |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 30°46′29″S 121°30′34″E / 30.77472°S 121.50944°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Gold |
| Production | 432,001 troy ounces (13.4367 t) |
| Financial year | 2022–23 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1893 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Northern Star Resources |
| Website | superpit |
| Year of acquisition | 2020 |
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The Fimiston Open Pit, colloquially known as the Super Pit, is an open-pit mine in Australia. It was Australia's largest open cut gold mine until 2016, when it was surpassed by the Newmont Boddington gold mine, also in Western Australia. The Super Pit is located off the Goldfields Highway on the south-east edge of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The pit is oblong in plan view and is approximately 3.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and over 600 metres deep.[1][2]
The Fimiston Open Pit is owned by Northern Star Resources. The mine produced 456,000 troy ounces (14.2 t) of gold in 2019, and employs around 1,100 employees and contractors directly on site.[3]
- ^ "About us". KCGM. Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Casey, J.P. (7 March 2019). "Super mines: Australia's biggest mining projects". Mining Technology. London. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "2019 Annual Report and Form10-K" (PDF). Greenwood Village, Colorado: Newmont Corporation. 20 February 2020. p. 41. Retrieved 10 April 2020.