WPG Resources

WPG Resources
FormerlyWestern Plains Gold
ASX: WPG
IndustryMining
Founded2004
Defunct2018
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
ProductsGold
Revenue$81 million (2017)
($4 million) (2017)
($9 million) (2017)
Websitewww.wpgresources.com.au

WPG Resources (formerly Western Plains Gold) was a mining company focusing on exploration, evaluation and development of gold and coal projects in South Australia.

Western Plains Gold was founded in 2004 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 23 August 2005.[1] The company was placed in receivership on 8 August 2018.[2][3] It was delisted from the ASX on 3 February 2020.[4]

The company operated the Challenger underground gold mine and 650,000 tonnes per annum capacity mill at Tarcoola, South Australia, and the Perseverance open pit mine 130 km to the southeast.[5]

  1. ^ Western Plains Gold Ltd: Admission to Official List Australian Securities Exchange 22 August 2005
  2. ^ Appointment of Receivers and Managers WPG Resources 8 August 2018
  3. ^ "Report to Members - WPG Resources Limited" (PDF). Ernst & Young. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ^ Removal from Official list Australian Securities Exchange 3 February 2020
  5. ^ Birney, Matt (22 May 2020). "Barton gets ready for IPO". Perth, WA: Business News. Retrieved 22 June 2020.