Telfer Mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location | Telfer |
| State | Western Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 21°42′30″S 122°13′40″E / 21.70833°S 122.22778°ECoordinates: 21°42′30″S 122°13′40″E / 21.70833°S 122.22778°E |
| Production | |
| Products |
Copper Gold |
| Production | Copper: 34,815 tonnes Gold: 688,909 ounces |
| Financial year | 2009-10 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1977, 2005 (reopened) |
| Closed | 2000 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Newcrest Mining |
| Website | Newcrest website |
| Year of acquisition | 1990 |
The Telfer Mine is a copper and gold mine located at Telfer, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. It is owned by Newcrest Mining, Australia's largest gold producer.
The mine was discovered by Newmont Mining in 1972, however, French prospector Jean-Paul Turcaud disputes this claim to this day.
The mine is located on the land of the Martu indigenous people.
In the 2008-09 financial year, the mine produced 32,905 tonnes of copper and 629,108 ounces of gold, within Newcrest's overall production of 90,000 tonnes of copper and 1.6 million ounces of gold. Telfer is one of two gold mines Newcrest currently operates in Australia – the other being Cadia in New South Wales – after selling its shares in the Cracow and Mt Rawdon mines to Evolution Mining Ltd in 2011. A third gold mine owned by the company is the Gosowong Mine in Indonesia.
Newmont Mining first made a claim to the deposit in 1972. However this claim is disputed by Jean-Paul Turcaud to this date. Turcaud claims he found the Telfer deposit two years before Newcrest did. In the early 1980s, Turcaud reached a settlement, accepting $25,000 from Newmont's head office in New York City but continued his claim, demanding a Royal Commission. Turcaud continues to sign posts on Global warming to newspapers as the Discoverer of the Telfer and Nifty Mine.
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