The Sarsfield Pit, located in North Queensland's Ravenswood, operated from 2000 to 2009. In 1978 Carpentaria Gold took up exploration mining and tenements in the Ravenswood district and in 1987 recommenced mining in Ravenswood - -beginning with the Buck Reef Qest pit near the old Grant and Sunset mines.
Underground mining in the Buck Reef operated until 1993 - these operations went into the old workings of the General Grant, Sunset, and Duke of Edinburgh mines. The Melaneur-Shelmalier-Black Jack-Overlander reef complex was mined as an open cut from 1990 - 1991 and was then backfilled to form a golf course for the town. The Nolans pit, located behind the Sarsfield pit, was mined from 1993. Mount Wright underground began operating in 2006, whilst Nolans East pit (located behind the Nolans processing plant and administration offices) was mined from 2017 - 2018.
Source: Carpentaria Gold & Resolute.
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