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| ASX: SBM | |
| Industry | Gold mines |
| Founded | 1969 |
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| Website | stbarbara.com.au |
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St Barbara Limited is an Australian-based,Australian Securities Exchange-listed (ASX)gold producer and explorer.
The company was incorporated and listed in 1969 as Endeavour Oil and initially focused onmineral exploration and production from assets located in Western Australia. In 2005, the company acquired the Southern Cross, Leonora and South Laverton gold assets fromSons of Gwalia Limited. St Barbara's high-gradeGwalia Gold Mine atLeonora was commissioned in October 2008.
In 2012, St Barbara acquiredAllied Gold Mining Plc and its gold operations atSimberi in Papua New Guinea and Gold Ridge in theSolomon Islands. Operations at Gold Ridge in the Solomon Islands were suspended in April 2014 due to torrential rainfall and ensuing flooding. The Gold Ridge Project was sold to a Solomon Islands company associated with local landowners in May 2015.[1][2]
In May 2019, St Barbara bought Canadian Atlantic Gold Corp forCan$722 million ($536 million), adding a mine in Canada.[3]
St Barbara's mines include the Simberiopen-pit gold mine inPapua New Guinea.[4] They are also currently developing their portfolio of assets in Nova Scoria, Canada.
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