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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 theSimberiopen-pit gold mine inPapua New Guinea.[4] In December 2025, it was announced that St Barbara Limited had agreed to sell a 50% stake in its wholly owned subsidiary, St Barbara Mining Limited (SBML), toChina’sLingbao Gold Group for A$370 million (US$245.57 million) in cash. Following completion, St Barbara and Lingbao will each hold a 50% interest in SBML, which owns an 80% stake in the Simberi gold project in Papua New Guinea. The agreements are subject to regulatory approvals and a final investment decision on the Simberi expansion project, with completion expected in 2026.[5]
In May 2025, it was announced St Barbara's were developing their portfolio of assets in Nova Scotia, Canada.[6]
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