Gold sites in Australia: the register report

What this report is for

Australia’s most widely mined metal by number of operations, from large open pits to small underground mines across every mainland state. This page begins with what is actually present in the published register, then points back to the authorities behind those records.

At review date the group comprises 318 operating, 85 care & maintenance, 73 in development. A status is the latest value ingested from the cited release; it should be rechecked with the issuer before operational, commercial or travel decisions.

Gold record map

The map makes distribution legible without implying a tenure boundary. Hover a point to identify the record; use the working list for the full source page.

Gold sites in Australia: the register report476 plotted records

Orientation only. Points are source coordinates for published records; they are not tenure, access or regional boundaries.

Working list

476 records

This reading list shows the first 30 alphabetically; the linked commodity or state index carries the remainder.

Sources and continuation points

Geoscience Australia — OZMIN (EarthResourceML-Lite WFS)CC BY 3.0 AU · retrieved 2026-08-24
Government of South Australia — SARIG major mines & quarriesCC BY · retrieved 2026-08-24

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