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Boddington mine

Boddington mine, Australia. Producing, open pit, mining gold, copper, silver.

Why Boddington is famous

Open-pit gold and copper mine 130 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia, with North and South pits. Newmont has owned it outright since June 2009. Gold output was 565 koz in 2025, 590 koz in 2024 and 745 koz in 2023. USGS ranked it Australia's top gold mine in 2021 at 21,600 kg. Boddington is 130 km south-east of Perth. Newmont has owned all of it since June 2009, when it bought the last 33.33 per cent from AngloGold Ashanti Australia. The lease area is 21,070 ha.1,2,3,4

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Boddington today

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Mines

ExamplesDolaucothi Gold MinesRomans began Dolaucothi in AD 70. Newmont's Boddington made 565 koz of gold in 2025.5

Places

Located inBoddingtonBoddington is about 9 km from Boddington.1

Sources

  1. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 Newmont Corporation (SEC)
  2. Minerals Yearbook 2020-21, volume III: The Mineral Industry of Australia US Geological Survey
  3. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  4. Form 10-K for 2025 Newmont Corporation (SEC)
  5. Dolaucothi Gold Mines National Trust

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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