Cobar.

Reliance carried out gold-ore sampling audit and field-observation work in the Cobar region for New Gold.

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Peak Operation headframe near Cobar looking towards the tailings storage facility

Peak Operation Headframe Looking Towards the Tailings Storage Facility · Photo courtesy of Aurelia Metals

Historical mining context

Gold-ore audit and field observation.

Reliance undertook gold-ore sampling audit and field observation in the Cobar region for New Gold.

New Gold’s technical reporting identifies Peak Mines, about eight kilometres south of Cobar, as an underground gold-copper mining and processing operation. This page records Reliance’s Cobar-region sampling audit and field-observation experience.

Location: Cobar region, New South Wales
Reliance scope: Gold-ore sampling audit and field observation
Client: New Gold

Historical source New Gold — Peak Mines technical report

Client and site context

New Gold and the Cobar mining operation.

Historical client

New Gold

New Gold was the client for Reliance’s Cobar gold-ore sampling audit and field-observation assignment.

Historical operating context

Peak Gold Mines Pty Ltd

New Gold’s subsidiary operated Peak Mines near Cobar during the historical period.

Current operator context

Aurelia Metals

Aurelia acquired Peak Mines from New Gold in April 2018 and is the current operator.

The New Gold relationship and work type are supplied by Reliance. Peak Mines provides historical operating context for the Cobar-region assignment.

Cobar delivery

Gold-ore sampling audit and field observation.

Reliance undertook gold-ore sampling audit and field observation for New Gold in the Cobar region. Contact the team for current capability and mobilisation details.

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