Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines Pty Ltd (KCGM) is a
management company, formed in 1989, to manage the assets and
operate the Kalgoorlie joint venture for the owner companies
Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie Limited (GMK) and Homestake Gold
of Australia Limited (HGAL). Mining is still in progress on the 'Golden Mile' and
surrounding areas more than 100 years after Paddy Hannan's
discovery adjacent to the active Mt Charlotte mine. From 1893 until 30 June 1995 the Kalgoorlie Goldfields has
produced approximately 45 million ounces (-1400 tonnes) of
gold from mining and treating about 179 million tonnes of ore.
This production equates to about 20 per cent of the total
Australian gold production and about one per cent of the world's