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New GM for Peak as sale completed

David Pelchen will take over as the general manager of Peak Gold Mines from next month. The announcement was made yesterday as Aurelia Metals Ltd officially took ownership of the mine. Mr Pelchen is a mining engineer with extensive operational experience in underground operations in Australia, New Zealand, China and […]

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Aurelia raises the funds for Peak mine purchase

Aurelia Metals Limited has received an “overwhelmingly positive response” to its capital raising activities to fund the purchase of Peak Gold Mines. The company, which owns Nymagee’s Hera Mine, announced the acquisition of New Gold’s Peak Gold Mines in November last year. Since then Aurelia’s institutional and major shareholder placements […]

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Cobar’s air service grounded again

Mine workers and medical staff are expected to be the most affected by an announcement last week that Cobar’s passenger air service is set to cease at the end of the month. Jessica Makarewitsch from the Regional Express (Rex) Corporate Communications Team confirmed on Thursday that Air Link, a wholly-owned subsidiary […]

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Aurelia to buy Peak for $58M

Aurelia Metals Limited has announced it has entered into a binding agreement to purchase Cobar’s Peak Gold Mines. The company, which already owns and operates the Hera Mine near Nymagee, will acquire a 100 per cent interest in the Peak operation as part of a USD $58million transaction. Peak employees […]

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Peak clarifies dewatering process after resident concerns

Local resident John Stingemore has raised concerns that Peak Gold Mines (PGM) has been discharging mine water from their workings onto neighbouring Crown Land. PGM’s environment and social responsibility officer Sophie Bereyne has responded to assure Cobar residents the mine’s Spain’s Tank Dewatering Operation was operating within approved Development Consent […]