Air quality was the focus of Peak Gold Mines’ (PGM) community information session at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club last Wednesday night. The meeting, which also included a site tour for members of the public to see what a vent rise looked like first hand, is one of a […]
Two years after the death of a worker at the Peak Gold Mine, the NSW Resources Regulator has begun prosecution proceedings in the District Court against the mine. The Regulator will allege Mark Brilley, a local contract worker, died at the mine after working in hot and inadequately ventilated conditions […]
There has been a lot of concern voiced in the community since Peak Gold Mines (PGM) announced in December their plans for a proposed exploration decline at Great Cobar. In response Aurelia Metals, PGM’s parent company, held a community information night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club last Wednesday […]
Cobar Shire Councillors efficiently moved through a lengthy agenda at their February Ordinary Meeting last Thursday. A number of agenda items had previously been workshopped by councillors with many only requiring “a tick and flick” at the meeting. Cr Janine Lea-Barrett praised an “in depth” report submitted to the meeting […]
With no end in sight to one of the worst droughts on record Cobar’s three biggest employers, CSA, Endeavor and the Peak mines, are all actively working to conserve water to ensure their operations continue. The mines have been given assurances that their allocations will remain as is until July. […]
Cobar Shire Council and representatives of Cobar’s three major mines, CSA, Endeavor and Peak, will meet with WaterNSW staff in Cobar next week to discuss our water situation. WaterNSW manages and operates the state’s 42 dams and storages to deliver water for environmental, domestic, town water, stock, industrial and irrigation […]
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) is concerned the protracted uncertainty of employment at Peak Gold Mines (PGM) is having a detrimental effect on the mental health and safety of their members. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey and organiser Brock Skelton were in Cobar last week to meet with […]
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has called on Aurelia Metals, the owner of Peak Gold Mines, to put the transfer of the mining workforce to contractor Pybar Mining Services on hold while a number of urgent issues are resolved. AWU NSW Branch vice president Ron Cowdrey said on Monday the […]
The Peak Gold Mine’s (PGM) Emergency Rescue team recently competed in the Victorian Mines Rescue competition, held at Fosterville Gold Mine in Bendigo, finishing first in three events and third overall in the competition. The PGM team conducted themselves with a high level of team work and outstanding individual skills […]
Aurelia Metals management has told Peak Gold Mines employees the company will be making the transition from “owner-mining” to “contract-mining”. Management held a meeting with employees onsite on Tuesday morning to detail the plans. Since Aurelia Metals’ announcement of their intention to purchase the Peak Gold Mine (PGM) in November […]
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