The Agnew Gold Mine, formerly the EMU Mine, is a gold mine located 3 km west of Agnew, Western Australia. It is owned by Gold Fields.[1] As of 2022, it is one of four mines the company operates in Australia, the others being the Granny Smith, Gruyere and St Ives.
Ore is mined at Agnew in the under ground Waroonga complex and the open pit Songvang operation.[2]
History
Gold mining at Agnew commenced in the early 1900s, with mining being carried out by East Murchison United,[3] EMU, which gave the mine its original name, the EMU mine, as well as a company owned by