Posted in ALL news, tagged 130 km, 16.6 million, 20.1 million, 2007, 2008., 24 years., Australia's, belonging, Boddington, Boddington mine, concentrate, copper, excess, expected, exploration potential, first, gold, gold mine., increasing, initial, large, largest, mine life, Newmont, Newmont Mining of Denver, open, Oz, pit, poured, production, reserves, Saddleback Greenstone Belt, shipment, significant, southeast of Perth, The Boddington mine, western australia on October 12, 2009|
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA — The first gold has been poured and the initial copper concentrate shipment made at the Boddington mine belonging to Newmont Mining of Denver. At full production, this will be Australia’s largest gold mine.
The Boddington mine is a large open pit 130 km southeast of Perth within the Saddleback Greenstone Belt. Newmont believes Boddington has significant exploration potential, with gold reserves increasing from 16.6 million oz in 2007 to 20.1 million oz in 2008 and an expected mine life in excess of 24 years.
Source : www.canadianminingjournal.com
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Posted in Living in Perth, Local News, tagged Allport., another, ‘Jughead’, big surf, captured, charger, day, dealing, declared, hands down!”, heaviest wave, Indian Ocean, Justen, Mickey Smith, monster, monster wave, Morgan, NSW, Oz, Paul, photograph, Photographer, renowned, ridden, ridden in Oz, riding, Riding the monster wave, serious slab, South-West, stunning, surf, surfer, surfer Paul Morgan, surfing, this year., throws, WA, WA's, wave on August 6, 2009|
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WA’S South-West has thrown up another monster wave captured in this stunning big surf photograph.
That is the heaviest wave ridden in Oz this year so far, hands down!
Riding the monster wave is NSW surfer Paul Morgan,
dealing with a very serious slab of Indian Ocean.
Photographer : Mickey Smith
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Posted in Living in Perth, Local News, tagged $90 million, $90m, $90m jackpot, 20 million, 45 million to one., 6 per cent, a Lotto, accustomed, adults, attributed, Australia, Australia’s, Australian lottery history, Average, ban, big, bumper draw., buy, chief executive, culmination, Division One, dollars, draw, each week, economic climate., estimated, expected, fever, few dollars, five times, gambling, game, Greg Mills, gripped WA, hotspots, jackpot, Jan Stewart, jump, Kalgoorlie, lottery, Lottery Centre, Lottery fever, lottery-loving, lottery-loving State, Lotterywest, Lotto, Lotto fever, Lotto jackpot, Lotto tickets, lucky place, million, more, Morley, next week, nine weeks, number, Oz, OZ Lotto, OZ Lotto draw, people, perth, Perth CBD, poker machines, powerball, Powerball game, Powerball jackpot, prize pool, prizes., record, reduced, rolled-over, run-up, Saturday Lotto, scooping, scratchie, scratchie ticket, sharing, slim, soared, special, spending., splurge, stake, State, Superdraw, ticket, ticket sales in WA, tickets, Tuesday’s, unprecedented, Victoria, WA, WA gripped, week, west, West Australian, winners, Yokine on June 27, 2009|
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Two in three West Australian adults are expected to take part in a $20 million splurge on lottery tickets in the hope of scooping Australia’s record $90 million Lotto jackpot next week.
Lottery fever has gripped WA and it is estimated five times more tickets than usual will be bought in the State for Tuesday’s Oz Lotto draw.
The $90 million prize pool is unprecedented in Australian lottery history and is the culmination of nine weeks of rolled-over Oz Lotto prizes.
Lotterywest chief executive Jan Stewart said lottery ticket sales in WA were up 6 per cent on last year and were expected to jump even higher for Tuesday’s bumper draw.
“Our experience is that irrespective of the economic climate, people seem to continue to spend the few dollars each week they have been accustomed to spending on a Lotto or scratchie ticket and to find a little more when there is something special on like a big Oz Lotto or Powerball jackpot or a Saturday Lotto Superdraw,” Ms Stewart said.
WA is a lottery-loving State, a fact which could be attributed to the ban on poker machines that has reduced gambling choices in the West.
Whether WA is luckier or just plays more, the State is full of Lotto winners. Over the past 12 months, seven of the 12 major (Division One) wins in the Oz Lotto game across Australia have gone to WA.
West Australian adults spend an average of $5.98 every week on the lottery and the clamour for tickets for Tuesday’s draw has shown they are spending more than ever.
Greg Mills, of Yokine Lottery Centre, said the number of people coming in to buy Lotto tickets had soared from an average of 250 a day to 350 in the run-up to Tuesday’s game.
“It’s pumping. People all want a share of this $90 million. It’s creating a lot of interest,” Mr Mills said.
Sadly, though, the chances of winning are slim — 45 million to one.
To improve your chances, it might be worth taking note of which numbers come up most often. The number 5 has been drawn 14 times over the past 50 Oz Lotto draws, while 45, 35 and 28 have come up 13 times each.
At the other end of the scale, the number 38 has emerged only three times in the past 50 draws. Numbers 6, 14, 36 and 39 were almost as unlucky, with four appearances each.
You could also buy your ticket in one of WA’s lottery hotspots. Kalgoorlie has had the most Division One wins over the past five years, with $31.7 million won by eight players.
Perth CBD is also a lucky place, with more than $26.4 million shared between 11 Division One ticket holders over the same period.
Morley has had the highest number of Division One winners with 12 tickets sharing $9.8 million.
The biggest Division One win of all time was $58.7 million, which was won in Victoria in the Powerball game in June 2008.
Source : www.thewest.com.au
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Posted in Local News, tagged 15, 1963, A$62 ($50), Albany, avoid, busy, capital, capital Perth, coast, come on board, Commercial whaling, crowds., cruises, decades, early, every year, faster, growing, head south, Hillarys, Hillarys Boat Harbour, hurry, Local News, numbers, Oz, perth, population, season, sightings, three-hour cruises, Tourism peeps, tourist, two-hour trip, underway, unlikely, WA, wallowing, West Oz, western australia, whale population, whale watching season, Whale watching trips, whale-watchers, whales, whales showing up. on June 26, 2009|
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The coast of Western Australia is getting busy: the whale watching season is underway and early sightings suggest that not only has the season started early, but there are more whales than there’ve been in decades. Commercial whaling in Western Australia finished up in 1963 with just 500 humpback whales left in the waters, but estimates now put the number of whales that will swim the 8,000 miles from Antarctica to the north of the state at around 17,000. Good work, whales!
Whale watching trips run all up and down the coast and from the capital Perth, too – grab a two-hour trip from Hillarys Boat Harbour for A$62 (
$50), or head south to Albany for three-hour cruises that let you come on board again in the unlikely event of no whales showing up.
The only thing that seems to be growing faster than the whale population is the population of whale-watchers. Tourism peeps in West Oz say tourist numbers are growing by 15% every year so you need to hurry to avoid the crowds.
Source : www.jaunted.com
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Posted in Local News, tagged $50 million draw., $59 million., $60 million, $90 million, all-time record, already, boosted, decision, division, draw, epic, exclusive, expected, experienced, first, first division, first division winners, for tickets, frenzy, game, guaranteed, interest, jackpot, jackpotted, Karen Anning, last night's, last nights draw, lead up to, level, Local News, Lotteries, lottery draw, Lotto, lotto frenzy, massive, million, minimum, Ms Anning said., new, next, next week, next week's, night's, no, offer, one, one prize, Oz, OZ Lotto, past week, pool, PR manager, prize, proportions, reach, record, rush, staggering, SUPER 7s, Super 7s Oz Lotto, Tattersall's, Tuesday, Tuesday nights draw.", unprecedented, week, winners on June 24, 2009|
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EXCLUSIVE: SUPER 7s Oz Lotto has jackpotted to a staggering $90 million next week.
The new, all-time record lottery draw will take place next Tuesday after there were no first division winners in last night’s $50 million draw.
A rush for tickets for last night’s game saw the division one prize pool boosted to a massive $59 million.
Tattersall’s Lotteries PR manager Karen Anning said next week’s Super 7s Oz Lotto
draw will shatter all existing records for lotto games in Australia.
“We were expecting the game to jackpot to $60 million next week if there were no first division winners but, due to the unprecedented level of interest in last nights draw, the decision has been made to offer a minimum guaranteed jackpot level of $90 million, Ms Anning said.
“The lotto frenzy we have already experienced over the past week is expected reach epic proportions in the lead up to next Tuesday nights draw.”
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