VOLUME 21 - ISSUE 4
1-15 APRIL 2026
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Above: The Mount Morgan Mine Site. Photo courtesy of Rob Harman - Hawkeye Services
Gold Fever and Fresh Starts - Heritage Minerals Approaches the Finish Line The ochre-coloured dust of Mount Morgan has a way of staining everything it touches—boots, truck fenders, and the local history books.
For over a century, the “Golden Mount” was a titan of Australian industry, but when the last whistles blew in 1981, it left behind more than just memories. It left a massive environmental footprint:
millions of tonnes of tailings sitting in a landscape scarred by acid rock drainage. For years, the site was a cautionary tale. But today, if you stand near the edge of the old open cut, the air feels different. There’s a sense of momentum. Heritage Minerals isn’t just looking at Mount Morgan as a relic of the past, they’re treating it as the mine of the future.
The physical transformation of the site over the last few months has been enormous. What was once a quiet expanse of historic residue is now a hive of mechanical progress. The Run of Mine wall (ROM) stands complete, a literal foundation for the operations to come. Most of the massive processing tanks now Continued on Page 2