traded as lse ald asx ald tsx ald industry resources headquarters milton queensland australia area served pacific rim key people mark v caruso executive chairman 1 products gold silver revenue a 67 555 369 2010 1 profit a 10 228 815 2010 2 total assets a 431 658 286 2010 1 website alliedgold.com.au allied gold mining plc was an australian based pacific rim gold producer with gold production exploration and development projects in papua new guinea and the solomon islands . 3 contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 simberi papua new guinea 2.2 gold ridge solomon islands 2.3 exploration 3 references 4 external links history edit the company dates back to 2003 when it took an interest in the original owner of the gold mining project on simberi island . 3 operations edit simberi papua new guinea edit allied gold operates an open pit gold and silver mine on simberi island the northern most island of the tabar group in the new ireland province of eastern papua new guinea . 4 the mine is wholly owned and operated by allied gold . 4 gold production started in february 2008 . 4 seven gold deposits have been defined in mining lease 136 ml 136 which covers the central and eastern portion of simberi island and other prospects have been identified . 3 4 as of june 2009 allied reported that the total resources were 4.7 million ounces moz gold oxide gold resources of 1.4 moz and sulphide gold resources of 3.3 moz together with 10.2 moz silver . 3 ore is delivered to the processing facilities on the eastern coast near pigiput bay by aerial conveyor . 4 the process plant is a conventional carbon in leach cil gold process plant capable of treating 2.2 million tonnes of ore per year . 3 production for the 2008 calendar year was 75 267 ounces 2 133 787 grams . 4 gold ridge solomon islands edit in 2009 allied gold acquired the australian listed solomons gold company and its gold ridge project on guadalcanal island in the solomon islands in 2009 . 5 a refurbishment has been completed with the first gold being poured in march 2011 and commissioning completing in june 2011 . gold ridge is expected to produce 100 000 110 000 ounces during 2012 . 5 exploration edit allied is carrying out exploration programmes on tabar island and tatau island south of simberi in exploration license 609 el 609 which covers all of the tabar group outside of licence ml 136 . 3 5 a regional exploration programme around gold ridge is ongoing . 5 references edit a b c appendix 4e preliminary final report 2010 pdf . allied gold . 2010 06 30 . retrieved 15 september 2010 . allied in the black thanks to upgrade . the sydney morning herald . 2010 08 30 . retrieved 15 september 2010 . a b c d e f allied gold annual report 2009 pdf . allied gold . retrieved 10 september 2010 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name ag2009 defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c d e f simberi . mineral policy institute . retrieved 9 september 2010 . a b c d profile july 2010 pdf . allied gold . july 2010 . retrieved 14 september 2010 . external links edit official website v t e gold mining companies of australia active allied gold avoca resources newcrest mining oceanagold oz minerals st barbara limited defunct great central mines normandy mining oxiana limited sino gold mining sons of gwalia wmc resources hill 50 gold mines ltd retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title allied gold & oldid 586189825 categories gold mining companies of australiahidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 december 2013 at 14 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view