September 07, 2008

Mt Gibson to open Koolan iron ore mine

Australian resource company Mount Gibson Iron announced the officially opening of its Koolan Island iron ore mine in northern Western Australia. The project has been under construction for about 18 months.

Mr Luke Tonkin MD of Mount Gibson said that the company plans to build a cultural education facility on the site and has already had positive results from an Indigenous training program. He said that the company is committed to providing employment for Indigenous people.

He further added that "Currently we've had about 25 local Indigenous employees commence work at Koolan Island and at the moment about seven and a half to 8% of our employed work force are from an indigenous background."