Empowering communities: The Gold Industry Group and its members are committed to advancing communities through long-term partnerships and programs across Australia.
Netball: The Gold Industry Group’s three-year partnership with Netball WA, West Coast Fever and Shooting Stars, established in 2019, is growing all levels of the sport across the State and generating real benefit in the regions. It is creating new talent pathways, empowering players and changing the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls.
Mental health: The Gold Industry Group’s partnership with not-for-profit mental health charity LIVIN, established in 2017, is empowering Australians to speak up about mental health through the delivery of LIVINWell workshops at member offices, mine sites, schools and the wider community across Australia.
Education: The Gold Industry Group’s partnership with Australian Earth Science Education, established in 2020, is bringing Earth and Environmental Science education resources and support to NSW schools. The Gold Industry Group’s National Gold Education Program provides teachers and students with access to free, interactive gold demonstrations delivered by trained workers in Australia’s gold industry, as well as exclusive Gold Resources Kits and a myriad of classroom learning materials.
COVID-19 support: AngloGold Ashanti Australia, Gold Fields, Gold Road Resources, Northern Star Resources, Ramelius Resources and Regis Resources contributed millions to a COVID-19 Community Support Fund providing support to key WA community organisations: the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Foodbank and Lifeline.
Gold Fields’ three-year partnership with Football West is growing soccer through clinics, school visits, coaching and referee courses as well as development and inclusion programs across WA.
Gold Fields and Gold Road Resources donated a one-kilogram gold bar to Telethon 2019, with proceeds from the auction supporting a better life for children across WA.
Northern Star Resources established a COVID-19 relief fund in 2019-2020, assisting communities, local health services and businesses. This included aiding food security, COVID-19 testing in remote regions, and supporting Indigenous communities.
Evolution Mining formed a two-year partnership with the Jonathan Thurston Academy in 2019 to improve access to employment and training opportunities for Indigenous job seekers across Australia.
Kirkland Lake Gold invested in the City of Greater Bendigo in 2019-2020, for the running and maintenance of food share vehicles to reduce food poverty; sponsorship of more than 100 free or low-cost events to bring the community together; and to establish a youth centre, as well as programs and support services.
Ramelius Resources’ long-term Mount Magnet Benefit Fund assists community programs and/or infrastructure. The Company also invested in the WA film The Furnace in 2019, showcasing the State’s 1890s gold rush.
St Barbara Limited’s three-year partnership with the Shooting Stars program and Clontarf Foundation is improving the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Regis Resources is assisting vital community services through its COVID-19 Community Support Fund and donated to Perth’s Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the Starlight Children’s Foundation to brighten the lives of sick children.
AngloGold Ashanti Australia is committed to long-term local community initiatives in WA’s Goldfields with a focus in education and youth development. In collaboration with Carey Mining and Macmahon Holdings, the company supports the Get into Mining program for Aboriginal trainees at their Tropicana Gold Mine in WA.