Western Australia introduced a royalty on gold production of 1.25% from July 1998. The royalty increased to 2.5% in July 2000 at gold prices above A$450/oz; remaining at 1.25% if the price is below A$450/oz. After failing to find a buyer for the operation in 2003, Croesus decommissioned the mine in 2004. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.