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- ↑ Iluka To Shut Mine
- ↑ "CHARLOTTE GOLD". The West Australian . Perth: National Library of Australia. 19 March 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ Mine Closure Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine NSW Minerals Council
- ↑ The South African legislative framework or mine closure The Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- ↑ Care and Maintenance Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum