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The DeGrussa Copper Operations are located 900km north-east of Perth in Western Australia.


DeGrussa’s remarkable progress from discovery in April 2009 through to resource drill-out, feasibility, financing, construction and development – just over three years from discovery drill-hole to first production – set new benchmarks for the efficient development of resources in Western Australia. The high-grade, low cost nature of the DeGrussa Copper Operations laid the foundation for Sandfire’s longer-term vision and success.

DeGrussa’s History

The Journery at DeGrussa began in April of 2009 when 25-year-old geologist Margaret Hawke, lead the discovery of the DeGrussa Deposits, unearthing massive sulphide mineralisation in a region better known for its gold discoveries.
This discovery, which was one of the highest-grade copper discoveries ever seen in Australia, would propel Sandfire from a junior explorer to a successful mid-tier copper producer in less than three and half years.
Over a decade later, from the first bucket of open pit direct shipping ore to extraction of the final underground stope, DeGrussa has been a phenomenal success which has created a great deal of value and changed the lives of many people.