Our History
Northern Star Mining Services was established in 2010 at Paulsens Gold Mine to provide in-house specialised underground services as an alternative to the traditional client-contractor arrangement.
Technical teams of Northern Star Resources (client) are able to to focus on planning and scheduling the mine, which allows the Mining Services (contractor) team to focus on achieving operational excellence. This model enables the high output of a contract miner to be achieved, with the buy-in mindset of the client, resulting in increased ounces at a lower cost.
Following the success of this model at Paulsens, it has been replicated across the Northern Star operations and more broadly, the mining sector.
In 2010, the NSMS team operated six pieces of heavy machinery and employed 70 people. Fast forward 13 years, and the business has grown exponentially with a fleet of more than 100 heavy machines and 1200 employees across two continents. Notably, this model continues to achieve record metres and tonnes for more than a decade.
Our Core Values
Our Core Values
The culture at Northern Star is one of a shared vision, purpose and teamwork. We believe that diversity is essential to our success and ensure an equal opportunity employment environment. To work at Northern Star, you must commit to the following:
- Safety – It matters and it starts with you
- Teamwork – Together we can
- Accountability – The responsibility lies with you
- Respect – To get it you must give it
- Results – We deliver on our promise
STARR
It’s what we stand for
History of Growth
November 2023
Commence Mining Contract at Wonder (Thunderbox) (current)
June 2023
Re-commence Mining Contract at Fimiston at The Super Pit (KCGM)
October 2022
Commence Mining Contract at Porphyry, firing Porphyry Portal (Carosue Dam) (current)
November 2021
Commence Mining Contract at Ramone, firing Ramone Portal (Jundee) (current)
April 2021
Fimiston Portal Cut at The Super Pit (KCGM) (current)
November 2020
Commence Mining Contract at Mt Charlotte (KCGM) (current)
March 2020
Millennium World Record 1033.4m development metres advanced
September 2019
Moonbeam Portal Cut at Millennium (Kundana Gold Mine) (finish 2021 August)
December 2018
Commence Mining Contract at South Kalgoorlie Operations (current)
September 2018
Commence Mining Contract at Pogo Gold Mine (current)
July 2016
Commence Mining Contract at Kundana Gold Mine, firing Millennium Portal (Kundana) (finish 2021 August)
February 2014
Commence Mining Contract at East Kundana Joint Venture (finish 2021 August)
February 2014
Commence Mining Contract at Kanowna Belle Gold Mine (current)
February 2014
Commence Mining Contract at Plutonic Gold Mine (finish 2016 October)
July 2010
Commence Mining Contract at Paulsens Gold Mine (finish 2017 December)
Where We Deliver
We own and operate three high-quality gold production centres: Kalgoorlie, Yandal and Pogo, all located in world class jurisdictions.
Pogo Operations
Kalgoorlie Operations
Yandal Operations
KCGM Operations
Pogo Operations
- Pogo 375
Kalgoorlie Operations
- Kanowna Belle 200
- Porphyry 100
- South Kalgoorlie 125
Yandal Operations
- Ramone 100
- Wonder 100
- Griffin 50
KCGM Operations
- Mt Charlotte 400
- Fimiston 100
Growth
NSMS continues to show growth and continuity with our presence in top–tier assets which have multi-decade mine lives and with new projects coming online. We had a notable 57% growth in employees, our most valuable resource, between FY22 and FY23, and forecast to increase by a further 44% by FY25.
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