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Telfer Mine
The Telfer Mine is a copper and gold mine located at Telfer, in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia. It is owned by Newcrest Mining, Australia's largest gold producer.
The mine was discovered by Newmont Mining in 1972, however, French prospector Jean-Paul Turcaud disputes this claim to this day.
The mine is located on the land of the Martu indigenous people.
In the 2008-09 financial year, the mine produced 32,905 tonnes of copper and 629,108 ounces of gold,
, and damaged the rail line connecting the mine to Port Hedland.
Heavy rainfall was reported along the track of the cyclone, with a two-day total of reported at the Nifty Copper Mine and reported in Telfer. The rain from the cyclone delayed the construction of a gas pipeline at the mine for over 7 months, while the pipeline company waited for the floodwaters to dissipate. According to Newcrest Mining, the rainfall amounts at Telfer exceeded the records going back at least 100 years. The heavy rainfall from both Cyclone