ANZSIC class
0804
0804 Gold Ore Mining
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining gold ore and in beneficiating gold ore, or in the preliminary extraction of gold from ore mined by the same unit by smelting or by extraction of gold from a liquor.
- Division
- B Mining
- Parent group
- 080 Metal Ore Mining
- Edition
- 2006 Revision 2.0
- Status
- Active
What this code includes
This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining gold ore and in beneficiating gold ore, or in the preliminary extraction of gold from ore mined by the same unit by smelting or by extraction of gold from a liquor.
Activities and examples
- Alluvial gold mining
- Eluvial gold mining
- Gold bullion production
- Gold dredging
- Gold mining
- Gold ore roasting and flotation extraction, including metallurgical hydro-extraction
- Gold washing or sluicing
- Reworking of mullock heaps or tailings for gold
Exclusions and references
- custom smelting or refining of gold - see ANZSIC 2139 (Other Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing)
Classification hierarchy
- ANZSIC
- B Mining
- 08 Metal Ore Mining
- 080 Metal Ore Mining
- 0804 Gold Ore Mining
Correspondence mappings
Related ATO BIC codes
Other classes in this group
- 2139 Other Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing custom smelting or refining of gold is classified there.
- 0801 Iron Ore Mining Sibling class in the same ANZSIC group.
- 0802 Bauxite Mining Sibling class in the same ANZSIC group.
- 0803 Copper Ore Mining Sibling class in the same ANZSIC group.
- 0805 Mineral Sand Mining Sibling class in the same ANZSIC group.
In this section
Official source
- Official source
- ABS detailed classification page
- Last reviewed
- 2026-04-17
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