Silver Lake statue pushes gold barrow

OUT AND ABOUT: Gold producer Silver Lake Resources is proudly showing off the fruits of its labours at this year’s Diggers & Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie.

The company has commissioned a statue by award winning sculptor William Eicholtz.

Silver Lake Resources managing director told The Roadhouse the statue is, “A tribute to the prospectors who endured great challenges in their relentless pursuit of gold.”

“Many pushed wheelbarrows from all over Australia to be part of the 1893 gold rush here in Kalgoorlie.

“We like to promote the industry that we work in and the product that we mine.”

It is not unusual for a gold company to have some form of gold bullion on its balance sheet, and most gold companies do that.

“We happen to have our bullion in art form,” Davis said.

The statue the company had made for last year’s conference has since appreciated $300,000 so there is probably some credence to Silver Lake’s thinking.

The statue is titled, “The Gold Prospector” and is a 1000 ounce statue made from pure gold mined from the company’s operations.

At current gold prices the statue is valued at $1.5 million.