Clogau - Spring and Summer 2021

17 THE MINES Gold was first discovered at the Clogau St David’s mine in 1854, becoming the richest and most productive gold mine in the Dolgellau gold mining belt in Snowdonia, North Wales. It had been producing copper for a number of years before the discovery of gold – and it is the copper that gives the distinctive pale rose cast to the beautiful Clogau gold blend. Our company founder Bill Roberts acquired the Clogau St David’s mine In the 1980s to begin a small scale mining operation. His first range of Clogau jewellery would follow in 1994, with items sold in local gift shops. It was to be the start of a brand now renowned across the world for our highly coveted range of design-led pieces using traditional jewellery-making techniques. In 2014 Clogau Gold of Wales Lt acquired the rights to the Gwynfynydd mine, also located on the Dolgellau Gold Belt, which was first discovered in 1860. It was from this mine that the Queen was presented with a kilogram ingot of Welsh gold on her 60th birthday (in April 1986).