Gallery | SAMERC 2019


The 2019 SAMERC competitions were held at the OZ Minerals Prominent Hill Mine Site. The events were held over the 3 days with 6 participating teams (Prominent Hill, Olympic Dam, Perilya, SIMEC, Carrapateena and Cadia Valley).

The event results were:

Theory - Olympic Dam

UG Search and Rescue - Cadia Valley

Fire Fighting/Aviation - Prominent Hill

First Aid - Cadia Valley

Rope Rescue - Olympic Dam

BA Search and Rescue - Perilya

Skills Event - Carrapateena

Road Crash Rescue - Prominent Hill

HAZMAT - Olympic Dam

Congratulations to the BHP Olympic Dam team who won the overall perpetual trophy with an overall total percentage of 78.6%.

Thanks to our event sponsors and the 19 Adjudicators, 48 Team Members,12 Casualties and 20 Volunteers that helped make the 10th annual South Australian Mines Rescue Competitions a great success.