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Pueblo Viejo
Pueblo Viejo is located in the central part of the Dominican Republicon the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the province of Sanchez Ramirez. It is located 15 km west from provincial capital of Cotui and approximately 95 km northwest of the national capital of Santo Domingo. The Pueblo Viejo epithermal gold and silver deposit had been mined intermittently since the Pre-Columbian era. Open pit mining was executed by Rosario Dominicana between 1975 and 1999. In 24 years of production, the mine produced a total of 5.5 million of gold and 25.2 million ounces of silver. Gold ore will be mined by conventional open pit methods from two pits. The mines will follow a conventional drill-blast-load-haul mining sequence.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Reserves/Resources: 252.5 Mt for 23.7 Moz gold, 141.8 Moz silver, 505 Mlbs copper (Reserves, 2010)
Products: 1.0 to 1.125 Moz per year
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp. 60%,Goldcorp Inc. 40%.
country/region: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Continent: Central American
| Fruta del Norte
Fruta Del Norte gold deposit is located within a 95,000 ha land package in the Cordillera del Condor mountain range of Zamora-Chinchipe province of southeastern Ecuador. Placer and some bedrock gold have been exploited in the area by artisanal miners and that fact attracted the attention of some Ecuadorian exploration companies.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 16
Reserves/Resources: 26.1 Mt at 8.07 g/t Gold & 10.9 g/t Silver
Products: 6.3 Moz Gold and 6.7 Moz Silver
Owner: Kinross Gold Corp
country/region: ECUADOR
Continent: South America
| Iduapriem Gold Mine
The Iduapriem Gold Mine is an open-pit gold mine situated 10 km south of Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana in West Africa.Iduapriem is an open-pit mine and its processing facilities include a carbon-in-leach plant. In 2011, the mine produced 199,000 oz gold. Work is planned in 2012 to determine if there is an economic resource sufficient to support underground mining.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: 55.44 Mt @1.43g/t gold for 2.55 Moz (Dec 31, 2011, proven and probable reserves)
Products: Gold - 199 koz (2011)
Owner: AngloGold Ashanti Ltd - 90%,Government of Ghana - 10%
country/region: GHANA
Continent: Africa
| ahafo gold mine
The Ahafo mine is located in the Brong
Ahafo region of west-central Ghana, about 30 km south of Sunyani and 290 km
northwest of the capital city of Accra. It started production in 2006 and in 2010,produced 545,000 oz of gold at a cost of $450/oz.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Start Date: 2006
Reserves/Resources: At December 31, 2010, reported 10.0 million ounces of gold reserves.
Products: Ahafo produced 545,000 ounces of gold in 2010
Owner: Newmont Mining Corporation
country/region: GHANA
Continent: Africa
| Obuasi gold mine
The Obuasi Gold Mine is an open-pit and underground gold mine situated near Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The Obuasi Gold Project is located within the Obuasi Mining District.Although no open-pit mining has taken place at Obuasi since 2005, three pits still contain a Mineral Resource. Underground mining operations have produced 313,000 ounces of gold in 2011.
Mining Method: Open Pit & Underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2044
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 10.51 Moz (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable)
Products: Gold - 313 koz (2011
Owner: AngloGold Ashanti Ltd - 100%
country/region: GHANA
Continent: Africa
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