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Riacho dos Machados Gold Mine
The Riacho dos Machados gold project is located 145 km by road northeast of the city of Montes Claros in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The 11,000 people town of Riacho dos Machados is about 25 km from the project.The mineral deposit was discovered in the 1970s by the Brazilian government in partnership with Vale (CVRD) in a region with no prior history of mining production. Vale open pit mined the oxidized part of the deposit in the period 1989-1997 and produced 155,000 oz gold from low grade (1.89 g/t) oxide ore.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 8
Start Date: 2012
Reserves/Resources: 20.9 Mt at 1.24 g/t gold for 830,200 oz gold (Proven & Probable)
Products: Gold 100k oz
Owner: Carpathian Gold Inc (100%)
country/region: BRAZIL
Continent: South America
| Sleeping Giant Mine
The Sleeping Giant mine is located in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec,Canada, approximately 80 kilometres north of Amos, a town of about 13,000.The mine was discovered in 1976 and mining began in 1988. It was shut down in 1991 and reopened in 1993. The Mine is a typical "narrow vein" gold mine as it commonly found in the region.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: 91kt @8.91g/t proven reserve (Dec 31, 2009)
Products: 50kg Gold in 2009
Owner: North American Palladium
country/region: CANADA
Continent: North America
| Wolverine Mine
Wolverine zinc-silver mine is located 190 kilometers northwest of Watson Lake in southeast Yukon Territory, Canada. The mine is owned by Yukon Zinc Corporation a private company majority owned by JDC (Jinduicheng Molybdenum Group Mining Co., Ltd ). JDC is the top Asian molybdenum producer and the same time the world¡¯s third largest molybdenum producer.Wolverine is an underground mine that has on-site milling capabilities of 1,700 tonnes per day to produce zinc, copper and lead concentrate. The mill was commissioned in 2010 and as of 2012 production is increasing to design capacity.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2022
Reserves/Resources: Copper - 103 Mlbs (proven & probable, June 2011);
Zinc - 1.09 billion lbs;
Lead - 142.76 Mlbs;
Silver - 46.7 Moz;
Gold - 225.18 Koz
Owner: Jinduicheng Canada Resources Corporation Limited
country/region: CANADA
Continent: North America
| Santo Domingo
The Santo Domingo Project is located 50 kilometres west of Codelco's El Salvador copper mine, and 130 kilometres north northeast of Copiapo in Region III, Chile, near the town of Diego de Almagro. Mining for copper, gold, and iron has been ongoing in this area since early in the 19th century. The project area has a relatively long history of small-scale mining and prospecting.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Iron
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 18
Reserves/Resources: 418Mt at 0.04g/t gold and 0.32% copper
Products: 144Mlbs copper, 4.1Mt iron, 15koz gold per year
Owner: Capstone Mining Corp. (100%)
country/region: CHILE
Continent: South America
| Tanjianshan
The Tanjianshan mine is located in the Dachaidan Region, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, northwest China. The Tanjianshan property covers 338 sq km and includes four exploration licenses and two mining licenses. The mine consists of two separate deposits - Qinlongtan ("QLT") and Jinlonggou ("JLG").
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2016
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 562 koz (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable)
Products: Gold - 115k oz in 2011
Owner: Eldoradogold Corp. - 90%
Qinhai No 1 Geological Brigade - 5%
Dachaidan Gold Mine - 5%
country/region: CHINA
Continent: Asia
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