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hycroft mine
Hycroft mine is located 87 km (56 miles) west of Winnemucca in Humboldt and Pershing Counties, Nevada, USA. Initial exploratory drilling that targeted copper and sulphur mineralization was conducted in 1974. Homestake drilled it again in early 1980s and discovered shallow oxide gold mineralization. A small scale gold oxide heap leach mining operation started in 1983.Hycroft is a conventional open pit mining operation that treats the oxide ore through heap leach methods and recovers the gold by using a Merrill Crowe method.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2025 mining (2030 processing)
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 12.7 Moz (proven & probable; Dec 31, 2011),Silver - 481.9 Moz
Products: Gold - 104 Koz (2011) Silver - 480 Koz
Owner: Allied Nevada Gold Corp. - 100%
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
| round mountain gold mine
The Round Mountain Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine in Round Mountain, Nevada. Mining at Round Mountain occurred as early as 1906, using underground techniques. The mine produced 350,000 ounces of gold through underground mining over a sixty-year period, before converting to an open pit
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2019
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 2.8 Moz (Proven & Probablke, December 2011)
Products: Gold - 374,795 oz (2011
Owner: Smoky Valley Common Operation (SVCO), of which:
Barrick Gold Corporation ｨC 50% of SVCO
Kinross Gold Corporation ｨC 50% of SVCO
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
| ruby hill gold mine
The Ruby Hill mine is located on the Battle Mountain/Eureka gold trend, less than one kilometer from the town of Eureka and 193 kilometres south of the Goldstrike Property.Mined intermittently from 1860 up to the 1980s, the Ruby Hill mining area then sat dormant for a number of years. In 1997, Homestake Mining Company sought and received a permit to establish on open-pit mine at the old mine site. In 2001, Barrick acquired the mine through a merger with Homestake.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2019
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 978 koz gold (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable reserves)
Products: Gold ｨC 127 koz in 2011
Owner: Barrick Gold Corporation
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
| Turquoise Ridge Mine
The Turquoise Ridge property is located in the Potosi Mining District, about 70 kilometres northeast of Winnemucca, Nevada, USA, on the eastern flank of the Osgood Mountains.Turquoise Ridge uses underhand cut-and-fill mining methods due to the relatively low rock quality in the ore zones.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: Gold, 4.2m oz total
(2010, proven and probable reserves)
Products: Gold, 124k oz in 2010
Owner: Barrick (75%), Newmont (25%)
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
| pogo gold mine
Pogo mine is located 145 southeast of of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.It is a conventional underground mine.The mine is presently expected to produce 350,000 and 500,000 ounces of gold per annum over a 10-year mine life. In 2012, successful exploration programs identified new gold resources within the mine lease area which could extend the mine life to 2020.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2020
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 4.9 Moz gold (resources + reserves, 2011)
Products: Gold - 350 koz per year in average
Owner: Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd (SMM) - 85%, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan ｨC 15%
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
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