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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
| Escobal Mine
The Escobal project is a high-grade silver-gold-lead-zinc discovery located approximately 40 km east-southeast from Guatemala City in southeastern Guatemala.The Escobal deposit was discovered in 1996.Production is projected for late 2013 with commercial production commencing in early 2014.
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2032
Reserves/Resources: Silver - 367.5 Moz (Indicated, 2012)
Products: Silver - 319 Moz (over the Life-of-Mine - LOM)
Gold - 273 Koz (LOM)
Lead - 336.5 Mlbs (LOM)
Zinc - 596 Mlbs (LOM)
Owner: Tahoe Resources Inc. - 100%
country/region: GUATEMALA
Continent: Central American
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