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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 – 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 – 15% country/region: UNITED STATES Continent: North America
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