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Crixas Mine
The Crixas mines are situated 3 km south of the city of Crix¨¢s in the Goias State of Central Brazil and it is 260 km northwest of Brasilia, the country's capital.Mining started in 1987 with ore being stockpiled on the surface. Development was largely completed by the end of 1989, enabling successful testing of the metallurgical circuit to take place through the fourth quarter of 1989. Initial dor¨¦ bullion associated with this testing was poured on November 14, 1989. Initial gold sales from the project occurred in January 1990.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: Gold 5.03m oz
(Dec 31, 2009, proven and probable reserves)
Products: Gold 75k oz in 2009
Owner: Kinross Gold Corp (50%), Anglogold Ashanti (50%)
country/region: BRAZIL
Continent: South America
| Gurupi Mine
The Gurupi project is located some 500 km southwest of Sao Luis in the state of Maranhao in northern Brazil. The Cipoeiro deposit is 55 km and Chega Tudo deposit is 64 km off the BR316highway.The Gurupi mineral deposits are considered to be typical of mesothermal vein-style, or orogenic-style gold deposits.The Project encompasses two gold (Chega Tudo and Cipoeiro) situated at a 10-km distance from each other.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 13
Start Date: 2012
Reserves/Resources: 63.75 Mt at 1.14 g/t gold for 2.3 Moz (Probable)
Products: 1.9 Moz gold over LOM.
Owner: Jaguar Mining Inc. (100%)
country/region: BRAZIL
Continent: South America
| Jacobina
The Jacobina project is located in the state of Bahia in northeastern Brazil approximately 340 km northwest of the city of Salvador.The mine is one of the largest gold mines in the Brazil and in the world.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: As of December 31, 2008 proven and probable reserves stood at 17.2 Mt grading 2.14g/t gold for 1.185Moz gold.
Products: Gold 116.8k oz in 2012
Owner: Yamana Gold Inc.(100%)
country/region: BRAZIL
Continent: South America
| 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
| Cerro Casale Mine
Cerro Casale is a porphyry gold-copper mining project located in northern Chile, South America in mountainous terrain with elevations ranging from 3,800 to 4,400 m. It is located 145 km southeast of the city of Copiapo.Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves estimated for 23.2 Moz contained gold and 5.8 Mlb contained copper. Proposed mine life based on the current mineral reserve is 20 years for the mine and 18 years for the process plant. Pre-stripping would start in 2012.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 20
Reserves/Resources: 1,212,885 t grading 0.59 g/t gold 0.22% Copper 1.51 g/t Silver containing 23.17 Moz gold 5,782 Mlbs Copper 58.720 Moz Silver (Reserves - Feb/10)
Products: 16.8 Moz gold4,832 Mlb Copper
36.5 Moz Silver (over the LOM)
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp (75%), Kinross Gold Corp (30%)
country/region: CHILE
Continent: South America
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