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Golden Sunlight mine
The Golden Sunlight mine is an open pit gold mine in Jefferson County, Montana, approximately 25 mi (40 km) east of Butte, Montana. The mine sits at an elevation of 6,000 ft (1,829 m) on the Bull Mountain range. The mine has been in operation since 1975. It is mined by conventional open-pit methods.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2015
Reserves/Resources: 8.04 Mt at 1.87 g/t gold for 487 koz (Dec 31, 2011, proven and probable reserves)
Products: 62 koz gold (2011).
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp. - 100%
country/region: UNITED STATES
Continent: North America
| Goldstrike Mine
Goldstrike is a gold mine in North Eastern Nevada, Lynn District, Eureka County. It is located on the Carlin Trend where several other mines are found. Barrick Gold started mining Goldstrike in 1986. It is the largest gold mine in North America.The Goldstrike operations consist of the Betze-Post open pit mine and the Meikle and Rodeo underground mines which are located just north of the Betze-Post pit, along the same mineralized trend.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold
Reserves/Resources: Gold, 12.6m oz total (2010, proven and probable reserves)
Products: Gold, 1.24m oz in 2010
Owner: Barrick 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 ¨C 50% of SVCO
Kinross Gold Corporation ¨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 ¨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
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