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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
| Camino Rojo mine
The Camino Rojo mine is one of the largest silver-gold mines in Mexico and in the world. The mine is located in the center of the country in Zacatecas. It was discovered in 2007 by two Canplats geologists. The mine has estimated reserves of 1.63 million oz of gold and 32.07 million oz of silver.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 11
Reserves/Resources: 3.4 Moz gold, 60.7 Moz silver (Resources - Oct/10)
Products: 123,000 oz gold, 755,500 oz silver (est. annual avg.)
Owner: Goldcorp Inc
country/region: MEXICO
Continent: North America
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