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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
| El Morro Development Mine
The project is located in the Municipality of Alto del Carmen, Huasco Province, Third Region of Atacama in northern Chile.The El Morro District sits at the center of a tectonic depression enclosed to the west by the west dipping Cazadero fault and, to the east by the east dipping Cantaritos fault.It contains proven and probable reserves of 6.7 million ounces of gold and 5.7 billion pounds of copper with an additional 2.2 million ounces of gold and 1.0 billion pounds of copper in the measured and indicated resource categories. Mining Method: open pit Commodity: Gold, Copper Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 14 Reserves/Resources: 450 Mt at 0.58% copper, 0.46 g/t gold for 6.7 Moz gold & 5.7 Billion lb copper (Reserves - Dec/09) Products: 480,000 oz gold, 407 million lbs copper (est. annual average) Owner: Goldcorp Inc. (70%), New Gold Inc. (30%) country/region: CHILE Continent: South America
| Pascua Lama
Pascua-Lama is an open pit mining project of gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Pascua Lama is located in the Andes mountains, in the southern reaches of Atacama Desert, straddling the border between Chile and Argentina at an altitude of over 4,500 metres.The gold-silver deposit was discovered in 1977 by St. Joe and CMSA. Barrick acquired the project in 1994. Mining Method: open pit Commodity: Gold, Silver Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 25 Start Date: 2013 Reserves/Resources: 17.8 Moz gold and 718 Moz silver (Dec31/2009) Products: 14 Moz gold and 494 Moz silver (over the LOM) Owner: Barrick Gold country/region: CHILE Continent: South America
| Tanjianshan
The Tanjianshan mine is located in the Dachaidan Region, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, northwest China. The Tanjianshan property covers 338 sq km and includes four exploration licenses and two mining licenses. The mine consists of two separate deposits - Qinlongtan ("QLT") and Jinlonggou ("JLG"). Mining Method: open pit Commodity: Gold Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2016 Reserves/Resources: Gold - 562 koz (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable) Products: Gold - 115k oz in 2011 Owner: Eldoradogold Corp. - 90%
Qinhai No 1 Geological Brigade - 5%
Dachaidan Gold Mine - 5% country/region: CHINA Continent: Asia
| La Colosa Development Mine
The La Colosa Project is located 150 km west of Colombia's capital city, Bogota, in the department of Tolima.Gold was the metal of choice of local Pre-Columbian populations but there were no prior mining or exploration activities in the project area before 2006 when AngloGold Ashanti's field team discovered the La Colosa gold deposit. Mining Method: new project Commodity: Gold Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 20 Reserves/Resources: 468.8 Mt at 0.86 g/t gold for 12.9 Moz gold (2008) Products: 700,000 oz per year Owner: AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. country/region: COLOMBIA Continent: South America
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