Batu Hijau Copper, Gold Mine

Batu Hijau Gold MineBatu Hijau Gold MineLocation: Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.Products: Copper & Gold.Owner: P.T. Newmont Nusa Tenggara.Ore Type: Porphory Copper deposits.Reserves: the Batu Hijau included 2.77 million tonnes of copper with an average grade of 0.69g/t gold, which would allow mining to continue until 2025.Ore geology and Mineralization: The Batu Hijau porphyry Cu‐Au deposit is a world‐class island arc...

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Boddington Gold Mine

Boddington Gold MineBoddington Gold MineLocation: Boddington ,Western Australia. Ore Type: Lode Deposits.Products: Gold. Secondary Copper.Owner: Newmont Mining.Reserves: By the end of 2011, proven ore reserves at Boddington were 20.3 million ounce (moz) of gold and 2.26 billion pounds (blbs) of copper.Overview: Boddington Gold Mine (BGM) is located about 130km south-east of Perth in Western Australia. The largest gold mine in...

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The Ranger Uranium Mine

The Ranger Uranium MineThe Ranger Uranium MineLocation: Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.Products: Uranium.Owner: Energy Resources of Australia Limited.Deposit Type: Unconformity-related uranium deposits.Overview: In 1969 the Ranger orebody was discovered by a Joint Venture of Peko Wallsend Operations Ltd (Peko) and The Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australia Limited (EZ). In 1974 an agreement set up a joint venture consisting...

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The Goldstrike Mine.

Barrick Goldstrike MineIt is owned and operated by the world's largest gold mining company, & it is the largest gold mine in North America.The Goldstrike Mine. Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States.Products: Gold , Silver.Ore Type: Epithermal gold deposite in carbonate or silicate sedimentary rocks.Owner: Barrick Gold.Ounces of gold produced in 2014 >> 902,000Ounces of proven and probable gold reserves...

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Lac des Iles Mine

Lac des Iles MineLac des Iles Palladium MineLocation: Toronto, Canada.Products: PGE Deposits.By product: Gold. Platinum, silver, nickel, and copper.Owner: North American Palladium Ltd.GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND MINERALIZATIONThe Property is underlain by mafic to ultramafic rocks of the Lac des Iles Intrusive Complex in the Wabigoon Subprovince of the Canadian Shield. The LDI-IC is an irregularly-shaped Neoarchean-age mafic-ultramafic intrusive body...

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Golden Sunlight Mine

Golden Sunlight Mine Location: Jefferson County, Montana, United States.Products: Gold.Owner: Barrick Gold Corporation.Ore Type: Breccia pipe.Reserves: Golden Sunlight produced 86,000 ounces of gold in 2014 at all in sustaining costs of $1,181 per ounce1. Proven and probable mineral reserves as at December 31, 2014, were 127,000 ounces of gold2.In 2015, gold production is expected to be 90,000-105,000 ounces at all-in sustaining costs of $1,000-$1,025...

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Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Copper Mine

Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Copper MineIt is the world's deepest man-made open pit excavation.Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Copper MineLocation: Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.Products: Copper.Owner: Rio Tinto Group.Ore Type : Porphyry copper deposit.The history of the Mine:Bingham Canyon was settled in 1848 by the Bingham brothers, Thomas and Sanford, who were ranchers with no mining experience. In 1863, soldiers stationed at Fort Douglas...

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