Veladero mine
Location | |
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San Juan Province | |
Country | Argentina |
Production | |
Products | Gold |
Owner | |
Company | Barrick Gold |
The Veladero mine is a gold mine in Argentina.[1] The mine is located in the north-western part of Argentina in San Juan Province.[1] The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million oz of gold.[1] It is operated by Barrick Gold.The mine uses heap leach to extract gold and silver, which is a process that uses cyanide to dissolve the gold and mercury to extract it from the cyanide slurry. This mine has had at least 5 catastrophic spills into the environment contaminating 5 rivers.
![DeWind D8.2 HE 2MW wind turbine at the Veladero mine.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Veladero_01.png/167px-Veladero_01.png)
In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Veladero". barrick.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "Barrick Gold Starts Up World's Highest-Altitude Wind Turbine in Argentina, an Industrial Info News Alert". Reuters. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2016-01-27.
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