Veladero mine explained

Veladero mine
State/Province:San Juan Province
Country:Argentina
Owner:Barrick Gold
Products: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. In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Veladero. 2013. barrick.com. 2013-06-20.
  2. News: Barrick Gold Starts Up World's Highest-Altitude Wind Turbine in Argentina, an Industrial Info News Alert. https://web.archive.org/web/20100122212608/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS79166+18-Aug-2008+MW20080818. dead. 2010-01-22. Reuters. 2008-08-18. 2016-01-27.