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.
In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation. [2]
29°24′33″S 69°53′42″W / 29.4092°S 69.8950°W
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.
In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation. [2]
29°24′33″S 69°53′42″W / 29.4092°S 69.8950°W