Introduction

Welcome to the open pit mines of Ferreñafe Database Academic Packet. This

packet has been developed to supplement the study of Ferreñafe Gold open

pit mines by students of mining engineer. For further information, contact

Web mining services.

The contents of this packet may be copied freely and distributed to students

for the classroom. Included are historical fact sheets, illustrations of historic

mine mills and equipment, underground workings and educational games.

The content and illustrations are Copyright 2013 with All Rights Reserved,

and are licensed for classroom use only. Educators may choose which

information and activities to include, however, each sheet chosen must be

copied as is, with no alteration.

The open pit mine of Ferreñafe Database is a work in progress and currently

list historical mines in Ferreñafe. Mining has been very important to the

development of Ferreñafe both in the present and in the past. Mining was a

major industry in Ferreñafe historically, and helped drive the tremendous

changes that took place in the state from 1950 to 2013.

Ferreñafe is an open pit mining project of gold, silver, copper and other

minerals. Ferreñafe is located in the Andes Mountains. The God mine, the

world’s largest gold mining company, is developing the project. Ferreñafe

contains estimated deposits of 17 million ounces of gold and 635 million

ounces of silver, with 75 percent of the deposits. The project formerly

became possible with the adoption by our latest project, “opening mines

without cause pollution”. 

Ferreñafe is one of the world's largest gold and silver resources with nearly

18 million ounces of proven and probable gold reserves1, 676 million ounces

of silver contained within the gold reserves, and an expected mine life of 25

years. Annual production in the first full five years of operation is expected to

average 800,000-850,000 ounces of gold and 35 million ounces of silver.

Key construction permits and environmental approvals have been received

and construction at Ferreñafe well underway. Pre-production capital cost

estimates are US$8 - $8.5 billion, and production is forecast to commence in

the second half of 2014. The Ferreñafe project has strong bi-national

government support and strong support from our company and

stakeholders.

 

Ferreñafe will be an open pit mine with ore processing by wet grind milling

and conventional gold and silver recovery methods. Throughput capacity,

once at full production, will be 45,000 tons per day with average expected.

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