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Veladero mine

Coordinates: 29°24′33″S 69°53′42″W / 29.4092°S 69.8950°W / -29.4092; -69.8950
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Veladero mine
Location
San Juan Province
CountryArgentina
Production
ProductsGold
Owner
CompanyBarrick 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.
DeWind D8.2 HE 2MW wind turbine at the Veladero mine.

In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Veladero". barrick.com. 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. ^ "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.

29°24′33″S 69°53′42″W / 29.4092°S 69.8950°W / -29.4092; -69.8950