Bald Mountain
The Bald Mountain mine lies within the Southern Ruby Mountains of northeastern Nevada, approximately 110 kilometres northwest of Ely, Nevada and 110 kilometres southeast of Elko, Nevada.
Bald Mountain is an open-pit, run-of-mine, heap leach gold mine with conventional heap leaching technology and carbon absorption for ore treatment.
In 2010, Bald Mountain produced 59,000 ounces of gold at a total cash cost of $722 per ounce1. Proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2010 was 4.7 million ounces of gold2.
In February 2010, the federal Bureau of Land Management approved a planned expansion designed to significantly extend the mine life at Bald Mountain.
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