Round Mountain
Round Mountain is located approximately 96 kilometres north of Tonopah in Nye County, Nevada. Round Mountain is a joint venture operation in which Barrick holds a 50% interest with Kinross Gold Corporation, the operator owning the remainder of the interest.
Round Mountain is a conventional open-pit operation that uses multiple processing methods including crushed ore leaching (reusable pad), run-of-mine ore leaching (dedicated pad), milling of higher-grade ore, and the gravity concentration circuit.
In 2010, Barrick’s share of production was 178,000 ounces of gold at average total cash costs of $721 per ounce1. The Company’s share of proven and probable mineral reserves as of December 31, 2010 was 1.3 million ounces of gold2.
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