| Alumbrera Project |
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Alumbrera |
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Argentina
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Tucuman |
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PRODUCTION
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Surface |
344 km² / 85,002 acres |
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Latitude / Longitude |
27 S 19 / 66 W 36 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Alumbrera Project |
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| Title(s) of the Alumbrera Project |
 | Xstrata plc
Joint venture: 50% |
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| Xstrata Copper has a 50% interest in the development and operating company of the Alumbrera open pit copper-gold mine, Minera Alumbrera Limited. Wheaton River Minerals Limited (37.5%) and Northern Orion Resources Inc (12.5%) own the remaining 50%. |
 | Goldcorp Inc.
Joint venture: 37.5% |
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| Alumbrera is
a joint venture partnership with operator
Xstrata (50%) and Northern Orion Resources
Inc. (12.5%). |
 | Yamana Gold Inc.
Joint venture: 12.5% |
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| The operating company is Minera Alumbrera Limited (MAA). MAA has the right to mine the deposit by agreement with Yacimientos Mineros de Agua de Dionisio (YMAD), an Argentine statutory entity which has title to the deposit and which will earn 20% of the net before tax proceeds after project capital plus interest has been recovered. |
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| Location of the Alumbrera Project |
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Alumbrera is about 1,100 kilometres northwest of Buenos Aires and six hours by paved and dirt roads from the airport at San Miguel de Tucumán. ra
Minera Alumbrera Limited is one of the world’s largest and lowest cost gold and copper operations. Located in north western Argentina, Alumbrera was the country’s first and largest
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| History of the Alumbrera Project |
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The Alumbrera area has been known for its veins of copper and gold since at least the 19th century. Small-scale mining activity took place at the end of the 19th century and during the early 20th century at the southern edges of the present mine are more...
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| Geology of the Alumbrera Project |
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A total of seven distinctive porphyritic intrusions have been recognized, which form stocks (earliest units) and dyke-like bodies (youngest units) that extend to the outer edge of the deposit with some of the dykes forming a radial pattern around the more...
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| Production history |
| Metal | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
| COPPER (lbs) | | 315,446,223 | 346,034,989 | 397,472,702 | 397,298,437 | 413,102,595 | 389,118,492 | 423,948,930 | 448,861,165 | 422,405,694 |
| GOLD (oz) | 793,826 | 366,362 | 693,198 | 845,531 | 881,356 | 192,600 | 237,700 | | | |
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| Discoveries and Drilling Results | |
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Data last updated on : 12/31/2008
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Disclaimer
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