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World's gold from 1845 to 2013, in tonnes (metric tons in the U.S.) World's gold holdings per capita, in grams Gold holdings are the quantities of gold held by individuals, private corporations, or public entities as a store of value, an investment vehicle, or perceived as protection against hyperinflation and against financial and/or political upheavals.
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Goldcorp Inc. was a gold production company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The company stood among the largest gold producers in the world, employed about 15,800 people worldwide, [4] engaged in gold mining and related activities including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation.
Eagle Gold Mine Canada: Victoria Gold Corp Canada: On June 24, 2024, 300,000 cubic metres of cyanide-contaminated water leaked from a heap leach failure in Victoria Gold Corp's Eagle Gold Mine site near Mayo, Yukon. The failure resulted in the company being forced into court ordered receivership and its stock being delisted from the TSX. [15]
The world's 5th largest gold producer (170 tons in 2012) that is home to two of the world's ten largest gold mines. [79] As recently as 2007 South Africa was the world's top gold producer. The drop in its global ranking is not due to resource depletion (South Africa ranks close behind leader Australia in reserves) but rather to its high costs ...
AngloGold merged with junior partner Golden Cycle Gold Corporation in 2008 and thereby acquired the remaining 33% of the project. [10] [19] The mine is a low-cost, low-yield open pit operation, with grades well below one gram of gold per tonne of ore. In recent years, 2008 and 2009, the mine accounted for 5% of AngloGold Ashanti's worldwide ...