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Open pit mine in Val-d'Or, Quebec. The Abitibi gold belt is a region of Canada that extends from Wawa, Ontario to Val-d'Or, Quebec.Located within the mineral-rich Abitibi greenstone belt, the gold belt is an established gold mining district having produced over 100 mines, and 170 million ounces of gold since 1901.
These gold-mining camps, while not as intensive as gold rushes, still produced a fair amount of gold that would provide a stable economy when the World Wars occurred. One of the camps, located in Malartic, Quebec , would later go on to become the largest and most successful Canadian gold mine.
In 2015, Regis announced a combined one million ounces of gold produced at the Duketon Gold Project since production commenced in 2010. [9] In August 2019, Regis acquired A$25 million of gold tenements in the area from exploration company Duketon Mining, increasing its stake of gold rights in the Duketon Greenstone Belt to 90 percent. [15]
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One of the best known greenstone belts in the world is the South African Barberton greenstone belt, where gold was first discovered in South Africa. The Barberton Greenstone belt was first uniquely identified by Prof Annhauser at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His work in mapping and detailing the characteristics of the ...
The original mine at Meadowbank achieved commercial production in March 2010 and produced its three millionth ounce of gold in 2018 though ceased operations in 2019. [2] However, the support infrastructure and mill facilities at the original site are still being used for supporting a new satellite mine at Amaruq , which gradually transitioned ...
Gold quartz veins and lenticular reefs occur in the shear zone between the Upper Birimian phyllites and the Lower Birimian greenstones. Gold mines include the Obuasi Gold Mine, and those located at Prestea, Konongo, Hiré, Poura, Kalana, and Sabodala. Placer gold deposits are mined at Siguiri, Ity, and on the Ofin River. [11] [12]
It is the southernmost of the gold-bearing bands in the Archaen greenstone belts of Zimbabwe. It is estimated that between 1866 and 1963 over 200,000 ounces of gold were produced from mines in the Tati Goldfields.