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In English, the association between the goldcrest and Eurasian wren may have been reinforced by the kinglet's old name of "gold-crested wren". [ 75 ] It has had little other impact on literature, [ 32 ] although it is the subject of Charles Tennyson Turner 's short poem, "The Gold-crested Wren", first published in 1868. [ 76 ]
Telfer is one of two gold mines Newcrest currently operates in Australia, the other being Cadia in New South Wales. [ 6 ] In the 2019–2020 financial year, the Telfer mine produced 12.2 tonnes (393,164 troy ounces) of gold, 16,000 tonnes (35 million pounds) of copper and 5.1 tonnes (164,000 troy ounces) of silver.
Pascua Lama accommodation blocks under construction, 2010 Road maintenance at Pascua Lama, May 2012. The mining project is organized by the Barrick Gold corporation, which planned in 2006 to invest US$1.5 billion over 20 years in it [11] and projects an annual output of 750,000 ounces of gold and 30 million ounces of silver in the first five years.
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The Solwara 1 Project is located at 1600 metres water depth in the Bismarck Sea, New Ireland Province. [22] It will be the world's first deep sea mining project, with first production expected in 2013. [22] [23] The resource is high grade copper-gold resource and the world's first Seafloor Massive Sulphide (SMS) resource. [22]
The Galore Creek project is one of the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in Canada and in the world. [1] The deposit is located in northwestern British Columbia. [1] The deposit, situated within an alkalic, silica-undersaturated igneous intrusive complex, has estimated metal contents of 12 billion pounds of copper, 10.7 million oz of gold and 183.1 million oz of silver.
In northern Peru, the World Bank's business-lending arm is part owner of the Yanacocha gold mine, accused by impoverished farming communities of despoiling their land in pursuit of the precious ore. The bank and IFC have stepped up investments in projects deemed to have a high risk of serious and environment damage, including oil pipelines, mines and even coal-fired power plants, an ...