Penasquito-fifth largest mine in the world The
Peasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico.
[1] It is located in north-eastern corner of the
State of Zacatecas and is wholly owned by
Newmont Goldcorp.
[2] It is an
open pit operation which began operations in March 2010,
[3] but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of
silver that year.
[1] Estimated reserves for the Peasquito Mine are 17.82 million oz of
gold, 1,070.1 million oz of silver, 3,214 tons of
lead and 7,098 million tons of
zinc
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