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Guyana Goldstrike Inc V.GYA

Guyana Goldstrike Inc. is a Canadian exploration company focused on acquiring, exploring and developing mineral resource properties. The Company does not have any revenue from its operations.


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Post by STOCKRUSon Mar 04, 2018 12:07pm
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AngloGold Ashanti's Morro Velho vs Marudi

AngloGold Ashanti's Morro Velho vs MarudiMorro Velho, also called AngloGold Ashanti Brasil Minerao,

In 1975 the South Africa based Anglo American Corporation, a precursor to today's AshantiGold, became owners of the operations. These days Morro Velhos is the world's oldest continuously worked mine. Some of the mines' works are over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep underground. Although Morro Velho's main production is goldsilverarsenic, and other minerals are also extracted at the mining complex.

Despite closing of the Minha Velha and Engenho D'gua mines in 2003 and 2004, gold production has increased over the past three years, with 240,000 ounces (6,800 kilograms) of gold produced in 2004 at an average recovered ore grade of 0.222 ounces per ton (7.62 grams per metric ton). Cash costs of production totalled $133 per ounce, with the mine realizing adjusted operating profit of $45 million.

In 2009, the mine employed close to 3,000 people, 2,250 of those being permanent staff.

Production

Recent production figures of the mine were:


Year Production (ounces) Grade Cost per ounce
2003 [7] 228,000 6.84 g/t US$ 141
2004 [7] 240,000 7.85 g/t US$ 133
2005 [7] 250,000 7.27 g/t US$ 169
2006 [8] 242,000 7.60 g/t US$ 195
2007 [6] 317,000 7.48 g/t US$ 233
2008 [6] 320,000 7.62 g/t US$ 300
2009 [6] 329,000 7.02 g/t US$ 339
2010


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