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Sep 17, 2011 · In March, construction began on two new gold mines, the underground and open pit Musselwhite mine at Opap Lake, the first mine to be approved under Canada’s stringent Environmental Assessment Act, and the Pipeline project in Nevada.
MINING. Musselwhite initially operated both open-pit and underground mines, open-pit production having been designed to ensure mill feed at a rate of 3,300t/d for about five years following mill commissioning. Most of the mine’s ore is now sourced from underground.
3) Placer Dome Insists on Marine Dumping Against the Wishes of Local Stakeholders Placer Dome delayed the clean up of the Boac River for 6 years by insisting on dumping the tailings in the ocean against the express wishes of the people of Marinduque and the Philippine Government.
Placer Dome (and now Barrick Gold) are defendants in an ongoing court battle over the highly controversial Marcopper mining disaster, which took place at the Marcopper Mine (run by Marcopper, a Placer Dome subsidiary) on the island of Marinduque, Philippines.
Gold was discovered at the Detour Lake property in 1974 and the first mining operation on site, owned by Placer Dome, produced 1.8 million ounces of gold from 1983 to 1999 as an open pit/underground mine.
Mar 27, 2000 · The Misima open pit gold/silver mine lies to the east of Misima Island, 200km east of mainland Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is owned by Misima Mines Pty. Ltd., a joint venture between Placer Dome Inc (80%) and the PNG state-owned Orogen Minerals Ltd (20%).
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Featuring the recollections of a coterie of former employees, retirees and five former chief executive officers, A History: Placer Development Limited and Placer Dome Inc. records the highlights of a world-class Canadian mining company’s evolution over 80 years.
