Yanacocha

Peru · Open pit

Opened: 1993
Region: Cajamarca
Status: Active
Country: Peru
Type: Open pit
Latitude: -6.98
Longitude: -78.52

Notes

For years the largest gold mine in Latin America, a heap-leach operation at 4,000 m whose water use set off a decade of conflict with the farms below.

Commodities

Gold

Referenced by

element

Gold

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