Veladero mine
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| San Juan Province | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Production | |
| Products | Gold |
| Owner | |
| Company | Barrick Mining |
The Veladero mine is a gold mine in Argentina.[1] The mine is located in the north-western part of Argentina in San Juan Province.[1] The mine has estimated reserves of 10 million oz of gold.[1] It is operated by Barrick Mining.The mine uses heap leach to extract gold and silver, which is a process that uses cyanide to dissolve the gold and mercury to extract it from the cyanide slurry. This mine has had at least 5 catastrophic spills into the environment contaminating 5 rivers.
In 2007, Barrick Gold installed the world's highest-altitude wind turbine at the Veladero mine at nearly 4,200m elevation.[2]
