Open Pit Gold Mine
The Cortez Gold Mine in Nevada uses conventional open pit mining technology to extract and process millions of tons of rock each year in order to recover microscopic particles of gold A single ounce of gold may require the mining of more than 10 tons of ore In 2004 the more than 400 Cotez workers produced over a million ounces of gold Proven and probable mineral reserves at Cortez are estimated at more than 14 million ounces of gold over the next 12 years
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