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La Arena is an open-pit, heap leach gold mine with sulphide expansion potential. Commercial production began in 2011 with estimated mine life until 2021.
100%
Gold
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MINE TYPE: |
AVERAGE PLANT THROUGHPUT: |
| Open-pit | 36,000 TPD |
Operations are currently exploiting the oxide gold reserve by open pit methods using conventional drill, blast, shovel and truck open pit methods. The oxide ore is truck-dumped directly onto leach pads or to stockpiles with no crushing or agglomeration required prior to leaching. The mine currently operates at 36,000 tonnes per day.
| RESERVES: |
| 568 Au koz |
The La Arena mine deposit is high-sulfidation epithermal oxide gold mineralization hosted in brecciated sandstone within the Chimu Formation.
Pan American Silver is determined to conduct its business in a responsible and sustainable manner.
| 0 | 84% |
| significant environmental incidents occurred at our operations | of the revenue generated by our mines remains in the countries where we operate |
People are Pan American Silver’s most important asset. Our people provide the intelligence, ideas and the energy that drive our industry-leading performance.
| 7,630 | 99% |
| total employees and contractors | of our employees are from the countries where we operate |
Footnote:
For the period ended Dec. 31, 2018. Cash costs per ounce is a non-GAAP measure; please refer to the Non-GAAP Measures.
