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Planned underground gold, silver, and copper mine in Ecuador, currently suspended due to legal challenges and community opposition during the permitting stage.

Projected annual payable production to average approximately 173,000 gold equivalent ounces. Over mine life, expected to produce 1.9 million payable gold equivalent ounces. Processing plant designed to handle approximately 1.2 million tonnes of ore per year.

Crushing, grinding, and flotation circuit to produce copper and pyrite concentrates. Water management plan includes minimising freshwater use, maximising recycled water, wastewater treatment, and fully lined tailings and contact water storage ponds.

underground mine, a 1.2 million tonnes per annum processing plant, a paste backfill plant, a filtered tailings storage facility, a water treatment plant, a diesel power plant, and upgrades to electrical infrastructure. New roads to connect the mine site, processing plant, and tailings storage facility.

Expected to create over 500 jobs; pre-feasibility study indicated a workforce of 328 employees in the second year of the life of mine plan.

A gold project, with exploration activities also confirming the presence of a large copper-gold system in the broader Rakita camp.

Average life of mine gold production is expected to be approximately 148,000 ounces per year. For the first five full years of production, the average output is projected to be 189,000 ounces per year. Probable Mineral Reserve is 7.4 million tonnes of diluted ore, grading 6.44 g/t of gold, containing approximately 1.52 million ounces of gold.

standard comminution, gravity, and flotation flowsheet with a capacity to process 850,000 tonnes of ore per year, producing saleable gravity and flotation gold concentrates. A portion of the gravity concentrate will be smelted on-site to produce doré.

twin declines, spiral ramp, maintenance bay, welding bay, warehouse, fuel-lube bay, explosives and detonator magazines, office, processing equipment and infrastructure from DPM's Ada Tepe operation

The project includes the Kizevak and Sastavci prospects, which are formerly operating polymetallic mines.

over 4,000 employees

The Tasiast mine produced 622,394 ounces of gold in 2024. A phased expansion project, known as the Tasiast 24k project, increased mill throughput to 24,000 tonnes per day by mid-2023. The processing infrastructure includes a mill and a carbon and leach plant.

622,394 ounces of gold in 2024

mill and a carbon and leach plant

mill and a carbon and leach plant

Tasiast 24k project increased mill throughput to 24,000 tonnes per day by mid-2023

Around 900 jobs during its operational life, with a peak employment of 1,100 workers.

The Great Bear Project, wholly owned by Kinross Gold Corporation, is a significant gold development located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, approximately 24 kilometres southeast of Red Lake. It is currently in the advanced exploration and development phase, with major construction anticipated to commence in 2027 and first gold production targeted for 2029. The planned operation is a combined open-pit and underground mine with an initial estimated mine life of 12 years.

Forecast to average over 500,000 ounces of gold annually during its peak, with a potential for 5.3 million ounces of initial production over the life of the mine.

Conventional milling circuit with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes per day, including primary crushing, semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) and ball milling, pebble crushing, gravity concentration, cyanide leaching, and a carbon-in-pulp (CIP) circuit.

Dual fleet strategy for open-pit, load-haul-dump (LHD) units and mine trucks for underground. Site infrastructure includes a crusher building, a stockpile cover, and a process plant building.

approximately 750 people

The Round Mountain mine is a large open-pit, heap-leach gold mine located in Round Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Kinross Gold Corporation. The project includes the Gold Hill deposit. The company is proceeding with the Round Mountain Phase X project, which involves a transition to bulk-tonnage underground mining.

324,277 ounces of gold in 2020

Milling and heap leaching. Lower-grade oxide ore is treated via run-of-mine heap leaching, while higher-grade ores are crushed before being heap leached. Higher-grade sulphide ores undergo gravity and flotation concentration, with the concentrate then leached in the mill. Final products are high-grade gold and silver concentrates processed in a refinery furnace, and gold and silver cyanide solutions treated at an Adsorption, Desorption, and Reactivation (ADR) facility. A new Vertical Carbon-in-Column (VCIC) solution processing plant was constructed for Phase W.

P&H 2300XPA and CAT 6060 shovels, Komatsu WA1200 and CAT 992G/993K loaders, CAT-785, CAT-789, and CAT-793 haul trucks, CAT 7495 Electric Rope shovels, 793 haul trucks, 994k loaders

As of 2023, the mine employed 546 employees and 164 contractors, for a total of 710 personnel. In 2020, the workforce consisted of 591 employees and 194 contract workers.

Bald Mountain is a large open-pit, heap leach gold mine located in White Pine County, Nevada, along the southern extension of the Carlin trend. It is the largest mine site by land area in the United States. The mine consists of multiple pits, with the two main deposits being Saga and LBM.

2025 (expected): 179,169 gold equivalent ounces. 2024: 181,047 ounces of gold equivalent. 2021: 204,890 gold equivalent ounces. 2018: 284,616 ounces of gold.

The mine uses conventional run-of-mine heap leach technology. Gold is extracted from the ore with a cyanide solution and then collected on activated carbon in carbon-in-column (CIC) plants. The water recycle rate in 2023 was 93%.

The mining operations utilize standard open pit methods with haul trucks (Komatsu and Caterpillar), front-end loaders, and electric and hydraulic shovels (P&H and Hitachi). The mine has multiple run-of-mine heap leach pads and carbon-in-column plants for processing.

A proposed expansion, the Juniper Project, would add nearly 4,000 acres to the operation and extend the mine life by 11 years. The Redbird 2 project, which includes the development of the Redbird pit and five satellite pits, is expected to have its first production in 2028 and produce an average of approximately 155,000 gold ounces per year between 2028-2031.

The project creates between 400 and 600 jobs. A 2026 report stated the mine employs roughly 300 people.

The Manh Choh Project, formerly known as the Peak Gold project, is located in Tok, Alaska, United States. It is an open-pit mine that produces gold and silver. The project is operated by Kinross Gold Corporation, which holds a 70% ownership interest, with the remaining 30% held by Contango ORE, Inc. The project is situated on land leased from the Native Village of Tetlin.

For the 2025 fiscal year, Contango's 30% share of production totalled approximately 60,200 gold equivalent ounces, which included 57,315 ounces of silver. Total recovered gold in 2025 was approximately 198,500 ounces. The first production campaign for 2026 commenced on 5 February 2026. Production guidance for Contango's share is estimated to be 40,000 to 45,000 ounces of gold for fiscal year 2026 and 75,000 to 80,000 ounces of gold for fiscal year 2027.

Ore is mined at the Manh Choh site and then transported approximately 250 miles (about 400 kilometres) via the Alaska, Richardson, and Steese highways to the existing mill and infrastructure at the Fort Knox mine for processing. This approach eliminates the need for a mill and tailings facility at the Manh Choh site.

The mine utilises a conventional truck and shovel operation. A fleet of purpose-built, 95-foot-long trucks hauls the ore. These trucks are equipped with anti-lock brake systems, speed monitors, AI-powered fatigue monitoring, and internal and external cameras.

As of the end of 2022, the mine employed 732 people. At the end of 2024, this number was 779. In 2017, the mine provided 625 direct, full-time jobs.

The mine is situated in the Fairbanks mining district, approximately 42 kilometres (26 miles) northeast of Fairbanks, in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.

In 2022, Fort Knox produced 291,249 gold equivalent ounces. For the full year of 2024, production was 330,000 gold equivalent ounces. The mine poured its nine millionth ounce of gold in 2023.

The mine utilises a mill and a heap leach facility for ore processing. The mill has a daily capacity of up to 45,000 tons and consists of a primary crusher, a semi-autogenous grinding mill, two ball mills, and a gravity separation circuit. The processing methods include carbon-in-pulp (CIP) for higher-grade ore and cyanide heap leaching for lower-grade ore. The heap leach operation is a valley-fill system. In 2024, the mine began processing ore from the Manh Choh mine.

haul trucks and shovels

Gold development project in the Maricunga district of the Atacama Region, Chile, located approximately 160 kilometres east of Copiapó at an elevation of around 4,200 metres. The project comprises two adjacent porphyry gold deposits, Lobo and Marte, which are situated 7 kilometres apart.

4.7 million ounces of gold equivalent (life-of-mine)

heap leach, SART plant

crushing and storage facilities, rope conveyors, mine fleet

790 employees and 3,293 contractors (2024)

The La Coipa mine is an open-pit gold and silver mine located in the Atacama region of Chile, approximately 140 kilometres northeast of Copiapó. It is operated by Compañía Minera Mantos de Oro, a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, which holds 100% ownership. The mine was restarted in March 2022, focusing on the Phase 7 deposit, after being on temporary suspension since 2013. Its life has been extended to early 2026, with exploration for further extensions.

231,770 gold equivalent ounces (2025); 167,870 ounces of gold (2023); processing plant capacity of 15,000 tonnes per day

primary and secondary crushing, followed by a mill, cyanide leach circuit, and Merrill-Crowe process (counter-current decantation, clarification, precipitation) to produce doré bars. Processing plant capacity is 15,000 tonnes per day.

hydraulic shovels, front-end loaders, drills, and 154-tonne trucks; refurbished mine fleet from Maricunga operation

Direct employment accounts for about 7% of jobs in Paracatu municipality, rising to 20% including over 2,900 contractors. Hired 23 female mobile equipment operators in 2023.

Large-scale, open-pit gold mine located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, immediately north of the city of Paracatu. Operated by Kinross Gold Corporation through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rio Paracatu Mineração S.A. Also known as Morro do Ouro Mine.

Over 600,000 ounces of gold in 2025; projected average of 540,000 gold ounces annually from 2020 to 2031.

Two processing plants. Ore is processed by milling, with gold recovery achieved through gravity separation, flotation, and a carbon-in-leach circuit. Processing infrastructure includes a primary crusher, a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill, and ball mills.

CAT D10 dozers, CAT 992 front-end loaders, and CAT 777 haul trucks. Run-of-mine ore is transported by 240-tonne capacity rear-dump haul trucks.

The Rackla property is a large-scale, advanced-stage exploration project in the Yukon, Canada, now wholly owned by Hecla Mining Company following its acquisition of ATAC Resources. The project is a significant land package and is considered a key part of Hecla's exploration portfolio in a top-rated mining jurisdiction. The property comprises two main projects: the Rau project, which includes the Tiger gold deposit, and the Nadaleen project, which hosts the Osiris gold deposit, noted as a Carlin-type system.

average annual production of 45,000 ounces of gold over a seven-year mine life

conventional crushing and grinding process, followed by cyanidation by carbon-in-pulp (CIP) to produce gold doré.

30 to 35 jobs during the exploration phase

The Libby Exploration Project, formerly known as Montanore, is a 100% owned underground silver and copper exploration and evaluation initiative by Hecla Mining Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Montanore Minerals Corporation. It is located in Lincoln County, approximately 20 aerial miles south of the town of Libby. The project's objective is to conduct underground exploration to assess the feasibility for a potential future mine by collecting data on mineralisation, geology, and hydrology. The U.S. Forest Service issued a final approval for the Plan of Operations on 3 October 2025. However, in March 2026, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit challenging the federal approval, citing concerns over the environmental review process and potential impacts on wildlife and the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness.

The current Plan of Operations involves dewatering and rehabilitating an existing 7,000-foot adit. The plan includes extending this tunnel by an additional 4,200 feet and constructing more tunnels for exploration purposes. To manage waste rock, the company plans to expand the existing storage area and build a second site.

The mine employed 444 people in 2025 and 431 in 2024. In 2024, 90% of new hires were from local communities.

Located in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho, the Lucky Friday mine is a deep underground silver, lead, and zinc operation. Hecla Mining Company owns and operates 100% of the property. The mine, which began operating in 1942, was temporarily suspended in August 2023 due to a fire but restarted production on January 9, 2024.

Production overview - 2025: silver 5.3 Moz, lead 34.28 kt, zinc 14.92 kt; 2024: silver 4.9 Moz, lead 31.265 kt, zinc 13.513 kt.

The mine has a conventional silver and zinc flotation concentrator with a nominal capacity of 1,000 short tons per day. The process includes primary jaw crushing, secondary and tertiary cone crushing, screening, and ball milling to produce silver-lead and zinc concentrates. The concentrates are transported by truck to the Teck smelter in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Metallurgical recoveries in 2025 were 94.5% for silver, 94.3% for lead, and 85.1% for zinc. For 2023, metallurgical recoveries were 96% for silver, 95% for lead, and 85% for zinc.

The principal mining method is the Underhand Closed Bench (UCB), a patented method developed by Hecla to control fault-slip seismicity in deep, narrow-vein mining. In 2025, 88% of the tons mined were produced using the UCB method. Access to all underground workings is via the Silver Shaft, and an internal hoisting shaft, the #4 Shaft, extends access to 9,600 feet below the surface.

A capital investment of up to $73 million is planned for the coming years. Key projects include the #4 Shaft, which is now complete and operational, providing access to the highest-grade ore in the mine's history and is expected to support an additional 20-30 years of mine life. Other projects include a new tailings facility and a surface cooling project, which is critical for mining at depth and is expected to be completed by mid-2026. As of November 2025, the cooling project was 66% complete. In 2024, exploration drilling was planned for an area east of the 30 Vein.

Indonesian coal project located in the Muara Wahau district, Kutai Timur, East Kalimantan. The project consists of seven mining subsidiaries, each holding a mining license (IUP), that cover a total area of approximately 34,000 hectares. Considered one of the largest undeveloped thermal coal deposits in the province.

approximately 800 people, including contractors

The Kestrel Coal Mine is an operating underground coal mine located in the Bowen Basin, 40 kilometres north-east of Emerald in central Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as the Gordonstone Mine.

Production capacity of approximately 6 to 7 million tonnes per year of product coal, with run-of-mine (ROM) coal production between 8 to 10 million tonnes annually.

Dual-module plant including dense medium bath, dense medium cyclones, and flotation circuits.

Longwall mining methods, dual-module processing plant with dense medium bath, dense medium cyclones, and flotation circuits, 8-kilometre overland conveyor.

Advertised for various staff positions in January 2025.

A coal mine producing sub-bituminous, medium calorific value thermal coal with low pollutant content. It is an open-pit operation with production starting in 2020.

Production of 4.15 million tonnes in 2023.

4 fleets of PC 1250s, 9 fleets of PC500s

144 people (as of September 2019)

The Balangan Coal project comprises three companies (PT Semesta Centramas, PT Laskar Semesta Alam, PT Paramitha Cipta Sarana) operating open-pit thermal coal mines in South Kalimantan.

2023: 8.00 Mt coal, 35.25 Mbcm overburden. 1H24: 4.45 Mt coal, 19.48 Mbcm overburden. 1H22: 2.51 Mt coal.

Standard open-pit techniques, coal hauled to ROM stockpile.

Fleet includes 120-400 tonne excavators and 100-200 tonne dump trucks (e.g., Komatsu PC 2000, Komatsu HD 785-5).

relies on mining contractors to provide the necessary workforce; three mining contractors employed in 2023 for Tutupan and Wara mines, including PT Saptaindra Sejati (SIS)

Opencast, surface coal mine located in the Tabalong Regency of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Produces sub-bituminous thermal coal (E4000 or Envirocoal) known for low-pollutant characteristics.

In 2010, the mine produced over 2.5 million tonnes of coal. For the first quarter of 2012, production volume was 1.66 million tonnes. In 2024, the Wara mine produced 7.0 million tonnes.

crusher plant, conveyor belt system

heavy equipment, crusher plant, conveyor belt system

Major surface coal mine located in South Kalimantan, Indonesia, producing thermal coal (sub-bituminous 'Envirocoal') known for its low sulphur, ash, and nitrogen content.

43.8 million tonnes of coal in 2024

Crushing via Out-of-Pit Crusher and Conveyor (OPCC) system

hydraulic shovels, trucks, Out-of-Pit Crusher and Conveyor (OPCC) system with two crushing stations (7,000 and 12,000 tph capacity) and a 7.7-km conveying system

The Hammond Reef Gold Project is an open-pit gold project located in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, 30 km northeast of Atikokan. It is currently in care and maintenance with ongoing studies and permitting, having received federal and provincial environmental approval.

60,000 tonnes per day

On-site metal mill with an ore input capacity of 60,000 tonnes per day, using conventional milling.

ore processing facility