The Red Lake Mine, said to produce the richest gold ore in the world is in which country?
Red Lake Mine Red Lake Mine The Red Lake mine is one of the largest gold mines in Canada and in the world. The mine is located in northwestern Ontario at Red Lake. The mine has estimated reserves of 3.23 million oz of gold. The Red Lake Mining District has produced over 22 million ounces of gold through 2004, worth over $US 35 billion at 2014 prices. The two principal mines, Campbell and Red Lake, both have historic ore grades averaging about 0.57 oz/ton Au (22 g/tonne). The rocks and mineralization features in this district are complex. The host rock here is a
Red Lake, Ontario the same year cumulative production reached 8,000,000 ounces. The Dickenson Red Lake Gold Mine had produced 3,000,000 ounces of gold by 1993. In 1995 Goldcorp, owners of the Red Lake Mine, discovered that it contains the world's richest grade gold ore (two troy ounces of gold per metric ton). Shortly thereafter, the mine suffered through a four-year-long miners' strike. Since then, the mine has become one of the richest gold mines in the world. Population trend: The climate of the area is (Köppen "Dfb"). Snow usually starts falling around late October or early November, and starts melting around March but