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Iduapriem Gold Mine

Plant in Western, Ghana with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158612
MAS/MILS ID 7490450010
Record type Site
Current site name Iduapriem Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Iduapriem Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -2.04026, 5.24291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western(province)

Ghana(country)

Africa(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Ghana Western

Comments on the location information

  • LEASE AREA LOCATED ABOUT 10 KM SSW OF CITY OF TARKWA. LAT/LONG ARE FOR THE LEASE AREA/ORE BODY. LAT/LONG OF TARKWA IS N051600/W00105900.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -2.04026, 5.24291
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1990
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1996
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name West Ghana

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Shamrock Mines
    Interest 69
    Home office Ghana
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Finance Corp.
    Interest 20
    Home office Ghana
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Government Of Ghana
    Interest 10
    Home office Ghana
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Private Investors
    Interest 1
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ghanaian-Australian Goldfields Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ghana
    Year 1995
    First year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 8900000mt ore
    Demonstrated 8900000mt ore
    Total resources 8900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.07 g/mt Gold Major 1993
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1993
    Indicated 18640000mt ore
    Demonstrated 18640000mt ore
    Total resources 18640000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.85 g/mt Gold Major 1993

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN-FILL DRILLING BEGUN MAY,1988. PRE-FEAS. STUDY COMPLETE BY END OF 1988. FINAL FEAS.STUDY COMPLETED IN 1990. SURFACE MINING TO 60 M DEPTH--MILLING OPERATION (100,000 OZ AU/YR) SHOULD PROBABLY ANALYZE FOR THE 1992 AU AVAILABILITY STUDY. DEVEL. BEGUN OCT.1991, EXPECTED START OF PROD. IN 4TH QTR., 1992.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, 10/20/95, "GHANA: GOLDEN SHAMROCK PLANS

  • Deposit

    HEAP LEACH"., PAGE 297.

  • Ownership

    MINING MAGAZINE, PP. 15-16 (JAN. 1994).

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOLD GAZETTE, P. 28 (SEPT. 6, 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 168, NO. 4, P. 219 (APRIL 1993).

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING MAGAZINE, P. 16 (JAN. 1994).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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