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Cortez (Nevada Gold Mines)

Cortez (Nevada Gold Mines), United States. Producing, open pit, mining gold, copper, silver since 1969.

Why Cortez (Nevada Gold Mines) is famous

Nevada Gold Mines operation on the Cortez Trend. The Cortez Hills discovery was announced in April 2003. Barrick's 61.5% share of Cortez was 444 koz in 2024. A joint venture formed in 1964 to explore the area, and the original Cortez mine started in 1969. The Pipeline deposits were found in 1991. Barrick took full ownership in 2008, and a gold royalty became payable in September 2022 after Cortez had produced more than 15 Moz since 1 January 2008.1,2,3

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Cortez (Nevada Gold Mines) today

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ExamplesCarlin - Gold QuarryNevada Gold Mines also runs Cortez. The Cortez Hills discovery was announced in April 2003.1

Sources

  1. Annual Information Form / annual report exhibit for 2024 Barrick Gold Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)
  2. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  3. Annual Information Form for 2025 Barrick Mining Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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