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Goldstrike (Nevada Gold Mines)

Goldstrike (Nevada Gold Mines), United States. Producing, open pit, mining gold, copper, silver since 1976.

Why Goldstrike (Nevada Gold Mines) is famous

Goldstrike (Betze-Post) was part of Barrick's Nevada operations and, since 1 July 2019, forms part of the Carlin Complex in Nevada Gold Mines. Deep Post was found in 1986 and Betze and Screamer in 1987-88. Atlas Minerals first found gold at Goldstrike in 1962 and PanCana first mined it in 1976. Barrick took 50 per cent and management on 31 December 1986, and 100 per cent in January 1987.1,2,3

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Goldstrike (Nevada Gold Mines) today

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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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Pictures: Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Falu gruva, Lundberg, Bengt A / Europeana (CC0 1.0); Gold prospectors constructing a long box with a filter for panning gold. Process print after H.M. Paget, 1899., Henry Marriott Paget (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0).