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Kibali mine

Kibali mine, DR Congo. Producing, open pit, mining gold, copper, silver since 2013.

Why Kibali is famous

Gold mine in north-eastern DR Congo with open pit and underground workings. AngloGold Ashanti says it has operated since 2013. Barrick's 45% share was 309 koz in 2024.1,2,3

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What kind of deposit

Orogenic gold (low-sulphide gold-quartz veins)

Kibali today

Where gold is mined todayWhere copper is mined todayWhere silver is mined todayMining in DR Congo

Where next

Mines

ExamplesTropicanaAngloGold Ashanti commissioned Tropicana and Kibali in the second half of 2013.1

Deposit types

An example ofOrogenic gold (low-sulphide gold-quartz veins)Kibali belongs to the orogenic gold family of deposits.4

Sources

  1. Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 AngloGold Ashanti plc (SEC)
  2. Annual Information Form / annual report exhibit for 2024 Barrick Gold Corporation (SEC exhibit 99.1 to Form 40-F)
  3. data/minerals/operations.csv Prospector Trails (internal)
  4. Mineral Deposit Models (Bulletin 1693, Cox and Singer, eds., 1986) US Geological Survey

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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