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Olimpiada mine

Olimpiada mine, Russia. Producing, open pit, mining gold since 1996.

Why Olimpiada is famous

Olimpiada is described as Russia's largest operating gold mine. It lies in the Severo-Yeniseisky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The deposit was found in 1975, development began in the 1980s and production started in 1996. It produced 1.38 Moz of gold in 2019 and 1.32 Moz in 2018. Sulphide ore is treated by bio-oxidation. The source is a trade-press profile written around 2020, so current output is not stated.1,2

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Olimpiada today

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ExamplesMuruntauMuruntau is among the biggest open-pit gold mines. Olimpiada is Russia's largest operating one.3An example ofUdachnaya pipe (Udachny mine)Russia's Olimpiada gold was found in 1975. Udachnaya's diamond pipe was found in 1955.1

Sources

  1. Olimpiada Gold Mine, Severo-Yeniseysky District, Russia Mining Technology (GlobalData)
  2. Olimpiada mine (Q4333831) Wikidata
  3. Setting of Muruntau gold: discovery history Virtual Explorer

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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