Saturday, April 10, 2021

Largest Canadian Gold Mines - 2020

 Canadian Malartic, LaRonde, Detour Lake, Brucejack, Porcupine, Meliadine, Rainy River, Hemlo, Meadowbank, and Macassa - these are the top ten gold mines in Canada.

https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-03-12/Top-10-largest-gold-mines-in-Canada-in-2020-report.html

Just the facts:

Gold is Canada's most valuable mined mineral, with a production value of $10.3 billion in 2019

Ontario and Quebec together accounted for more than 75% of mined gold production in Canada in 2019

In 2019, the value of Canadian gold exports was $22.3 billion.


Canada is a large landmass with a rich mineral endowment. Hundreds of thousands of Canadians from across the country have used their knowledge, skills and entrepreneurship to build an industry that is among the world’s largest producers of minerals and metals. In 2016, some 200 mines and 7,000 quarries produced more than 60 minerals and metals worth $41 billion.

https://www.minescanada.ca/en/content/mining-canada-0  .





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