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West coast gold rush
Early in the 1860s Otago had the first gold rush in New Zealand. Thousands of people came from all over the world looking for gold as the Otago provincial government offered to pay those who would find “payable Quantities” this gold rush had major economic benefits for both Otago and the rest of NZ -
musonoi mine
Cut and fill style mine found within DRC started in 1940's it is now made of 3 pits that have been cut since. this project is executed by Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd. As well as Gécamines SA. the purpose of this project is to extract minerals from the mine to be sold for a profit for stakeholders involved. This is a project because it is a mining operation that will not be repeated within the same area making it a one off project. -
Orapa diamond mine
this project is an open pit diamond mine located within central Botswana starting in 1971, this is ninth largest diamond mine in world. project is executed by the DeBeers Company and Botswanan government. this is a project because it will not be repeated in the same location in the future as the materials have already been extracted from the location of the mine. interesting fact about the mine is that it includes a 100-bed hospital and schools due to the size of the project -
oceanaGold begins operations at Macraes mine
Oceana gold began their Macrae’s operation in the 1990, and is currently the countries longest operating mine that is still producing gold to this day producing over 5 million ounces since it began operation