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First gold at Gold Fields' Salares Norte

At an altitude of between 3900 and 4700 m, the project is one of Chile's highest open-pit mines

Operating at the high altitude comes with challenges requiring 'never seen before' modulisation in the Andes. Photo: Gold Fields

Operating at the high altitude comes with challenges requiring 'never seen before' modulisation in the Andes. Photo: Gold Fields

American engineering company Fluor's mining business announced that gold production has commenced at Gold Fields' Salares Norte mine project in Chile. Salares Norte is an open-pit gold-silver mine located...

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