Fort Knox Gold Mine
Gold mine in Fairbanks mining district, Alaska, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Fort Knox Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine, 9 mi (14 km) east of Fox in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska. It is owned and operated by Toronto-based Kinross Gold. Originally staked in 1913, after very minor mining at the location the property sat idle until being restaked in 1980. Following the initial exploration discovery in 1987, in 1992 the project was purchased by Amax Gold, which brought the mine to production. Amax Gold merged with Kinross Gold in 1998.[3]
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Location | |
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Location | Fox, Fairbanks mining district, Alaska |
State | Alaska |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 64°59′34″N 147°21′40″W |
Production | |
Products | Gold |
Production | 237,925 gold equivalent ounces[1][2] |
Financial year | 2020 |
Type | Open pit |
History | |
Discovered | 1987 |
Opened | 1996 |
Owner | |
Company | Kinross Gold |
Website | Fort Knox |
Year of acquisition | 1992 |
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