The Veladero gold mine is one of the largest gold mines in Argentina, and in the world. It is located 189 miles/305 km northwest of San Juan, at a height between 4000 and 4850 meters above sea level. Veladero produced 641,000 ounces of gold in 2013 and production in 2014 is expected to be in the range of 700,000 ounces. The mine is a conventional open-pit operation where ore is crushed by a two-stage crushing process and transported via over

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