Fort Knox Gold

$370 million, grassroots mine and gold processing complex located in central Alaska near Fairbanks.Over 160 million tons of ore, containing over four million ounces of gold, mined at 35-50,000 tons-per-day, over a 12 – 15 year mine life, producing 300-350,000 ounces of gold annually.Equipment and facilities include 23-cubic yard hydraulic shovels, 23-cubic yard front end loaders, 150-ton haul trucks, 60-inch gyratory crusher, 54-inch overland conveyors, 36,000-tons live ore stockpile, 34-foot diameter SAG Mill, two 20-foot diameter ball mills, 110-foot diameter thickener, seven 56-foot diameter leach tanks, six 56-foot diameter CIL tanks, with conventional carbon stripping and electrolytic gold recovery.Tailings facilities include two 41-foot detoxification tanks, and a 200-million ton tailing impoundment utilizing sub-aerial deposition during summer and sub-aqueous deposition during winter.