Lihir Gold Mine
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Lihir Gold Mine is a large open-pit gold mining operation located on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea, known as one of the world’s most productive gold mines.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold mine
ⓘ
mining operation ⓘ open-pit mine ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Newcrest Mining NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| annualProduction | hundreds of thousands of ounces of gold ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | Papua New Guinea ⓘ |
| developmentStart | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| employs |
local Lihir Island residents
ⓘ
thousands of workers ⓘ |
| estimatedResource | tens of millions of ounces of gold ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | volcanic island arc ⓘ |
| hasCommunityProgram |
health and education initiatives
ⓘ
local infrastructure support ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalIssue |
geothermal heat management
ⓘ
waste rock and tailings management ⓘ |
| hasLicenseType | mining lease ⓘ |
| hasOperatorHeadquartersIn | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
major contributor to Papua New Guinea’s gold exports
ⓘ
significant contributor to Papua New Guinea’s GDP ⓘ |
| isOnIsland | Niolam Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bismarck Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Ireland Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Lihir Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| miningMethod | open-pit mining ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Londolovit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
among the world’s most productive gold mines
ⓘ
located in a geothermal and volcanic environment ⓘ one of the world’s largest known gold deposits ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Newcrest Mining NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oreType | epithermal gold deposit ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Newcrest Mining NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerHeadquartersCity | Melbourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownerHeadquartersCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Lihir Island group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousOwner | Lihir Gold Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processingMethod |
carbon-in-leach
ⓘ
conventional grinding and flotation ⓘ gold recovery by adsorption ⓘ pressure oxidation ⓘ |
| product | gold ⓘ |
| regulator | Papua New Guinea Mineral Resources Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startOfProduction | 1997 ⓘ |
| usesPowerSource | geothermal energy ⓘ |
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