Certej Mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Certej Gold Mine Location in Romania | |
| Location | Certeju de Sus |
| County | Hunedoara County |
| Country | Romania |
| Coordinates | 45°52′N 22°54′E / 45.87°N 22.9°ECoordinates: 45°52′N 22°54′E / 45.87°N 22.9°E |
| Production | |
| Production | approx 160,000 |
| Financial year | 2009 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1793 |
| Owner | |
| Company | European Goldfields |
| Website | EG website |
| Year of acquisition | 2007 |
The Certej Mine is a large open pit mine in the west of Romania in Hunedoara County, 12 km north of Deva and 382 km north of the capital, Bucharest. Certej represents a large gold and silver deposit with estimated reserves of 4.3 million oz of gold and 30.6 million oz of silver.[1] The project is owned by the Toronto-based company European Goldfields.
The project will involve the mining and processing of 3 million tonnes of ore per annum over an open pit life of eleven and a half years. The open pit is expected to yield approximately 160,000 oz of gold and 820,000 oz of silver per year in doré, reflecting an average total process recovery of 81% for gold and approximately 75% for silver.[2]
The mine was the site of the 1971 Certej dam failure, which resulted in 89 deaths.[3]
References
- ↑ "Certej mine" (in Romanian). business.rol.ro. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "Certej Project, Romania". European Goldfields. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ↑ "Certej 1971, tragedia uitată a 89 de vieţi îngropate sub 300 de mii de metri cubi de nămol". Adevărul. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
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