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With the Gil-Sourdough satellite deposit now delivering ore to the mill, the upward trend of gold production at Kinross Gold Corp.'s Fort Knox Mine in Alaska continues into 2022. During the fourth quarter of 2021, Fort Knox produced 73,830 ounces of gold, roughly a 3% increase over the 71,482 oz produced during the third quarter and about a 28% jump over the 57,523 oz produced during the same period of 2020. With gold production steadily trending higher as the year...
Kinross Gold Corp. Nov. 10 reported the new Barnes Creek heap leach pad and higher-grade ore being fed into the mill is contributing to a continuing trend of increasing gold production at its Fort Knox gold mine about 25 miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska. During the third quarter of 2021, Fort Knox produced 71,482 ounces of gold, which is nearly a 13% increase over the 63,302 oz produced during the second quarter and about a 28% jump over the 55,815 oz produced during the... Full story
GIL-SOURDOUGH – With a Sept. 23 blast of explosives that fractured rock in preparation for the start of mining at Gil-Sourdough, Kinross Gold Corp. has raised the bar for mine openings with a literal groundbreaking ceremony at what is now the sixth large-scale metal mine in Alaska. "I hope this is just the beginning and there are a lot more plays like this and we have a future, not just here at Fort Knox but across the great state of Alaska," Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said t...
