Fort Knox gold production up; more in-pit aurum discovered

Kinross Gold Corp. Feb. 15 reported that Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks produced 409,844 ounces of gold in 2015, a slight increase over the mine's output of 401,553 oz in 2015.

Some 13.22 million metric tons of ore averaging roughly 0.69 grams per metric ton gold was processed through the mill in 2016; and approximately 25.14 million metric tons of ore averaging about 0.27 g/t gold was stacked on t...