The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North
The mill at Kinross Gold's Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks processed 3.07 million metric tons of ore averaging 0.86 g/t gold during the second quarter of 2017.
Kinross Gold Corp. Aug. 2 reported that its Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks, Alaska, produced 91,848 ounces of gold during the second quarter, a nearly 6 percent decrease from the 97,221 oz recovered there during the same period last year.
The company attributes the 5,373-oz decrease to a colder spring that affected heap leach performance, which was partially offset by an increase in mill grades.
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