NAICS code: 212221 — Gold Ore Mining
2022 NAICS code: 212220 — Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining
Industry description: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in developing the mine site, mining, and/or beneficiating (i.e., preparing) ores valued chiefly for their gold and/or silver content.  Establishments primarily engaged in the transformation of the gold and silver into bullion or dore bar in combination with mining activities are included in this industry.

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NAICS hierarchy: 21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction > 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas) > 2122 Metal Ore Mining > 21222 Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining

ExioML sector: Precious metal ores and concentrates
Region: US, year: 2022
Value added: 2164.08096716 M.EUR
Employment: 420.468912994 thousand persons
GHG emissions: 6657910112.15 kg CO2 eq.
Energy carrier net total: 87431.0397699 TJ
Carbon intensity: 3.076553148049452

Companies in this industry:

Company: Rare Gold Rocks LLC
AmTote International, Inc. provides totalisator services. The Company offers betting systems and solutions for racetracks and other gambling entities. AmTote International operates in the United States and Australia.

Company: Freeprt-Mcmran Explration Corp
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., often called Freeport, is an American mining company based in the Freeport-McMoRan Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is the world's largest producer of molybdenum, a major copper producer and operates the world's largest gold mine, the Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia.

Company: Gold Resource Corporation
Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer, and explorer with its operations centered on the Don David Gold Mine in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Company: Hycroft Mining Corporation
Hycroft Mining is a US-based gold and silver company exploring and developing the Hycroft Mine, one of the world's largest precious metals deposits located in northern Nevada , a Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.

Company: International Minerals Corp
International Minerals Corporation explores and develops gold & silver properties in the Americas (Peru, Ecuador, and the USA). The Company also owns a 40% interest in the Pallancata silver mine in Peru.

Company: Kennecott Corporation
Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and today is one of the top producing mines in the world. Our operation includes a concentrator, smelter and refinery and tailings storage facility.

Company: Midway Gold Corp
Midway Gold Corp. explores and develops mineral resource properties. The Company is currently exploring for gold on its Midway Prospect property located in Nevada in the United States.

Company: Gold Buyers of America LLC
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies diagnostic and blood screening tests products. The Company offers diagnostic polymerase chain reaction kits, research assays, and transfection reagents.

Company: US Gold Corp
U.S. Gold Corp. is a U.S.-focused gold exploration and development company advancing high potential projects in Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho.

Company: Tahoe Resources Inc
Tahoe Resources Inc. provides mining services. The Company acquires, explores, and develops resource properties in the Americas for the mining of precious metals and primarily silver. Tahoe Resources operates in the United States, Canada, and Guatemala.