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and probable gold reserves. As of December 31, 2004, the reported reserves held by Norilsk were 90,000 kg (2.89 million troy ounces) of gold, excluding the assets held by its wholly owned gold subsidiary Polus Gold Mining Company, which reported gold reserves of 414,000 kg (13.3 million troy ounces). In 2004, Norilsk’s production, including that for Polus, rose by about 26% to 33,700 kg (1.09 million troy ounces) (Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel, 2005, p. 6, 37, 60). Outlook Worldwide consolidation will continue in the gold industry as gold producers seek to secure their assets, cut costs, and exploit gold’s higher prices. The U.S. gold industry, which had been closing its gold mines (4 in 2004, 4 in 2003, 9 in 2002, 11 in 2001, 12 in 2000, and 10 in 1999), was also expected to continue to consolidate. Old mines have been reopened, however, and new mines are expected to be commissioned. World exploration spending for new gold resources is expected to continue to increase after several consecutive years of decreases, with most of the development taking place in Latin American countries. References Cited American Metal Market, 2004, Montana maintains ban on cyanide mining: American Metal Market, v. 112, no. 44-4, November 4, p. 6. AngloGold Ashanti, 2005, Annual report—2004: Johannesburg, South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti, 191 p. Barrick Gold Corporation, 2005, Annual report—2004: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Barrick Gold Corporation, 140 p. Driesner, Doug, and Coyner, Alan, 2005, Major mines of Nevada 2004: Reno, NV, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication P-16, 28 p. Gillerman, V.S., Bennett, E.H., and Weaver, M.J., 2005, Idaho: Mining Engineering, v. 57, no. 5, May, p. 78-83. Gold News, 1998, Gold snapshot—Underground mines are growing trend: Gold News, no. 6, November-December, p. 2. Goldcorp Inc., 2005, Annual report—2004: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Goldcorp Inc., 40 p. Hecla Mining Company, 2005, Annual report—2004: Coeur d’Alene, ID, Hecla Mining Company, 116 p. Keller, J.W., Carroll, C.J., and Widmann, B.L., 2005, Colorado: Mining Engineering, v. 57, no. 5, May, p. 72-78. Kinross Gold Corporation, 2005, Management’s discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2004: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Kinross Gold Corporation, November 18, 108 p. Klapwijk, Phillip, Walker, Paul, Ryan, Peter, Newman, Phillip, Alway, Bruce, Meader, Neil, Spenser, Tim, Kavalis, Nikos, Han, Veronica, Sanjiv, Arole, and Tankard, William, 2005, Gold survey 2005: London, United Kingdom, Gold Fields Mineral Services Limited, April, 121 p. Kohler, Susan, 2005, California: Mining Engineering, v. 57, no. 5, May, p. 69-72. Lowrey, Jim, Bearmish, Marilyn, Hadley, John, Slaunwhite, Janice, and Selva, Sandra, 2004a, Overview of worldwide exploration budgets—Targets and stages of development: Metals Economics Group gic Report, v. 7, no. 6, November-December, p. 7-11. Lowrey, Jim, Bearmish, Marilyn, Hadley, John, Slaunwhite, Janice, and Selva, Sandra, 2004b, Overview of worldwide exploration budgets—Trends and locations: Metals Economics Group Strategic Report, v. 17, no. 6, November-December, p. 1-6. McCulloch, R.B., 2005, Montana: Mining Engineering, v. 57, no. 5, May, p. 99-102. Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel, 2005, Annual report—2004: Moscow, Russia, Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk Nickel, 108 p. Mining Journal, 2005, Wheaton River, Goldcorp sign final merger terms: Mining Journal, January 7, p. 12. Newmont Gold Company, 2005, Annual report—2004: Denver, CO, Newmont Gold Company, 38 p.
Northern Miner, 2005a, Apollo pours gold at Standard: Northern Miner, v. 91, no. 45, January 7-13, p. 3. Northern Miner, 2005b, Way cleared for Kensington: Northern Miner, v. 91, no. 45, January 7-13, p. 3. Placer Dome Inc., 2005, Annual report—2004: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Placer Dome Inc., 96 p. Platts Metals Week, 2005, Standard gold mine pours its first dore bar: Platts Metals Week, v. 76, no. 1, January 3, p. 11. Queenstake Resources Ltd., 2005, Annual report—2004: Denver, CO, Queenstake Resources Ltd., 60 p. Rio Tinto Ltd., 2005, Fourth quarter 2004 operations review: London, United Kingdom, Rio Tinto Ltd. press release, January 19, 23 p. Szumigala, D.J., and Hughes, R.A., 2005, Alaska’s mineral industry 2004: Alaska Division of Geology and Geophysics Surveys Information Circular 51, March, 18 p. Thomas, P.R., and Boyle, E.H., Jr., 1986, Gold availability appraisal: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9070, 87 p. Tingley, J.V., and Castor, S.B., 2005, Nevada: Mining Engineering, v. 57, no. 5, May, p. 102-104. Whyte, James, and Cummings, John, 2004, Goldcorp, Wheaton forge million oz. producers: Northern Miner, v. 90, no. 42, December 10-16, p. 1, 15.
2,560,000 r 2,550,000 r 2,550,000 e 2,430,000 e kilograms 2,570,000 r metric tons 33,000 33,000 32,200 31,800 31,400 Official bullion reserves11 e Estimated. rRevised. -- Zero. 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits, except prices. 2 May include small quantities recovered by gravity methods. 3 May include tailings, waste-ore dumps, and previously mined ore at some inactive mines. 4 Unfabricated refined gold held by refiners, fabricators, dealers, and the U.S. Department of Defense. 5 Commodity Exchange (Comex) Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. 6 Comex only. 7 Fiscal year bullion disbursements to U.S. Mint coin programs. Fiscal year begins October 1, of year prior to year indicated. 8 Defined as refinery production from primary materials plus refinery production from old scrap plus net bullion flow to market from foreign stocks at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York plus net imports of bullion. Assumed to include gold held for investment purposes. Excludes gold contained in fabricated items, imported coins, and official monetary gold. 9 Engelhard Corp. industries quotation. 10 Data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. 11 Held by central banks, governments, and international monetary organizations. Data from the International Monetary Fund.
TABLE 2 MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES, BY STATE1 (Kilograms) State 2003 2004 California 4,270 3,260 Nevada 227,000 216,000 45,700 38,800 Other States2 Total 277,000 258,000 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 2 Includes Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington.
TABLE 3 LEADING GOLD-PRODUCING MINES IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2004, IN ORDER OF OUTPUT1 Quantity Rank Mine County and State Operator (kilograms) 1 Betze-Post Eureka, NV Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. 43,000 2 Eastern Nevada operations do. Newmont Mining Corp. 35,200 3 Cortez Lander, NV Placer Dome U.S. Inc. 32,700 4 Round Mountain Nye, NV Round Mountain Gold Corp. 23,700 5 Meikle Elko, NV Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc. 17,500 6 Lone Tree Humboldt, NV Newmont Mining Corp. 15,500 7 Twin Creeks do. do. 11,000 8 Fairbanks, AK Kinross Fairbanks Gold Mining Incorporated 10,500 Fort Knox2 9 Cresson Teller, CO Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. 10,200 10 Salt Lake, UT Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. 9,580 Bingham Canyon3 11 Jerritt Canyon Elko, NV Queenstake Resources USA, Inc. 7,570 12 Midas do. Newmont Mining Corp. 6,840 13 Turquoise Ridge Humboldt, NV Placer Dome U.S. Inc. 5,060 14 Capstone Elko, NV Newmont Mining Corp. 4,810 15 Marigold Humboldt, NV Glamis Gold Inc. 4,400 16 Kettle River Ferry, WA Kinross Gold Corporation 3,010 17 Greens Creek Juneau, AK Kennecott Greens Creek Mining Co. 2,680 18 Wharf Lawrence, SD Wharf Resources, Inc. 2,370 19 Pershing, NV Apollo Gold, Corp. 2,270 Florida Canyon and Standard4 20 Rochester do. Coeur Rochester, Inc. 2,160 21 Denton-Rawhide Mineral, NV Kennecott Rawhide Mining Co. 1,510 22 Bald Mountain White Pine, NV Placer Dome U.S. Inc. 1,450 23 Montana Tunnels Jefferson, MT Apollo Gold, Corp. 1,050 24 Briggs Inyo, CA Canyon Resources Corp. 923 25 Mesquite Imperial, CA Western Goldfields, Inc. 852 26 Barney's Canyon Salt Lake, UT Kennecott Barney's Canyon Mining Co. 684 27 Golden Wonder Hinsdale, CO LKA International 445 28 Rand Kern, CA Glamis Rand Mining Company 405 29 Robinson White Pine, NV Robinson Nevada Mining Company 380 30 Castle Mountain San Bernardino, CA MK Resources Company/Quest Capital Corporation 264 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; the mines on this list accounted for more than 99% of U.S. mine production in 2004. 2 Mine production refers to gold equivalent produced. 3 Mine production refers to total quantity of gold produced in concentrates. 4 Formerly Florida Canyon. Sources: Company annual reports, company 10-K reports submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, company news releases, and Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.
Year and country 2003 2004: Argentina ----3,420 42,700 3,420 42,700 Armenia ----178 2,310 178 2,310 Australia 1 11 --5,250 72,400 5,250 72,400 Austria ----1 10 1 10 Belgium 12 117 ----12 117 Bolivia ----44 580 44 580 Canada 7 85 6 60 18,000 247,000 18,100 247,000 Cayman Islands ----1 11 1 11 China ----45 461 45 461 Congo (Brazzaville) ----265 3,890 265 3,890 Costa Rica ----185 2,400 185 2,400 Czech Republic 2 6 ----2 6 Dominican Republic 899 7,810 --1 11 900 7,830 El Salvador ----3 46 3 46 Germany 4 42 69 889 3 50 77 981 Guatemala ----751 10,100 751 10,100 Hong Kong 6 65 --24 277 30 341 Hungary 2 8 ----2 8 India ----10 130 10 130 Indonesia ----52 683 52 683 Israel ----710 9,410 710 9,410 Italy ----47 556 47 556 Japan 2 15 2 23 507 6,320 511 6,350 Korea, Republic of 2 14 --10 140 12 154 Lithuania --1 5 --1 5 Malaysia ----584 6,980 584 6,980 Mexico 66 484 2 26 12,400 156,000 12,500 156,000 Monaco ----1 16 1 16 Netherlands 2 9 ----2 9 Oman ----16 211 16 211 Pakistan ----46 581 46 581 Peru ----8 93 8 93 Philippines 1 7 ----1 7 (5) (5) Saint Lucia ----6 6 Saudi Arabia ----8 110 8 110 Singapore ----1,970 25,300 1,970 25,300 South Africa ----14 137 14 137 Switzerland 122 1,300 142,000 1,860,000 32,200 426,000 174,000 2,280,000 Taiwan ----6 70 6 70 Thailand ----23 261 23 261 Trinidad and Tobago 2 11 --6 41 8 51 Turkey ----71 854 71 854 United Arab Emirates ----7,910 100,000 7,910 100,000 United Kingdom 17 169 89 597 29,200 386,000 29,300 387,000 Venezuela ----3 40 3 40 Vietnam 2 24 --145 1,800 147 1,830 Total 1,150 10,200 142,000 1,860,000 114,000 1,500,000 257,000 3,370,000 -- Zero. 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 2 Ash and residues data were zero for listed years. 3 Includes base-metal ores, concentrates, and matte destined for refining. 4 Bullion also moves in both directions between U.S. markets and foreign stocks on deposit in the Federal Reserve Bank. Monetary gold is excluded. 5 Less than ½ unit. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Year and country 2003 2004: Armenia --133 1,750 -Australia --1 11 2,270 Austria 7 93 ---Belgium 8,390 4,030 ---Bolivia --15 192 -Brazil ----360 Canada 201,000 525,000 3 36 358,000 China --21 169 8,850 Dominican Republic --3 35 95,800 France --7 64 617 Germany 127,000 15,200 1 26 4,260 Guatemala 689 4,700 ---Honduras ----1,550 Hong Kong 10 112 9 105 10,900 India 1 12 1 5 419 Ireland ----506 Israel --4 55 75,200 Italy 6,440 4,810 --215 Japan 471 5,210 23 306 2,660 Korea, Republic of --1 15 842 Lebanon ----616 Malaysia 3 23 55 805 342 Mexico 13 97 8 91 620 (2) Netherlands --3 48,700 Norway --8 112 -Panama ----2,700 Romania ----834 Saudi Arabia ----373 Singapore --1 8 499,000 (2) Slovakia --3 -South Africa 7,330 187 ---Spain 15 3 ---Sri Lanka ----200 Sweden 2,280 1,220 ---Switzerland 5,200 48,800 --180 Taiwan 5 35 --41,200 (2) Thailand --5 -Trinidad and Tobago --1 4 1,460 Turkey --13 175 5,970 United Kingdom 367,000 206,000 339 4,690 4,980 Vietnam --1 10 -Total 725,000 815,000 647 8,670 1,170,000 -- Zero. 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 2 Less than ½ unit.
Year and country 2003 2004: Armenia ----8 100 8 100 Aruba ----1,100 12,700 1,100 12,700 Australia 11 137 --132 1,600 143 1,740 Belgium ----5 70 5 70 Belize ----2 36 2 36 Bolivia --228 2,140 --228 2,140 Brazil ----16,200 213,000 16,200 213,000 Canada 1,830 19,000 257 6,030 98,800 1,330,000 101,000 1,350,000 (4) Chile 3 3,630 45,700 5,740 75,000 9,370 121,000 Colombia --36,100 354,000 5,050 60,600 41,200 414,000 Congo (Kinsasha) ----4 70 4 70 Dominican Republic ----85 762 85 762 Ecuador --14 166 106 1,310 120 1,470 France ----24 308 24 308 Gambia, The --5 75 --5 75 Germany ----2 21 2 21 Ghana ----5 70 5 70 Guyana ----112 1,300 112 1,300 Honduras --3,480 31,500 166 2,340 3,640 33,800 Hong Kong ----318 4,280 318 4,280 Italy --12 161 20 248 32 408 Jamaica ----1 10 1 10 Mexico 18 28 2,410 34,000 7,600 98,200 10,000 132,000 Netherlands Antilles ----3 36 3 36 Nicaragua --3,080 29,400 --3,080 29,400 Panama --484 4,810 319 3,040 803 7,860 Peru --92,400 1,080,000 50 617 92,500 1,080,000 South Africa ----4 59 4 59 Suriname ----30 360 30 360 Switzerland ----344 4,550 344 4,550 Taiwan ----104 1,430 104 1,430 Thailand ----52 594 52 594 United Kingdom --12 130 1,160 8,220 1,170 8,340 Venezuela ----1,670 17,500 1,670 17,500 Vietnam ----2 20 2 20 Total 1,860 19,200 142,000 1,590,000 139,000 1,830,000 283,000 3,440,000 -- Zero. 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 2 Includes base metal ores, concentrates, and matte destined for refining. 3 Bullion also moves in both directions between U.S. markets and foreign stocks on deposit in the Federal Reserve Bank. Monetary gold is excluded. 4 Less than ½ unit. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Year and country 2003 2004: Argentina 9 23 --Aruba 21 54 --Australia --1 10 Bolivia --8 108 Brazil 17 31 --Canada 2,250 18,700 421 5,680 Chile --6,250 7,350 China 40 380 --Colombia 740 11,200 --Costa Rica 1,030 5,670 --Czech Republic ----Dominican Republic 9,370 94,900 465 1,810 Ecuador 125 1,210 --El Salvador 24 140 28 276 (2) Ethiopia --2 France 1 6 --Germany --3 40 Ghana --64 529 Guatemala 15 135 --Honduras 111 786 3,440 40,900 Hong Kong 4 36 --Israel --43 1,060 Italy 39 275 1 11 Japan --1 12 (2) Korea, Republic of 9 82 3 Liberia --8 88 (2) Lithuania 1 5 5 Malaysia 116 1,080 --Mali --10 110 Mexico 5,900 18,600 1 6 Netherlands ----Netherlands Antilles 43 609 --Nicaragua 45 291 62 587 Panama 443 5,180 2 20 Philippines 10 76 --Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 43 --Sierra Leone --15 147 Singapore 4 37 --South Africa 6 50 2 28 Spain 74 545 --Sweden 1 10 --Switzerland 9 127 37 526 Taiwan 44 203 --Thailand 10 131 7 82 Trinidad and Tobago 1 7 --(2) United Arab Emirates 4 --United Kingdom 20 10 10 93 Total 20,500 161,000 10,900 59,400 -- Zero. 1 Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. 2 Less than ½ unit.
Kyrgyzstan Liberiae Madagascar Malaysia Mali See footnotes at end of table.
Turkey Uganda United States Uruguay Uzbekistane Venezuela Vietname Zambiae Zimbabwe Total See footnotes at end of table.
Government estimates unreported production as high as 30,000 kilograms.
Report "By Micheal W. George - USGS Mineral Resources Program"

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