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Cerro Vanguardia, Argentina

Located in the province of Santa Cruz, Cerro Vanguardia operates multiple small open pits with high stripping ratios and multiple narrow-vein underground mines that produce gold with silver as a by-product.

Ownership

92.5%
AngloGold Ashanti

Mineral Resource

Stacked rocks [icon]
2.88Moz
of gold

Gold production

Production [icon]
145koz

Silver production

Production [icon]
3.5Moz

All-in sustaining costs

Costs [icon]
$1,353/oz

Capital expenditure (92.5%)

Cashflow [icon]
$64m

Workforce

Worker [icon]
1,850
including contractors

Overview and locality

Cerro Vanguardia, in which AngloGold Ashanti has a 92.5% stake, is the Company’s sole operation in Argentina. Fomicruz, a state company, owns the remaining 7.5%. Cerro Vanguardia is a gold-silver operation with multiple open pit and underground mines located within the property that are mined simultaneously.

Cerro Vanguardia operates a single tailings dam. The state road GO-337 passes close to the operation, providing access for logistics. Power for the mine is supplied and purchased in the open market. Three mining methods are used for underground mining: sub-level stoping (bottom-up and top-down), cut and fill, and room and pillar.

A brief history

  • Gold exploration at the site was started in late 1980s by the state owned Fomicruz and Minera Mincorp (JV between Anglo American Argentina Holdings Limited and a local private company, Perez Companc).
  • Cerro Vanguardia began as an open pit operation in 1998 and this was supplemented in 2010 with the start of shallow underground mining to access high-grade mined material.
  • To complement the already existing gold plant, a heap leaching operation was started in 2012.
  • The mine has been operated by AngloGold Ashanti since 1998.
Map Argentina,locaton of Cerro Vanguardia

ESG statistics 2021

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All injury frequency rate

0.75 per million hours worked

Caring [icon]
Community investment

$3,568m

Incident report [icon]
Reportable environmental incidents

0

Water recycling [icon]
Water use

1,466ML

Water recycling [icon]
Water use efficiency

0.50kL/t

Energy [icon]
Energy consumption

1.76PJ

Energy [icon]
Energy use intensity

0.60GJ/t

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GHG emissions

96kt

Wind [icon]
GHG emission intensity

33kg/t CO2e

Rehabilitation [icon]
Rehabilitation liabilities

$96m

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