Sentence examples for pit gold from inspiring English sources

IERISSOS, Greece — In the forest near here, bulldozers have already begun flattening hundreds of acres for an open pit gold mine and a processing plant, which Canada's Eldorado Gold Corporation hopes to open within two years.

The Super Pit gold mine at Kalgoorlie, meanwhile, was closed after 156 mm of precipitation fell within a three-day period; all major mines within the vicinity were forced to halt operations.

Anglo American Mining (whose track record is less than stellar) wants to put one of the world's largest open pit gold and copper mines at the headwaters of the largest remaining wild salmon fishery on earth -- a fishery that feeds the nation, employs more than 14,000 people, and has sustained human beings in the Bristol Bay area for thousands of years.

Glaciers v gold ReprintsA second case concerns Pascua-Lama, a $1.4 billion open-pit gold mine promoted by Barrick Gold, a Canadian firm.

Open-pit gold mining, as performed by some of the biggest mining companies, can require the removal of two hundred and fifty tons of rock and ore — that's five hundred thousand pounds — to find a single ounce of gold.

WE had only two days to travel via the northern road from Kalbajar province back to Armenia — amid snow-capped peaks and over the infamous Sotk Pass and its open-pit gold mine.

Because of the polarizing debate surrounding open-pit gold mining, it is hard to find an unbiased commentator to assess the risks and benefits of Gabriel Resources' proposed mine.

It also issued a legal opinion that could clear the way for a Nevada company to dig an open-pit gold mine in a part of the California desert considered sacred by a local Indian tribe.

The company, Gabriel Resources, owns the rights to mine the hills here and wants Mr. David, 41, to leave his 50 acres of land so that the company can carve out what would be Europe's largest open-pit gold mine.

Spurred by the rising worldwide demand for gold, a Canadian mining company, Dundee Precious Metals, and its Bulgarian subsidiary, Balkan Mineral & Mining, have made plans to open a big open-pit gold mine near this town, which is close to the Greek border and a four-hour drive southeast of the capital, Sofia.

Hatcher (Christopher Walken), the cynical American who owns and operates a hellish open-pit gold mine in the area, is also after Travis's secret, as is Mariana (Rosario Dawson), a local beauty who owns a bar but harbors a big secret of her own.