Leaders: John Zarling
Duration: June 27, 2008
Cost: $160 (Pre-registration: $100) If there are questions, contact Field Trip leader.
No. of Participants: (Max 20 people)

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Description:
The Pogo gold mine, located southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, is an underground mine with annual gold production of 350,000 to 450,000 ounces over its projected 10 year life. The mine area is located in a zone of discontinuous permafrost and the 50 mile road constructed to the mine site crosses a large aeolian sand dune formation.



Teck Cominco has a 40% interest in the mine and is the operator. The other partners are Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. (51%) and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan (9%).

At the site there is a permanent camp for 300 people, gold processing facilities, water treatment plant and paste backfill plant/dry-stack tailings facility. Mining methods are cut and fill and drift and fill. The mill utilizes conventional milling and gravity and carbon-in-pulp technology. Gold from both the gravity and carbon-in-pulp circuits is produced as dore bullion, which is sent to the U.S.A. for refining and sold to third parties.