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Exeter Resource Corp. 1,400 Konevinskoye Russia Operating, exp/plans UG Au Vertex, Rusfinansgrup 1,400 Hycroft USA Operating, exp/feasib OP Au, Ag Allied Nevada 1,322 Hardrock Canada Feasibility OP Au Centerra Gold, Premier Gold 1,250 South Deep South Africa Operating, exp/plans UG Au Gold Fields 1,156 Bystrinskoye Russia Feasibility OP Au, Cu Norilsk Nickel 1,100 Bloemhoek South Africa Prefeasibility UG Au Sibanye Gold 1,000 Stibnite USA Prefeasibility OP Au Midas Gold 970 Meliadine Canada Permitting OP, UG Au Agnico-Eagle 911 New Prosperity Canada Feasibility OP Au, Cu Taseko 807 Spanish Mountain Canada Feasibility OP Au, Ag Spanish Mountain 756 Turkey Construction OP Au Alacer Gold 744 Jiama China Operating, exp/feasib OP, UG Au, Cu China Gold Intl Resources 716 Fruta del Norte Ecuador Feasibility OP Au, Ag Lundin Gold 669 Kiaka Burkina Faso Prefeasibility OP Au B2Gold 610 Angostura Colombia Prefeasibility UG Au, Ag Eco Oro 529 Morelos (Media Luna) Mexico Prefeasibility OP Au Torex Gold 482 Kemess Canada Feasibility UG Au, Cu, Ag AuRico Metals 450 Peñasquito Mexico Expansion/constr HL Au Goldcorp 420 Bakyrchik Kazakhstan Susp, restart/feasib OP, UG Au Polymetal 397 Houndé Burkina Faso Construction OP Au Endeavour Mining 328 Coffee Canada Feasibility OP Au Kaminak Gold 317 Tasiast (Phase One) Mauritania Operating, exp/feasib OP Au Kinross Gold 300 Bomboré Burkina Faso Feasibility/permit OP Au Orezone Gold 250 Aurizona Brazil Prefeasibility/restart OP Au Luna Gold 146 Block 14 Sudan Prefeasibility OP Au Orca Gold 123 Copper Collahuasi Chile Operating, exp/susp OP Cu, Mo Anglo American, Glencore 6,500 Resolution USA Prefeasibility UG Cu, Mo Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton 6,000 Tampakan Philippines Feasibility OP Cu, Au Indophil Resources 5,900 Quebrada Blanca Chile Operating, exp/constr OP Cu Teck 5,600 Cobre Panamá Panama Construction OP Cu, Au First Quantum 5,480 Oyu Tolgoi Mongolia Operating, exp/constr UG Cu, Au Rio Tinto, Gov't. of Mongolia 5,300 El Teniente Chile Operating, exp/constr UG Cu, Mo Codelco 5,100 Udokan Russia Feasibility OP Cu, Ag Metalloinvest 4,800 Chuquicamata Chile Operating, exp/constr OP, UG Cu, Mo Codelco 4,700 Pebble USA Prefeasibility OP Cu, Au Northern Dynasty 4,500 Centinela Chile Feasibility/expansion OP Cu Antofagasta Minerals 4,350 Los Azules Argentina Prefeasibility OP Cu, Au McEwen Mining 3,900 Frieda River PNG Feasibility OP Cu, Au PanAust, Highlands Pacific 3,600 NuevaUnion Chile Prefeasibility OP Cu, Au Goldcorp, Teck 3,500 Corridor Chile Feasibility OP Cu, Au Goldcorp, Teck 3,500 Quellaveco Peru Feasibility OP Cu, Mo Anglo American, Mitsubishi 3,300 Schaft Creek Canada Feasibility OP Cu, Au Copper Fox, Teck 3,256 Constellation Chile, Argentina Prefeasibility OP, UG Cu, Au NGEx Resources 3,080 El Pachón Argentina Feasibility OP Cu, Mo Glencore 3,000 Mes Aynak Afghanistan Closed, reopen/feasib OP Cu MCC, Jiangxi Copper 2,890 CuMo USA Prefeasibility OP Cu, Mo American CuMo 2,800 Golpu (Stage 1) PNG Feasibility UG Cu, Au Harmony, Newcrest 2,600 La Granja Peru Prefeasibility OP Cu Rio Tinto 2,500 Galeno Peru Prefeasibility/susp OP Cu, Au Minmetals, Jiangxi Copper 2,500 Agua Rica Argentina Feasibility OP Cu, Au Yamana 2,200 Casino Canada Feasibility OP Cu, Au Casino Mining 2,150 Santo Domingo Chile Feasibility OP Cu, Fe Capstone, KORES 1,700 Andina Chile Operating, exp/constr OP, UG Cu, Mo Codelco 1,400 Kamoa D R Congo Feasibility OP Cu Ivanhoe Mines 1,200 Rosemont USA Feasibility OP Cu Hudbay 1,200 Aktogay Kazakhstan Feasibility OP Cu, Au KAZ Minerals 610 Gediktepe Turkey Prefeasibility OP Cu, Zn, Au, Ag Alacer Gold 246 Timok (Phase One) Serbia Prefeasbility UG Cu, Au Nevsun Resources 213 Florence USA Prefeasibility/permit IS Cu Taseko Mines 120 Iron Ore Simandou Guinea Feasibility OP Fe Chinalco, IFC, Govt. 20,000 Lac Otelnuk Canada Feasibility OP Fe WISCO, Adriana 9,384 Tonkolili Sierra Leone Operating, exp/plans OP Fe Shandong Iron and Steel 5,000 Mbalam-Nabeba Cameroon/D R Congo Feasibility/susp OP Fe Sundance Resources 4,686 Razorback Ridge Australia Prefeasibility OP Fe Magnetite Mines 4,000 Balmoral Australia Feasibility OP Fe Mineralogy, Australasian Res 3,968