Overview
Overview
Cerro Negro sits 600 metres above sea level on the low Patagonian plains in southern Argentina in the province of Santa Cruz. It’s a two-hour drive south from the closest community, Perito Moreno, and a six-hour drive southwest from Comodoro Rivadavia, where the closest commercial airport with flights to Buenos Aires is located.
Newmont Cerro Negro has three high-grade underground operating mines, Eureka, Mariana Central and Mariana Norte, and two underground deposits being developed, Emilia and San Marcos, as well as five other deposits in late-stage evaluation for development to expand the existing operations in the Marianas Complex and establish operations in the Eastern District. The extensive Cerro Negro complex has several other deposits and exploration targets, including an open-pit mine known as Vein Zone and and one cyanide leach processing facility with Merril Crowe recovery yielding gold recoveries of 90 to 97%.