TienShan 2006
Gold Bearing Deposits of Central Asia
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The Muruntau Open Pit. A panoramic view of the 3.5 x 2.5 km Muruntau open pit, the lowest bench of which is now 510 m below the pre-mining surface. To date some 700 Mt of ore has been removed. The current mining (in 2006) removes around 250 000 tonnes per day of ore + waste, of which 80 000 tonnes is ore.
Photographs by Mike Porter.
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