Tarkwa Mine - Goldfields Ghana
| Site | Tarkwa Gold Mine |
| Location | Ghana Africa |
| System | 1 instrument |
| Commissioned | 2010 |
Location: The Tarkwa gold mine is located in southwestern Ghana, about 300 km by road west of Accra, the capital, at latitude 5°15’N and longitude 2°00’W. It is situated some 4 km west of the town of Tarkwa with good access roads and an established infrastructure, which is served by a main road connecting the port of Takoradi some 60 km to the southeast on the Atlantic coast.
Infrastructure: Multiple open pits (currently six), two heap leach facilities and a CIL plant.
Geology: The ore body at Tarkwa consists of a series of sedimentary banket quartz reef units (conglomerates) of the Tarkwaian System that are very similar to those mined in the Witwatersrand Basin of South Africa. The operation is currently mining multiple reef horizons from open-pits and there is potential for underground mining in the future.
Employees in service: 1,805 permanent employees, 44 temporary employees and 2,846 contractors.
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