Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Sulfur
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsGold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1939
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10304807
MRDS IDW027858
Alternate namesVenterspost Gold Mining Co,Ltd
RegionAF
Data scoreB
Coordinates-26.29661, 27.63146
References
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