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The Tropicana Gold Mine project is located 330 km northeast of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.〔(Tropicana looking good as AngloGold itches to go ) ''The Australian'', published: 28 July 2009, accessed: 3 January 2010〕 Since 2001, it is jointly owned by AngloGold Ashanti (70% - manager) and Independence Group NL (30%).〔(MINEDEX website - Search result for Tropicana ) accessed: 3 January 2010〕 The Tropicana tenement consists of 12,500 km2 of land.〔(AngloGold Ashanti website - Country Report Australia ) accessed: 3 January 2010〕 It is located at the junction of the Yilgarn Craton and the Fraser Range Mobile Belt.〔(Gold - AIMR 2008 - Australian Mines Atlas ) Geoscience Australia website, accessed: 3 January〕 Should the feasibility study be positive, Tropicana would be AngloGold Ashanti's second gold mine in Australia, after Sunrise Dam, while Independence does not operate any gold mines. ==History== The Tropicana deposit was discovered in 2005 and, together with the nearby Havana deposit, discovered in 2006, constitutes the last major Australian gold discovery.〔 The area is seen as a new major Australian gold province, previously untouched due to its remoteness,〔〔(Miner eyes '260km gold belt' in WA ) ''The Canberra Times'', published: 28 July 2009, accessed: 3 January 2010〕 and dubbed the "Tropicana Gold Belt".〔(As the price of gold sparkles, the future looks bright for junior explorers ) ''The Age'', published: 24 November 2008, accessed: 3 January 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tropicana Gold Mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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