Talk:Omai Mine

tailings dam collapse
There should be a mention of the tailings dam collapse. see http://www.infomine.com/library/videos/970c0/poison_in_the_lifeline%3A_omai_gold_mine_disaster_-_part_1_of_3.aspx Eastmain (talk • contribs) 12:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Still open?
If the mine has closed, the date it closed should be mentioned in the article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 12:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Text from an Articles for creation draft
Another editor,, added the following text to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Omai Gold Mine. If the information can be verified, it should probably be added to this article. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 12:45, 23 September 2013 (UTC) The Omai gold mine was most recently held by Iamgold, which acquired it from Cambior Resources. At the time it was built, in the early nineties, Omai was the largest gold mine in South America. In a period spanning 13 years, Omai produced some 3.7 million ounces of gold duringa period when the price of gold was approximately US $300 an ounce.

Historical data suggests that Omai still contains significant gold deposits. In 2006-2007, after the3.7 million ounces of gold was produced, the previous owners drilled the floor of only the Fennell pit with a total of 46 diamond drill holes(27,359m) up to a maximum length of 967m which were used to outline aresource of 17.5Mt @ 2.51g/t for an additional deposit of 1.4 millionounces of gold available for Mahdia Gold Corp to develop from beneath that one pit alone. Additionally, other work was done that consisted of SG measurements, and significant geotechnical work. IAMGOLD had alsocreated a 3D Gemcom model of the Sill, Fennell Stock and mineralisedzones, and used it to calculate the resource.

Thesecond nearby pit, the Wenot pit was never drilled but it shares asimilar geology Recently a junior miner - Mahdia Gold Corp (list in Canada) - is exploiting this asset.