The Wharf gold mine is an open pit, heap leach operation located in the northern Black Hills of western South Dakota, approximately four miles southwest of the city of Lead, South Dakota. The property consists of several areas of adjoining gold mineralization, which have been mined as a series of open pits.
Stage: | Production |
Location: | Lead, South Dakota (Black Hills) |
Type: | Open Pit & Heap Leach Operation |
Metals: | Gold, Silver by-product |
Product: | Electrolytic Cathodic Sludge |
Ownership: | 100% |
Land position: | 7,852 net acres |
2021 Production: | 91,136 oz Au |
2021 Proven and probable reserves1: | 852,000 oz Au |
2021 Measured and indicated resources1: | 412,000 oz Au |
2021 Inferred resources1: | 90,000 oz Au |
View Wharf's most recent technical report here.
(1) Effective December 31, 2021. Please see Reserves and Resources statement