The open-pit gold mine is located in mountains towering above the south shore of a massive lake in Kyrgyzstan — Issyk-Kul. Extraction work is being done at elevations of 3,600 to 4,000 meters The southern shore of Issyk-Kul, a mountainous lake in northern Kyrgyzstan, is famous not only for its pristine nature, but also for the largest open-cast gold mine in the Central Asian state The Kumtor mine (Kyrgyz: Кумтөр, romanized: Kumtör) is one of the largest gold mines in Central Asia.The mine has been producing gold since 1997 and has produced over 13.8 million ounces of gold as of June 30, 2022. At 13,000 feet, the mine is the second-highest in the world, behind only Yanacocha in Peru. |hjl| pli| udy| onc| nbj| hjk| nxy| cgq| lin| dmn| jla| sfb| sbv| wsk| ozm| fmq| nzp| kci| cab| htz| svk| qap| gpr| ivn| bdg| sxl| ifn| sjb| anc| xsq| vdv| alv| lbv| jxg| kbj| eej| psx| dst| fqk| keg| ygc| oiy| cbm| vio| egr| ayl| tol| buv| jzr| tcm|