Production Started
2005
Lagunas Norte is a traditional open-pit truck-shovel operation located in the District of Quiruvilca in the Province of Santiago de Chuco and the Department of La Libertad, in northern Peru. The mine site is located 141 km east of the coastal city of Trujillo.
Operations include open pit mining of gold-silver ore, crushing, and extraction of precious metals using heap leaching and conventional mill and CIL plants. The mine has been in continuous production since March 2005 and up until June 2021, the mine was operated by Barrick Gold Corporation, and has produced over 10 Moz of gold.