Plant Layout For Placer Gold Mining Operation
Placer Dome Gold Mine Mining Technology . In early 2006, Barrick Gold Corp acquired Placer Dome in a US takeover, thereby acquiring its interest in Porgera, in which Placer had increased its own holding from 50% during 2002 following its takeover of Aurion Gold Ltd. Porgera was initially an underground operation, with openpit mining becoming increasingly important from 1993 onwards.