Barrick acquired the Pueblo Viejo project through its acquisition of Placer Dome in 2006 and sold a 40% interest in the
project to Goldcorp. Pueblo Viejo is located in the Dominican Republic, approximately 100 kilometers northwest of the
capital city of Santo Domingo.
Pueblo Viejo has significant amounts of zinc (2.6 billion pounds), copper (358 million pounds) and silver
(88 million ounces) contained within the gold reserves.
The mine life is currently estimated to be at least
20 years, and Pueblo Viejo is expected to have average annual life-of-mine production of up to 600,000 ounces of gold.
Total estimated capital costs are in the range of USD $2.1 - 2.3 billion.
Hatch is providing EPCM services for approximately USD$650 million in CAPEX which includes brick lining design
technology supply, patented slurry pre-heater control, patented oxygen sparger supply, SIL ESDS (shutdown system) supply
and the largest brick-lined autoclaves to date.
The project will feature the world's largest brick-lined autoclaves - 800 t transportation weight each - and related controls
and technologies by Hatch.
