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Veraguas, Veraguas Province

Santa Rosa mine (Canazas)

Gold ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Open pit heap leach gold mine of the 1990s on older workings, periodically proposed for reopening

Documented in Panamanian mining industry records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old pit walls, cyanide pond remnants

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