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Ore Deposits and Mining of Particular Metals.
Gold Production Around the World

As the map below shows, gold is mined on every continent on earth, except Antarctica. South Africa leads all nations in production, with 375,787 kilograms mined in 2003. The relative production of all other nations is shown by the relative sizes of the gold nuggets on the map. See the table below the map for actual numbers.

Country

South Africa
Australia
United States
China
Peru
Russia
Canada
Indonesia
Uzbekistan
Ghana
Papua New Guinea
Brazil
Colombia
Tanzania
Mali
Chile
Argentina
Philippines
Kazakhstan
Korea, South
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Guinea
Guyana
Zimbabwe
Mongolia
Ecuador
Venezuela
New Zealand
Bolivia
Saudi Arabia
Japan
Finland
Ethiopia
Sudan
Honduras
Malaysia
Guatemala
Thailand
Sweden
Nicaragua
Spain
Fiji
India
Vietnam
Romania
French Guiana
France
Tajikistan
Namibia
Turkey
Korea, North
Georgia
Cote d'Ivoire
Morocco
Armenia
Uruguay
Panama
Kenya
Serbia and Montenegro
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Senegal
Italy
Iran
Equatorial Guinea
Cuba
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Algeria
Suriname
Poland
Jamaica
Burma
Costa Rica
Solomon Islands
Oman
Congo, Kinshasa
Slovakia
Gabon
Mozambique
Nigeria
Niger
Liberia
Central African Republic
Benin
Rwanda
Congo, Brazzaville
Botswana
Uganda
Belize

Production (Kg)

375,787
282,000
277,000
202,000
171,551
170,068
140,559
140,000
90,000
69,600
64,000
48,000
46,515
46,000
45,528
40,000
38,355
38,000
30,000
27,000
22,476
20,000
16,000
14,000
12,564
12,000
10,700
10,000
9,500
9,362
8,769
8,143
5,600
5,300
5,000
5,000
4,739
4,550
4,400
4,300
3,900
3,300
3,250
3,100
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,800
2,700
2,425
2,350
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,863
1,800
1,730
1,550
1,500
1,100
1,100
1,000
550
500
500
500
500
500
400
365
300
300
200
150
110
100
100
100
75
70
63
50
30
20
20
20
10
10
8
5
1

Percent of Total

14.5092%
10.8880%
10.6950%
7.7992%
6.6236%
6.5663%
5.4270%
5.4054%
3.4749%
2.6873%
2.4710%
1.8533%
1.7959%
1.7761%
1.7578%
1.5444%
1.4809%
1.4672%
1.1583%
1.0425%
0.8678%
0.7722%
0.6178%
0.5405%
0.4851%
0.4633%
0.4131%
0.3861%
0.3668%
0.3615%
0.3386%
0.3144%
0.2162%
0.2046%
0.1931%
0.1931%
0.1830%
0.1757%
0.1699%
0.1660%
0.1506%
0.1274%
0.1255%
0.1197%
0.1158%
0.1158%
0.1158%
0.1081%
0.1042%
0.0936%
0.0907%
0.0772%
0.0772%
0.0772%
0.0719%
0.0695%
0.0668%
0.0598%
0.0579%
0.0425%
0.0425%
0.0386%
0.0212%
0.0193%
0.0193%
0.0193%
0.0193%
0.0193%
0.0154%
0.0141%
0.0116%
0.0116%
0.0077%
0.0058%
0.0042%
0.0039%
0.0039%
0.0039%
0.0029%
0.0027%
0.0024%
0.0019%
0.0012%
0.0008%
0.0008%
0.0008%
0.0004%
0.0004%
0.0003%
0.0002%
0.0000%

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Ore Deposits and Mining of Particular Metals.

07/23/2007