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Fort Knox Gold Mine

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Fort Knox is located in Alaska

The Fort Knox Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska. It is owned and operated by Toronto based Kinross Gold. Originally staked in 1913, the property sat idle until being restaked in 1980, and purchased by Amax Gold, who brought the mine into production. Ownership transferred to Kinross Gold following its 1998 merger with Amax.

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