Herewith a series of tables, all gleaned from Metals Focus’ Gold Focus 2017 report released last week, which between them confirm that Peak Gold is not with us quite yet, although probably getting very close.

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Table 1.  Top 20 Gold Producing Nations 2015/2016 (Tonnes)

Rank	Country	2015 Output	20 16 Output	%  Change
1	China	460.3	463.7	+1%
2	Australia	279.2	287.3	+3%
3	Russia	268.5	274.4	+2%
4	USA	215.5	225.7	+5%
5	Peru	170.6	166.0	-3%
6	South Africa	165.1	165.6	–
7	Canada	157.7	162.1	+3%
8	Mexico	131.7	128.4	-2%
9	Indonesia	114.2	109.5	-4%
10	Brazil	95.4	96.8	+1%
11	Ghana	95.4	95.6	–
12	Uzbekistan	85.5	86.7	+1%
13	Papua New Guinea	58.1	60.4	+4%
14	Argentina	63.8	59.6	-7%
15	Tanzania	53.2	55.3	+4%
16	Kazakhstan	51.0	52.6	+3%
17	Colombia	49.2	51.8	+5%
18	Mali	49.2	50.1	+2%
19	Burkina Faso	38.6	41.6	+8%
20	Chile	42.5	40.7	-4%
	Others	57.5	58.1	+1%
	Total	3,220.2	3,255.4	+1%

Source: Metals Focus

Table 2.  Top 20 Gold Producing Companies 2015/2016 (Tonnes) (1 tonne= 32150.7 troy ounces)

Rank	Country	2015 Output	2016 Output	%  Change
1	Barrick Gold	190.3	171.6	-10%
2	Newmont Mining	156.6	162.9	+4%
3	AngloGold Ashanti	122.8	112.8	-8%
4	Goldcorp	107.8	89.4	-17%
5	Kinross Gold	78.9	83.3	+6%
6	Newcrest Mining	77.4	76.7	-1%
7	Gold Fields	67.2	66.7	-1%
8	Polyus Gold	54.8	61.2	+12%
9	Navoi MMC (est)	61.0	61.0	–
10	Agnico Eagle Mines	52.0	51.7	-1%
11	Sibanye Gold	47.8	47.0	-2%
12	China National Gold	41.5	42.1	+1%
13	Yamana Gold	38.9	39.5	+2%
14	Randgold Resources	37.7	39.0	+3%
15	Shandong Gold	36.0	37.1	+3%
16	Zijin Mining	37.2	36.1	-3%
17	Harmony Gold	33.3	33.2	–
18	Glencore	30.0	31.9	+7%
19	Freeport McMoran	35.5	30.8	-13%
20	Fresnillo	23.7	29.1	+23%

Source: Metals Focus,

Table 3.  World’s 20 Largest Producing Gold Mines 2016 (tonnes of gold)

Rank	Mine Name	Country	Operator	2015 Output	2016 Output	%  Change
1	Muruntau	Uzbekistan	Uzbek Govt.	61.0	61.0	–
2	Pueblo Viejo	Dominican Rep	Barrick	29.7	36.3	+22%
3	Goldstrike	USA	Barrick	32.8	34.1	+4%
4	Grasberg	Indonesia	Freeport	38.3	33.0	-14%
5	Cortez	USA	Barrick	31.1	32.9	+6%
6	Carlin	USA	Newmont	27.6	29.4	+7%
7	Olimpiada	Russia	Polyus	23.6	29.3	+24%
8	Lihir	PNG	Newcrest	25.0	28.1	+12%
9	Batu Hijau	Indonesia	Amman Mineral	21.0	26.7	+27%
10	Boddington	Australia	Newmont	24.7	24.9	+1%
11	Cadia Valley	Australia	Newcrest	19.8	23.5	+19%
12	Super Pit	Australia	Newmont	19.9	23.3	+18%
13	Loulo-Gounkoto	Mali	Randgold	19.6	22.0	+12%
14	Kupol	Russia	Kinross	21.6	20.7	-4%
15	Yanacocha	Peru	Newmont	28.6	20.4	-29%
16	Kibali	DRC	Randgold	20.0	18.2	-9%
17	Canadian Malartic	Canada	Osisko	17.8	18.2	+2%
18	Tarkwa	Ghana	Gold Fields	18.2	17.7	-3%
19	Kumtor	Kyrgyzstan	Centerra	16.2	17.1	+6%
20	Sukari	Egypt	Centamin	13.7	17.1	+26%

Source: Metals Focus, Lawrieongold

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