Peñasquito Mine
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The Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico.[1] It is located in north-eastern corner of the State of Zacatecas and is wholly owned by Newmont.[2] It is an open pit operation which began operations in March 2010,[3][unreliable source?] but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of silver that year.[1] Estimated reserves for the Peñasquito Mine are 17.82 million oz of gold, 1,070.1 million oz of silver, 3,214 tons of lead and 7,098 million tons of zinc.[3] The mine has its own radio station, XHESP-FM 98.9 "Radio Peñasco".