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TABLE 8
GOLD:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2��
(Kilograms)
 
Country�   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
Algeria 369 365 597 � 697 � 377 �
Argentina 32,506 � 29,749 � 28,466 � 27,904 r 45,000 e
Armenia 3,200 1,800 2,100 � 1,400 � 1,400 �
Australia 266,100 282,000 � 259,000 � 262,000 � 244,000 �
Belizee -- r -- r -- r -- r --
Benine 20 � 20 20 20 20
Bolivia 11,256 9,362 � 6,951 � 7,803 r 14,500 e
Botswana 8 9 e 162 2,770 � 2,800 e
Brazil3 41,662 40,416 47,596 38,292 r 41,154 p
Bulgaria 1,110 e 2,142 2,431 3,868 r 3,500 �
Burkina Faso 209 � 770 � 1,125 � 1,397 1,571
Burma 92 r 90 r 90 r, e 90 r, e 90 e
Burundi�� 483 � 2,855 � 3,229 3,905 � 3,900 e
Cameroon 700 700 � 1,500 e 1,500 e 1,500 e
Canada 151,904 � 140,861 � 129,478 119,549 r 103,890 p
Central African Republice�� 16 � 7 4 7 4 7 � 7 �
Chade 150 150 150 100 100
Chile 38,688 � 38,954 � 39,986 r 40,447 42,100
Chinae 192,000 � 205,000 � 215,000 225,000 245,000
Colombia 20,823 � 46,515 � 37,738 35,783 40,000 e
Congo (Brazzaville)e 10 75 � 60 20 r 10
Congo (Kinshasa)e�� 7,600 4,100 5,700 4,200 r 4,200
Costa Ricae 100 110 150 500 1,500
Cote d'Ivoire 3,570 1,313 1,219 1,638 1,600 e
Cubae 1,000 500 500 500 500
Ecuador5 2,750 � 4,819 r 5,128 r 5,338 r 5,500 e
Equatorial Guineae 100 100 150 200 � 150 �
Eritrea -- � 9 � 33 30 � 30 e
Ethiopia6 3,670 � 3,875 � 3,443 4,376 r 4,028 �
Fiji 3,725 r 3,519 r 3,731 r 2,793 r 1,430 e
Finland 4,666 � 5,409 5,004 5,000 e 5,000 e
Francee 2,800 1,700 � 1,500 1,000 1,000
French Guiana 3,290 3,296 2,773 r 1,955 r 2,000 e
Gabone, 7 70 70 300 300 300
Georgiae 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
Ghana 69,271 � 70,749 63,139 66,852 r 66,205
Guatemala -- r -- r -- 741 r 5,036
Guinea� 16,815 16,622 11,100 r 15,300 r 15,230
Guyana� 13,581 � 11,707 r 11,148 r 11,102 r 11,000 e
Hondurase 4,984 4 5,000 5,000 r 5,000 4,500
India8 3,800 3,200 � 3,700 r 3,100 r 2,500
Indonesia9 142,238 � 141,019 � 91,710 r 130,620 r 164,400
Iran 210 203 195 200 e 200 e
Italye 500 � 600 r 600 r 600 r 600 �
Jamaica 328 � 131 � 20 e -- � -- �
Japan 8,615 8,143 � 8,021 � 8,318 � 8,904 �
Kazakhstane�� 27,000 � 30,000 � 30,000 � 18,062 4 18,000
Kenya 1,477 � 1,543 � 567 616 r 620 e
Korea, Northe -- r -- r 2,000 r 2,000 r 2,000
Korea, Republic of 310 166 233 266 270 e
Kyrgyzstane 17,000 22,476 4 22,000 16,700 10,721 4
Laos -- 8,879 r 6,760 r 7,058 r 6,300 e
Liberia 42 � 20 e 110 16 � 20 e
Madagascar����������� -- e 10 � 5 5 5 e
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8�Continued
GOLD:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Kilograms)
 
Country�   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006  
Malaysia 4,289 4,739 � 4,221 4,250 r 3,497
Mali 56,043 � 50,535 r 42,911 r 49,230 r 55,484
Mexico 21,324 � 20,406 � 21,818 30,356 40,000 e
Mongolia 12,097 11,119 � 19,240 r 24,120 r 22,561 �
Morocco 2,747 1,863 � 1,200 1,200 e 1,200 e
Mozambique 17 � 63 � 56 � 63 � 68 e
Namibia 2,815 2,508 2,205 2,703 r 2,900 e
New Zealand 9,770 9,300 10,151 10,583 r 10,500 e
Nicaragua 3,493 � 3,096 r 4,064 r 3,500 e 3,000 e
Niger 28 � 30 684 3,005 r 1,480
Nigeriae 40 � 50 30 r 40 � 40 �
Oman 188 � 4 � -- e -- e -- e
Panamae -- � -- � -- r -- r --
Papua New Guinea 61,379 r 67,832 r 73,670 r 68,483 r 50,000 e
Peru10������������� 157,530 172,619 173,224 207,822 � 203,269 �
Philippines 35,850 37,844 35,464 37,490 r 37,500 �
Poland 296 � 356 527 500 � 500 �
Romaniae 500 500 500 500 � 500 �
Russia11 168,411 170,068 163,148 164,186 r 159,340
Rwandae 10 � 2 4 -- -- --
Saudi Arabia 4,192 8,769 8,268 r 7,456 r 8,000 e
Senegale 600 � 600 � 600 600 600
Serbia and Montenegroe, 12 900 400 400 500 r 500
Slovakia 77 � 79 107 100 � 100 �
Solomon Islandse� 100 � 100 10 4 10 � 10 �
South Africa 398,523 373,300 337,223 r 294,671 r 272,128 p
Spain 5,158 � 5,362 � 5,248 r 5,500 r, e 5,000 e
Sudan� 5,239 � 5,106 5,000 e 3,625 r 3,158 �
Surinamee 300 300 8,513 4 10,619 r, 4 11,000
Sweden� 4,500 � 4,300 e 5,300 � 5,100 e 5,100 e
Tajikistane 2,700 2,700 3,000 3,000 3,000
Tanzania� 43,320 � 48,018 � 48,178 r 52,236 r 46,000 e
Thailand 4,950 4,269 � 4,500 4,400 r 4,500 e
Turkeye 5,000 � 6,500 � 4,500 5,000 � 5,500 �
Uganda 3 � 40 � 1,447 1,700 � 1,600 e
United States 298,000 277,000 � 258,000 � 256,000 � 252,000 �
Uruguay 2,216 r 1,500 r 2,334 r 3,151 r 3,200 p
Uzbekistane�� 90,000 4 90,000 93,000 90,000 85,000
Venezuela 9,465 � 7,900 e 9,666 � 10,000 e 12,000 e
Vietname 2,000 � 2,000 � 2,000 � 3,000 � 3,000 �
Zimbabwe 15,469   12,564 � 21,330 � 14,023 � 11,354 �
Total   2,530,000 r 2,560,000   2,440,000   2,470,000   2,460,000  
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 8�Continued
GOLD:� WORLD MINE PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
eEstimated. pPreliminary. rRevised. -- Zero.
1World totals, U.S. data, and estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.
2Table includes data available through August 7, 2006.
3Officially reported figures are as follows, in kilograms: Major companies: 2002�32,912; 2003�26,066; 2004�28,508; 2005�29,941
(revised) and 2006�35,111 (preliminary). Garimpos: 2002�8,750; 2003�14,350; 2004�19,088; 2005�8,351 (revised); and 2006��
9,889 (preliminary).
4Reported figure.
5Includes undocumented artisanal production.
6Year ending July 7 of that stated.
7Undocumented artisanal production.
8Refinery output.
9Excludes production from so-called people's mines, which may be as much as 18,000 kilograms per year, but includes gold recovered as�
byproduct of copper mining.
10Includes documented production from placer artisanal production.
11Mine output including gold recovered as a byproduct, but excludes secondary gold production, which for Russia, in kilograms, was 2002�
2,546; 2003�6,835; 2004�4,884; 2005�4,882; and 2006�4,981.
12In June 2006, Montenegro and Serbia formally declared independence from each other and dissolved their union. Mineral production data�
for 2006, however, still reflect the unified country.

Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

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