Tasiast Gold Mine Mining Technology
The mining fleet of Tasiast includes 120t hydraulic excavators and 90t trucks. Commercial production at the mine began in 2008. The Tasiast is an open pit mine in a prospective greenstone belt. The Tasiast gold mine is located about 300km north of Nouakchott and 162km eastsoutheast of Nouâdhibou in the northwestern Mauritania.