Currais Novos mine

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The Currais Novos mine is a large open pit mine located in Rio Grande do Norte state of Brazil. Its purpose is the recovery of tungsten from two tailings piles, from the Barra Verde and Boca de Laje mines.{{cite web|url=https://www.bnamericas.com/project-profile/en/currais-novos-currais-novos|title=Currais Novos - BNamericas}} Currais Novos represents one of the largest tungsten reserves in Brazil having estimated reserves of 4.31 million tonnes of ore grading 0.1% tungsten.{{cite web|url=http://www.masangroup.com/static/uploads/block/somerly-report-en-6.pdf|title=Tungsten deposits|year=2012|publisher=masangroup.com|accessdate=2013-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922071648/http://www.masangroup.com/static/uploads/block/somerly-report-en-6.pdf|archive-date=2013-09-22|url-status=dead}}

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Category:Tungsten mines in Brazil

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