| Yamana Gold Inc. is a Canada-based gold producer engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and reclamation. It has significant properties involved in gold production, gold development, exploration and land positions throughout the Americas, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Central America. The Company is producing gold and other precious metals at intermediate company production levels in addition to significant copper production. During the year ended December 31, 2008, total production from all mines totaled approximately one million gold equivalent ounces. In July 2009, Calibre Mining Corp. announced the purchase of an undivided 100% interest in the NEN Gold Copper Project (NEN Project) from Yamana Gold Inc. The NEN Gold Copper Property is a district scale land package of 70,976 hectares (710 square kilometers) of mining and exploration concessions. |
