"Peru is a potentially wealthy country with a rich and varied cultural and architectural heritage."  Source: BBC News   Anglo Gold Teck Barrick Placer Dome Newmont Cambior Goldfields Harmony   MINE TONNES (million) GRADE (g/t) OUNCES (million) Yanacocha 540 0.95 32 Pierina 112 2.0 7.2 Alto Chicama    160 1.4 7.1 Aruntani 52 1.2 2.0 Sipan 21 1.2 0.8 Quicay 10 1.6 0.5 (Click to enlarge)   Discovery of Barrick’s 7.5m oz Au Alto Chicama deposit. Predicted to come into production in the last quarter of 2004. Anglo Gold’s discovery of the 1.5m oz Rescatada project. Continued expansion of Newmont’s giant Yanacocha deposit with predicted production of 2.8m oz for 2004. Rio Tinto’s discovery of the Mina Justus FeOx Cu / Au deposit within the Marcona Iron ore mine. South Western Gold’s positive first drill program at the Liam Project.   Location: Western South America bordering the South Pacific Ocean between Chile and Ecuador Capital: Lima Population: 28,409,897 (approx.) Area: total: 1,285,220 sq km water: 5,220 sq km land: 1.28 million sq km Climate: Varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes Natural Resources: copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas GDP: $132 billion (est. 2002) Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara Government: Constitutional Republic Industries: mining of metals, petroleum, fishing, textiles, clothing, food processing, cement, auto assembly, steel, shipbuilding, metal fabrication Currency: 1 nuevo sol = 100 centimos Int'l Dialing: +51   Portal del Estado Peruano Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico Lima Post Peru Mining Bolsa de Valores de Lima PERU.COM PERCAN.ca Ministerio de Energía y Minas