The Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine is the fifth largest silver mine in the world and the second largest in Mexico.[1] It is located in north-eastern corner of the State of Zacatecas and is wholly owned by Newmont.[2] It is an open pit operation which began operations in March 2010,[3][unreliable source?] but still managed to produce 13,952,600 ounces of silver that year.[1] Estimated reserves for the Peñasquito Mine are 17.82 million oz of gold, 1,070.1 million oz of silver, 3,214 tons of lead and 7,098 million tons of zinc.[3]
The mine has its own radio station, XHESP-FM 98.9 "Radio Peñasco".
A week-long protest disrupted operations at the Peñasquito mine during the first week of October 2017. Goldcorp had been forced to "announce a temporary suspension of operations due to a blockade by truck drivers protesting a loss of contracts at the country’s biggest gold deposit."[5]