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Yanacocha: The secondlargest gold mine in the world. Perched at over 4,000 metres in the mountains of northern Peru, some 50 kilometres from the ancient Inca city of Cajamarca, Yanacocha is Latin America''s largest and most profitable gold mine. The mine is owned by the USbased Newmont Mining Corporation which controls 51%, Buenaventura of Peru and the World Bank''s International Finance