Qualla: Kittila Mine https://qualla.com/kittila-mine en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Kittila Mine https://qualla.com/kittila-mine Kittila Mine: Introduction https://qualla.com/kittila-mine/ The mill at the Kittila mine in Finnish Lapland includes a bomb shelter. This is not remarkable in Finland, where a 1917 law passed during the upheaval of independence from Russia requires such provisions in significant buildings. What is remarkable is what someone chose to stock it with: alongside the oxygen tanks, emergency food, and drinking water, there sits a set of golf clubs. It is the kind of detail that captures something essential about this place, the largest gold mine in Europe, operating 36 kilometers northeast of the town of Kittila in conditions that would seem to rule out both large-scale mining and golf.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/s/4/4/kittila-mine-wp/us44-kittila-mine-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Kittila Mine: Gold Beneath the Permafrost https://qualla.com/kittila-mine/ In 1986, geologists found gold near the town of Kittila. The Geological Survey of Finland began exploration, discovering gold mineralization that diamond drilling confirmed over the next five years. When exploration paused in 1991, the deposit's potential was clear but uncommitte...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/s/4/4/kittila-mine-wp/us44-kittila-mine-gold-beneath-the-permafrost.mp3 0:06 2 full Kittila Mine: Two Pits and a Ramp https://qualla.com/kittila-mine/ The ore body at Kittila, also known as the Suurikuusikko deposit, stretches approximately 4.5 kilometers long, 3.3 kilometers wide, and 1.1 kilometers deep. Mining began with two open pits, the Suuri and Roura, where Caterpillar 777 dump trucks haul ore loaded by hydraulic excava...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/s/4/4/kittila-mine-wp/us44-kittila-mine-two-pits-and-a-ramp.mp3 0:06 3 full Kittila Mine: From Rock to Gold Bar https://qualla.com/kittila-mine/ Ore from both the pits and the underground operation feeds into an on-site mill that transforms raw rock into gold bars through a sequence of increasingly refined processes. A crusher and semi-autogenous grinding mill reduce the ore to particles 5.5 millimeters across. Flotation ...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/s/4/4/kittila-mine-wp/us44-kittila-mine-from-rock-to-gold-bar.mp3 0:06 4 full Kittila Mine: Lapland's Golden Ledger https://qualla.com/kittila-mine/ Production at Kittila began in May 2008, with the Suuri pit starting at 2,500 tonnes per day. In 2009, the mine produced 150,000 ounces of gold. By 2020, output had reached record levels: 6,473 kilograms of gold from 1.84 million metric tonnes of ore. These numbers make Kittila n...

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