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MineGuessr – Cornwall, UK: Imerys China Clay (Kaolin) Pits

Bright white kaolin pits and tips in Cornwall’s Clay Country captured in a 40-year mining satellite timelapse.

MineGuessr – Oltenia Energy Complex, Romania: Lignite Open Pits and Coal Power

Satellite view of the Oltenia Energy Complex in Romania, showing multiple open-pit lignite mines, internal dumps and mine-mouth power stations featured in the MineGuessr mining advent calendar.

MineGuessr – Kittilä, Finland: Subarctic Underground Gold Mine in Lapland

Subarctic underground gold mine at Suurikuusikko in northern Finland, seen from satellite.

MineGuessr – Parnassos–Ghiona, Greece: Karst-Type Bauxite Mines in Central Greece

High-altitude karst-type bauxite open pits and underground workings in the Parnassos–Ghiona mountains, a key alumina feedstock district in Central Greece.

MineGuessr – Glomel, France: Andalusite Open-Pit Mine in Brittany’s Montagnes Noires

World-class andalusite open pit at Glomel in Brittany, supplying refractory minerals to steel, foundry, cement and glass producers across Europe.

MineGuessr – Assarel–Medet, Bulgaria: Twin Porphyry Copper Open Pits in Central Sredna Gora

Assarel–Medet porphyry copper complex in central Bulgaria, with the active Assarel open pit, tailings facility and the older Medet pit visible in satellite view.

MineGuessr – Las Cruces, Spain: High-Grade Hydromet Copper Mine in the Iberian Pyrite Belt

Las Cruces copper mine north-west of Seville in southern Spain, with a compact open pit, hydrometallurgical plant and solution ponds visible in satellite view.

MineGuessr – Skouries, Greece: High-Grade Copper-Gold Porphyry

Skouries copper–gold porphyry project in the forests of the Halkidiki Peninsula, featured as Door 6 in the MineGuessr mining advent calendar with a satellite timelapse of construction, suspension and restart.

MineGuessr – Trimouns, France: World’s Largest Talc Quarry in the Pyrenees

Trimouns talc quarry above Luzenac in the French Pyrenees, featured as Door 5 in the MineGuessr mining advent calendar with a 40-year satellite timelapse of the amphitheatre-shaped open pit.

MineGuessr – Ørtfjell, Norway: Banded Iron Formation Iron Ore Mine in the Dunderland Valley

Ørtfjell (Ortfjell) iron ore mine in Norway’s Dunderland Valley, featured as Door 4 in the MineGuessr mining advent calendar with a 40-year satellite timelapse of open-pit and underground mining.