RANKED: Countries where publicly-traded miners operate

The United States has twice as many operating mines owned by publicly-traded companies than any other country, according to data from Mining Intelligence .
As of this month there are 845 operating mines in the U.S., giving it 20% of the world`s total.
Russia is second with 408. Canada ranked eighth with just 167 operating mines.
Mines considered in the survey had the following criteria:
Mines are owned by publicly-traded companies. Excluded are private mines and state-owned mines. Stock exchanges used are TSX, TSX-V, ASX, LSE, LSE-AIM, NYSE and JSE. Aggregate and industrial mines are exluded. Just base metal, precious metal or coal operations are surveyed. Mines are in production. Mine is either an open pit or underground operation. Excluded are operations that are in-situ, placer or tailings, as well as mines with joint open pit and underground operations.