public traded as tsx rio nyse riom bvl rio industry gold mining founded 2006 founder alexander black headquarters vancouver british columbia canada revenue 317 million 2012 operating income 153 million 2012 net income 100 million 2012 parent tahoe resources inc. website www.tahoeresources.com rio alto s la arena mine located near huamachucho la libertad peru taken from the top of the mine s calaorco pit july 2013 . rio alto mining was a vancouver based international gold producer engaged in the exploration development and production of mineral resource properties throughout latin america with its principal asset the la arena mine in la libertad region peru . the company and its assets were acquired by tahoe resources inc. in 2015 and the company no longer exists . operations edit rio alto s annual gold production exceeded 200 000 ounces from its la arena mine . in 2008 rio alto purchased la arena from iamgold for 48 million . 1 in may 2011 the company poured its first gold from operations at la arena . 2 tahoe resources announced a merger with rio alto mining on february 9 2015 for 1.12 b. the merger was completed on april 1 2015 . references edit iamgold to receive in excess of 48 million from sale of la arena . may 8 2008 . rio alto pours 1 115 oz of gold at la arena . may 9 2011 . external links edit official website this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rio alto mining & oldid 740398915 categories companies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies formerly listed on the toronto stock exchangegold mining companies of canadacanadian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 20 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view