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The Marlin mine is 25 kilometres by air west-southwest of the town of Huchuetenango or 300 kilometres by paved and gravel roads from Guatemala City. Goldcorp has completed substantial improvements on the roads leading into and within the project area.
The climate is predominantly warm and dry with well defined wet and dry seasons. The majority of the 1,088 millimetres of annual rainfall occurs from April to October. The average yearly temperature in the area is approximately 25 degrees Celsius. Typically high temperatures are estimated to reach 40 degrees Celsius with low temperatures falling to 3 degrees Celsius.
Topography at the project site is characterized by moderate to steep terrain with elevations ranging from 1,800 to 2,300 meters above sea level.
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