The mine is 55 miles (89 km) north of the town of Tonopah, with a workforce of approximately 750 people.

The expansion was appealed by the non-governmental organizations Great Basin Resource Watch and the Western Shoshone Defense Project.

The groups also appealed the construction of Gold Hill, a second pit near Round Mountain, that is part of the expansion.

[5][6] As of summer 2011, road construction and environmental mitigation began for the Round Hill expansion.

[7] The Round Mountain Mine is a low sulfidation epithermal deposit.