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Mexico
Fresnillo Mine

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 Location:
0 km S from Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico

  Address:
Hidalgo No. 451, Fresnillo Centro
Fresnillo
Zacatecas, Mexico
99000
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Lead
  • Zinc
Mining Method
  • Bench & Fill
  • Cut & Fill
  • Backfill
Production Start...
Mine Life6 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Fresnillo is one of the world’s oldest continuously operating mines. In operation since 1554.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Fresnillo plc. 100 % Indirect

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Deposit Type

  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Manto
  • Sediment-hosted
  • Volcanic hosted


Summary:

The Fresnillo mine ore deposits consist of replacement chimney and manto bodies, disseminated sulfide bodies, and vein deposits hosted mainly in Cretaceous marine sedimentary and volcanic rocks.

The base metal-silver deposits are zoned to the southeast away from a small quartz monzonite stock, with increasing silver content and decreasing base metal values with distance from the stock. Wall rocks adjacent to the stock exhibit silicification and calc-silicate alteration that has been partially replaced by the sulfide minerals. Vein wall rocks exhibit potassic, phyllic, argillic, and propylitic alteration with increasing distance from the veins.Chimney and manto bodies contain pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, tetrahedrite, marcasite, arsenopyrite, and silver minerals. Chimney and manto bodies predate or are contemporaneous with base metal veins containing a similar mineralogy. Younger silver-rich veins consist primarily of pyrargyrite with lesser acanthite, proustite, miargyrite, polybasite, tetrahedrite, galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite. Individual veins exhibit increasing silver and decreasing base metal concentrations with increasing elevation.


Mining Methods

  • Bench & Fill
  • Cut & Fill
  • Backfill


Summary:

Fresnillo one of the world’s oldest continuously operated underground mines. There are three types of veins Wide (> 3 mts), Medium (2-3 mts) and Narrow (< 2 mts) in Fresnillo. Bench & FIll and Cut & Fill methods are used for mining operations.


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityProductUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Silver Metal in concentrate oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required15,117,15616,511,93715,864,61415,612,175
Gold Metal in concentrate oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Lead Metal in concentrate t  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Lead Concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Zinc Metal in concentrate t  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Zinc Concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Daily milling rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required7,349 t7,292 t
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required8 kt8 kt8 kt8 kt
Annual milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,640 kt2,640 kt2,640 kt2,640 kt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,461,785 t2,443,440 t2,447,394 t2,373,092 t
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Reserves at May 31, 2021:
Mineral reserve cut-off grade is 235 g/t AgEq.
Mineral resource cut-off grade is 174 g/t AgEq.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Probable 13,224 kt Silver 234 g/t 99,536 koz
Probable 13,224 kt Gold 0.72 g/t 305 koz
Probable 13,224 kt Lead 1.17 % 154 kt
Probable 13,224 kt Zinc 3.41 % 451 kt
Proven & Probable 13,224 kt Silver 234 g/t 99,536 koz
Proven & Probable 13,224 kt Gold 0.72 g/t 305 koz
Proven & Probable 13,224 kt Lead 1.17 % 154 kt
Proven & Probable 13,224 kt Zinc 3.41 % 451 kt
Measured & Indicated 32,385 kt Silver 416 g/t 433,447 koz
Measured & Indicated 32,385 kt Gold 0.91 g/t 945.53 koz
Measured & Indicated 32,385 kt Lead 1.31 % 425 kt
Measured & Indicated 32,385 kt Zinc 3.3 % 1,070 kt
Inferred 34,024 kt Silver 332 g/t 363,213 koz
Inferred 34,024 kt Gold 0.73 g/t 803.98 koz
Inferred 34,024 kt Lead 1.16 % 394 kt
Inferred 34,024 kt Zinc 2.4 % 818 kt

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202120202019201820172016
Cash costs Silver USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 0.5 / oz†   0.7 / oz†   2.09 / oz†  
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Silver USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 8.92 / oz†   8.2 / oz†   7.82 / oz†  
† Net of By-Product.
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Operating Costs:

Units2021202020192018201720162015
Total operating costs ($/t milled) USD 84.769.962.749.447.543.948.2

Financials:

Units2022202120202019201820172016
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ......  Subscription required
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 121.1   111.7   52.8  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 378.3   421.3   382.7  
Gross profit M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 211.5   252.2   224.2  
EBITDA M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2019:
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2022
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Annual Report 2018
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Corporate Presentation 2016
Annual Report 2015
Annual Report 2014
Other 2014
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
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