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Zambia
Kitumba Project

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 Location:
7 km NW from Mumbwa, Zambia

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Overview

StagePre-Feasibility
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Cobalt
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Uranium
Mining Method
  • Sub-level caving
Mine Life12.8 years (as of Jan 1, 2015)
The project has been in development since 2004, with numerous phases of work being undertaken by different owners and investors. An Optimisation Pre- Feasibility Study has been completed and a JORC- compliant mineral resource published.


Owners

Source:
CompanyInterestOwnership
Consolidated Mining & Investments Ltd. 100 % Direct
Vulcan Copper Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Vulcan Copper Limited is the owner of the Kitumba Project.

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Deposit Type

  • IOCG


Summary:

The Mumbwa licence area lies within the extreme southern portion of the Neoproterozoic Lufilian Arc. The Lufilian Arc is a large arcuate fold and thrust belt covering northwestern Zambia, the southern Democratic Republic of Congo and eastern Angola.

The geology of the Mumbwa area is described by Cikin and Drysdall (1971). The region is dominated by metasedimentary rocks of the upper units of the Neoproterozoic Katanga Sequence. These rocks are intruded by the large syn- to post-tectonic 566-533 Ma Hook Granitoid Suite and by younger post-tectonic syenites, diorites, porphyry granites, granites, diorites and gabbros. The east-northeast trending MSZ runs along the southern margin of the Hook Granitoid Suite.

The Mumbwa district represents an IOCG province that is related to voluminous an orogenic (Atype), alkali and granitoid magmatism and tectonic activity that took place from 570-500 Ma along a Pan-African transform plate boundary that separated the Congo and Kalahari Cratons (Pelly, 2001). IOCG systems associated with the Hook Granitoid Suite and related intrusions in the Mumbwa district display many of the typical characteristics of IOCG systems.

IOCG deposits comprise a broad and ill-defined clan of mineralisation styles, which are grouped together chiefly because they contain hydrothermal magnetite and/or specular hematite as major accompaniments to chalcopyrite ± bornite. Apart from copper and byproduct gold appreciable amounts of Co, U ........


Mining Methods

  • Sub-level caving


Summary:

Sub-level caving was selected as the appropriate mining method at the completion of the Pre Feasibility study. This was due to the deposit being too deep (overlain by waste) for open pit mining and having insufficient rock mass strength to be efficiently mined by stoping methods.

Production tonnages are modelled to an economic shut off grade of 0.9% copper, not exceeding the maximum draw percentages listed below:
- first level – 40% of tonnes;
- second level – 60% of tonnes;
- third level – 90% of tonnes;
- fourth level – up to 120% of tonnes;
- fifth and consecutive levels – up to 150% of tonnes.


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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Copper t 37,000477,077
All production numbers are expressed as cathode.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Ore tonnes mined, LOM 22.5 Mt *
Annual ore mining rate 1.5 Mt *
* According to 2015 study.

Reserves at July 29, 2015:
A base case cut-off grade of 1.0% Cu.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained 
Commodity
Proven 10 Mt Copper 2.6 % 262 kt
Probable 11.9 Mt Copper 1.9 % 230 kt
Proven & Probable 21.9 Mt Copper 2.2 % 492 kt
Measured 9.6 Mt Copper 2.95 %
Measured 9.6 Mt Cobalt 221 ppm
Measured 9.6 Mt Gold 0.03 g/t
Measured 9.6 Mt Silver 1.3 g/t
Measured 9.6 Mt Uranium (U3O8) 25 ppm
Indicated 15.3 Mt Copper 1.93 %
Indicated 15.3 Mt Cobalt 239 ppm
Indicated 15.3 Mt Gold 0.03 g/t
Indicated 15.3 Mt Silver 1.1 g/t
Indicated 15.3 Mt Uranium (U3O8) 27 ppm
Measured & Indicated 24.9 Mt Copper 2.32 %
Measured & Indicated 24.9 Mt Cobalt 232 ppm
Measured & Indicated 24.9 Mt Gold 0.03 g/t
Measured & Indicated 24.9 Mt Silver 1.1 g/t
Measured & Indicated 24.9 Mt Uranium (U3O8) 26 ppm
Inferred 3 Mt Copper 1.23 %
Inferred 3 Mt Cobalt 247 ppm
Inferred 3 Mt Gold 0.05 g/t
Inferred 3 Mt Silver 0.8 g/t
Inferred 3 Mt Uranium (U3O8) 29 ppm
Total Resource 27.9 Mt Copper 2.2 %
Total Resource 27.9 Mt Cobalt 234 ppm
Total Resource 27.9 Mt Gold 0.04 g/t
Total Resource 27.9 Mt Silver 1.1 g/t
Total Resource 27.9 Mt Uranium (U3O8) 27 ppm

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits
Cash costs Copper USD 1.6 / lb *  USD
Total cash costs Copper USD 1.82 / lb *  USD
All-in costs Copper USD 1.93 / lb *  USD
Assumed price Copper USD 3.11 / lb *  USD
* According to 2015 study / presentation.
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Operating Costs:

Units2015
UG mining costs ($/t milled) USD 27.6 *
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2015 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2016
Pre-Feasibility Study Report 2015
Pre-Feasibility Study Report 2014
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