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BTRP Mine

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BTRP Mine

Location: 6 km NE from Barberton, South Africa

Address:

Fairview mine, off the R38 on Provincial Road D2195 P.O. Box 121
Barberton
South Africa
1300

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Overview

Mine TypeTailings
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Hydraulic mining
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotBarberton Mines also includes the BTRP surface retreatment operation which is located within Fairview Mine’s mining right footprint area. The BTRP was designed to treat 100,000t of tailings per month and adds low-cost and low-risk ounces to Pan African's production profile.

The BTRP has access to near-term surface sources that will sustain production for another two years, albeit at a reduced production profile, during which time the development of the Sheba Fault project and other initiatives will provide for the BTRP’s longer-term supply needs.

Following an internal project to reassess feedstock sources for the BTRP, the final drilling and metallurgical test work results were retrieved from the Bramber dormant TSF, post the closure of the 2024 reporting period. These Mineral Resources will increase the life-of-mine of the BTRP from the current two years to seven years.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Employee Share Ownership Plan (the ‘ESOP’) 5 % Indirect
Pan African Resources plc 95 % Indirect
Pan African Resources' subsidiary, Barberton Mines Proprietary Limited, owns 95% of the Barberton operation. Employees own 5% of the issued share capital of Barberton Mines through an Employee Share Ownership Plan (the ‘ESOP’).
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Deposit type

  • Tailings

Summary:

The BTRP section retreats previously processed gold ore in the form of slime material. Deposition material of historically treated metallurgical tailings from the Fairview, Consort and Sheba Mines. The slimes emanate from historical mining activities on the same orebodies that are currently being mined underground from the existing Barberton Mines underground operations.

The feed sources supplying the BTRP include the Harper South, Vantage TSF, and Harper North complexes.

The material is confined to the deposition sites of historical tailings and extends approximately 1m beneath the historical footprint into the residual soil profile. The ore consists of oxidised tailings containing pyrite and arsenopyrite-associated gold, which was not recovered in the initial treatment process.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Gold oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe24,00717,50426,74528,59124,283
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational metrics

Metrics2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Annual production capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe25 koz of gold metal in doré30 koz of gold metal in doré30 koz of gold metal in doré30 koz of gold metal in doré25 koz of gold metal in doré
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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,114,923 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,114,923 t858,967 t821,691 t959,215 t971,627 t

Production Costs

CommodityUnits20242023202220212020201920182017
Cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 552 / oz   691 / oz   378 / oz  
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 552 / oz **   695 / oz **   392 / oz **  
All-in costs Gold USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 576 / oz **   1,072 / oz **   455 / oz **  
** Net of By-Product.

Operating Costs

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Financials

Units20242023202220212020201920182017
Capital expenditures M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 8.1   85.4   26.4  
Revenue M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 431.7   291.3   451.5  
EBITDA M ZAR  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 178   94.6   267.6  

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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