Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
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Mining Method |
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Production Start | ...  |
Mine Life | 2043 |
In June 2022, Türkiye's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change temporarily suspended operations at the Çöpler mine site as a result of a leak of leach solution containing a small amount of diluted cyanide on June 21, 2022. The leak occurred from a pipeline that pumps diluted cyanide solution to Çöpler’s heap leach pad. The Ministry of Environment ordered certain remediation and improvement initiatives to be undertaken. The Company completed these initiatives and received the required regulatory approvals from Türkiye's government authorities on September 22, 2022, at which time all operations were restarted at the Çöpler mine. |
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Çöpler consists of a number of mining licenses covering mineral resources on the Çöpler, Çakmaktepe, Çakmaktepe Extension, and Bayramdere deposits, mineral reserves on the Çöpler, Çakmaktepe Extension and Çakmaktepe deposits, oxide and sulfide processing facilities, and supporting infrastructure. The Çöpler deposit, including the mineral resources and mineral reserves, is wholly owned by Anagold Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (“Anagold”). SSR Mining controls 80% of the shares of Anagold through a joint venture, Lidya Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. controls 18.5%, and a bank wholly-owned by Çalik Holdings A.S. holds the remaining 1.5%. Çakmaktepe is wholly owned by Kartaltepe Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi. Kartaltepe is 80% owned by SSR Mining and 20% owned by Lidya after the completion of a 2022 acquisition of an additional 30% ownership interest in the Kartaltepe from partner Lidya, increasing SSR Mining’s ownership interest from 50% to 80%.
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Deposit Type
- Epithermal
- Vein / narrow vein
- Porphyry
- Skarn
- Carbonate replacement
Summary:
The Çöpler deposit is centred on composite diorite to monzonite porphyry stocks that are part of the Eocene Çöpler Kabatas magmatic complex dated (by Imer et al., 2013) The magmatic rocks have intruded into both the Keban and Munzur Formations.
The gold, silver, and copper mineralisation of economic interest at Çöpler deposit area is exposed in four adjacent open pits from east to west: Manganese pit, Marble pit, Main pit, and West pit.
The pits expose economic parts of the same orebody and the three eastern pits will likely join up as the mining progresses. The predominant rock types in the mine include limestone / marble, metamorphic rocks (mainly hornfels) and diorite-tonalite porphyry, locally with equigranular biotite-granodiorite intrusions. Supergene enrichment enhanced along synmineralisation and post- mineralisation structures plays an important role in localising highgrade gold mineralisation at lithological contacts, late-stage faults and shear zones, and fault / contact intersections.
Most of the gold mineralisation concentrated in six distinct areas in the deposit: Main, Main West, Main East, Manganese, Marble, and West. The mineralisation is considered to be related to fluids associated with diorite intrusions at depth and generally manifests as three closely related mineralisation styles across the six areas:
• Low-Grade Porphyry Vein Mineralisation.
• Intermediate Sulfidation Epithermal Mineralisation.
• Iron Skarn a ........

Summary:
Open pit mining at the Çöpler project is carried out by a mining contractor and managed by Anagold. The mining method is a conventional open pit method with drill and blast and utilising excavators and trucks operating on bench heights of 5 m. The mining contractor provides operators, line supervisors, equipment, and ancillary facilities required for the mining operation. SSR provides management, technical, mine planning, engineering, and grade control functions for the operation.
New pit designs were created in 2021 based on updated metal prices and costs.
The key aims of the optimised pit designs are:
• Minimise mining costs and maximise economic return by exposing the highest value ore with minimum waste mining.
• Address operational requirements for loading, hauling, slope stability, and rockfall, as follows:
- Loading – the phases were designed with a minimum operational width of 15–30 m between phases (depending on bench configuration) to allow efficient mining for the equipment scale.
- Hauling – generally, two exit haul roads per phase were included: the west bound exit to the crusher, low-grade stockpile, and west dump; and the east bound exit to the potentially acid forming (PAF) and non-acid forming (NAF) dumps. Haul roads are generally 15 m wide at a 10% gradient. Single-lane haulage traffic is allowed in the lower benches of the mine and is set at 10 m wide.
Pit designs for the Çöpler pit were upd ........

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Production:
Lower production for the year ended December 31, 2022 are due to the temporary suspension of operations that occurred in the third quarter of 2022.
Commodity | Units | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Gold
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koz
| ...... ^ | ......  | ......  | ......  | ......  | 171 | 168 |
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.
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Operational Metrics:
Metrics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Ore tonnes mined
| ......  | ......  | 5,078 kt | 3,573,188 t | 4,115,793 t | 7,999,026 t |
Waste
| ......  | ......  | 20,783 kt | 16,356,446 t | 28,765,583 t | 28,765,583 t |
Total tonnes mined
| ......  | ......  | 25,861 kt | | | |
Tonnes processed
| ......  | ......  | 4,999 kt | 5,135,221 t | 4,573,436 t | 6,225,773 t |
Stripping / waste ratio
| ......  | ......  | 4.1 | | | |
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Çöpler Mineral Reserves includes reserves from Çöpler Mine, Cakmaktepe and Çakmaktepe Extension. Mineral Reserve cut-offs are based on $1,350/oz gold price. The average oxide recoveries are 61% and average sulfide recoveries are 91%. The weighted average gold recovery is 84%. All cut-off values include allowance for royalty payable. There are no credits for silver or copper in the cut-off calculations. Oxide cutoff grades vary between 0.44-0.80g/t gold and sulphide cutoff grades vary between 1.05-1.11g/t gold.
Çöpler Mineral Resources include resources from Çöpler Mine, Cakmaktepe, Çakmaktepe Extension and Bayramdere. Mineral Resources are reported at the variable gold cut-off grades based on different metallurgical parameters: oxide cut-off grades are 0.19-0.76 g/t gold, sulfide cut-off uses an NSR value in $/t based on gold price of $1,750/oz, silver price of $22.00/oz, and copper price of $3.95/lb with allowances for payability, deductions, transport, and royalties.
Category | OreType | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Probable
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In-Situ (OP)
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50,655 kt
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Silver
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4.48 g/t
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7,293 koz
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Proven & Probable
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Stockpiles
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13,256 kt
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Gold
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2.18 g/t
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931 koz
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Proven & Probable
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In-Situ (OP)
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59,612 kt
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Gold
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2.11 g/t
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4,047 koz
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Proven & Probable
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In-Situ (OP)
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59,612 kt
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Silver
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4.42 g/t
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8,476 koz
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Proven & Probable
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In-Situ (OP)
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59,612 kt
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Copper
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0.01 %
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8.6 M lbs
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Measured & Indicated
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Total
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88,745 kt
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Gold
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1.07 g/t
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3,057 koz
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Measured & Indicated
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Total
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88,745 kt
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Silver
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3.4 g/t
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9,704 koz
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Measured & Indicated
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Total
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88,745 kt
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Copper
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0.14 %
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280.4 M lbs
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Inferred
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Total
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102,992 kt
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Gold
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1.17 g/t
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3,871 koz
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Inferred
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Total
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102,992 kt
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Silver
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9.57 g/t
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31,674 koz
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Inferred
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Total
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102,992 kt
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Copper
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0.13 %
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285.5 M lbs
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