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Copler Mine (Copler Master District expansion Project)

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18.5 km N from Kemaliye, Turkey

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Mustafa Kemal Mahallesi 2123 Cadde Cepa Ofis No: 2D 2001
Çankaya
Ankara
Turkey
06370
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Copper
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Smelting
  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Flotation
  • Heap leach
  • Concentrate leach
  • Counter current decantation (CCD)
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Pressure oxidation
  • Acid tank leaching
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)
  • Carbon in column (CIC)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • AARL elution
  • SART
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)
Mine Life22 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Operations Temporarily Suspended as of June 28th Pending Implementation of Timely Improvement Initiatives. On June 21st, SSR Mining experienced a minor leak estimated at eight kilograms of cyanide within the diluted solution from a pipeline that pumps solution to the heap leach pad.
Latest NewsSSR Mining Hosts Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Officials at Copler     June 28, 2022


Owners

Source: p. 22
CompanyInterestOwnership
Lidya Madencilik San. ve Tic. A.S. 18.5 % Indirect
SSR Mining Inc. 80 % Indirect
Anagold Madencilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (operator) 100 % Direct
The Çöpler project is owned and operated by Anagold Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Anagold). SSR controls 80% of the shares of Anagold, Lidya Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Lidya), controls 18.5%, and a bank wholly-owned by Çalik Holdings A.S., holds the remaining 1.5%.

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 and Carbonate Replacement Mineralisation.

The Çöpler deposit consists of three major mineralisation types that are closely associated with each other: low-grade sub-economic porphyry copper–gold–molybdenum mineralisation characterised by well-developed alteration zones and stockwork quartz veins (Main Zone); intermediate sulfidation epithermal mineralisation observed in the Manganese Zone as clusters of bright pink, banded, colloform rhodochrosite base metal sulfide veins and breccia lodes; and iron–gold (± copper) skarn with related carbonate replacement gold mineralisation.

Intermediate-style epithermal systems are typically hosted in arc-related andesitic and dacitic rocks. Mineralization is silver- and base metal-rich, and associated with Mncarbonates and barite. Sulfide assemblages in intermediate-style epithermal systems typically comprise tennantite, tetrahedrite, hematite–pyrite–magnetite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and iron-poor sphalerite. Quartz can be massive or display comb textures. Sericite is common as an alteration mineral, but the adularia, more typical of low sulfidation systems, is rare to absent.

Epithermal gold mineralization at Çöpler occurs within structurally-controlled zones of stockwork and sheeted veins hosted by a Tertiary diorite intrusion and an older metasediment complex, and as contact-type mineralization along the intrusivemetasediment fault contact with the Munzur Formation limestones. The epithermal mineralization may be related to porphyry copper-style mineralization that has been intersected by several of the drill holes.

The Main Zone lies in the west portion of the Project area and occupies a footprint of approximately 750 m north to south by 1,000 m east to west. Typical depths of mineralization range from surface to +200 m in depth. Disseminated quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite epithermal veinlets are primarily hosted in diorite and metasediments with some marble-hosted mineralization on the eastern margin of the zone. Oxidation has occurred, and oxide mineralization occurs from near surface to depths of approximately 40 m, with the thickest development over ridges and thinning in the intervening valleys.

The Manganese Mine Zone occupies the eastern end of the Çöpler mining area. The zone is approximately 650 m wide from north to south by approximately 650 m in the east to west direction. The pre-mining surface expression of this area consisted predominately of marble. A moderately-sized intrusion of diorite occurs sub-surface. A large proportion of the Manganese Mine Zone mineralization is associated with the contact between this diorite and the surrounding marble. Mineralization ranges from surface to approximately 400 m deep.

Free gold mineralization occurs in the marble with minimal associated sulfides. Disseminated quartz-sulfide mineralization occurs in clay-altered and brecciated diorites as well as locally carbonate-altered diorite. Moderate volumes of massive sulfide pyrite mineralization occur within the Manganese Mine Zone. It appears that “leachable” mineralization is a combination of free gold in marble and supergene oxidized mineralization in both marble and diorite. Leachable oxide mineralization occurs to over 200 m in depth.

The Main Zone East represents the portion of the mineralization lying between the Manganese Mine Zone and Main Zone. The geology in this area is typified by narrow, weakly to moderately-mineralized gossans located at the contact between the basement metasedimentary rocks and the overlying marble. It is postulated that the gossan is sourced from the diorite located in the Manganese Mine Zone and has been emplaced along the metasediment marble contact as the diorite has crystallized.

The Marble Contact Zone occurs in the southeastern portion of the Project area and is associated with a northeast-striking fault contact between marble on the east and metasediments and intrusions on the west. The geology in this area is typified by large ‘plugs’ of gossan and diorite that have formed at the junctions between large-scale faults, where mineralizing fluid flow has been considerable. The width of the Marble Contact Zone is approximately 350 m, and the strike length is 300 m in an east-northeasterly direction. The depth of mineralization ranges from surface to approximately 160 m. Mineralization occurs as both disseminated sulfides in veinlets and massive sulfide along the marble contact. Oxidation has occurred along the northeast structure resulting in greater depths of oxidized mineralization than in the Main Zone.

The West Zone occupies the westernmost portion of the Project area and is located at the contact between the basement metasedimentary rocks and the overlying limestone, where a large-scale northeast-trending fault is located. Mineralization is present within veinlets containing disseminated sulfides, massive sulfide and oxidized gossan. The West Zone has a strike length of approximately 700 m in a northeasterly direction and is approximately 150 m wide. Multiple, narrow, mineralized zones are present sub-parallel to the faulted contact, and occur to a depth of approximately 150 m below surface.

Main Zone West is located in the northwest corner of the Project area at the contact between diorite, marble and the basement metasedimentary units. The mineralization is hosted within narrow gossans located at the contact, and in subparallel veinlets containing disseminated sulfides within the marble and metasedimentary rocks. Main Zone West has a strike length of approximately 750 m and is approximately 75 m wide.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


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. SSR currently operates a sulfide process plant and an oxide heap leach facility.

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 updated in 2021. Ardich pit designs were prepared in 2021 and updated in 2022. The Çöpler, Ardich, and Çakmaktepe pit design for 2034, when in-pit mining is completed for the Reserve Case. Following completion of inpit mining, the sulfide plant will be fed from stockpiles until 2043.


Crushing and Grinding
Flow Sheet: Source
Crusher / Mill TypeModelSizePowerQuantity
Sizer 1
SAG mill 1
Ball mill 1

Summary:

Crushing and Ore Handling
Haul trucks from the mine tip ore onto designated stockpile fingers. The ore is withdrawn from stockpiles by front end loader (FEL) and deposited into the run-of-mine (ROM) dump hopper. A static grizzly is fitted to the top of the ROM bin to remove coarse oversize.

ROM ore is reclaimed from the bin by the sizer apron feeder, which discharges material into the mineral sizer. The sizer is a tooth roll unit which crushes the ore from a feed top size of 500 mm to a nominal top size of 250 mm. Discharge from the sizer drops down a chute onto the sizer discharge conveyor.

The sizer teeth are configured in a manner to direct oversize rocks to one end where they pass through a spring-loaded oversize rejection gate and fall to a reject bunker. The crushed product is carried by the sizer product conveyor to the semi-autogenous grind (SAG) mill feed conveyor. The SAG mill feed conveyor has a belt scale to monitor the ore flow to the SAG mill and this information is used to control the sizer apron feeder speed.

Grinding
The SAG milling stage consists of a high aspect SAG mill with water cannon pebble recycle. The SAG mill grinds the crushed ore to produce a discharge particle size distribution P80 of approximately 1,400 µm.

Large ore particles are retained in the SAG mill by the internal SAG discharge grate. Particles too large for ball milling are retained as oversize on the SAG mill trommel screen and this oversize is washed by trommel sprays. The trommel screen oversize is either projected back into the SAG mill using a high-pressure water cannon or rejected via a conveyor. Slurry that passes through the trommel screen discharges into the grinding cyclone feed pump box where it mixes with the ball mill discharge slurry and density control water.

Slurry collected in the grinding cyclone feed pump box from the SAG mill and ball mill is fed to the grinding cyclone cluster. The cyclones produce an overflow product with a P80 of 100 µm, which is screened to remove any trash (organic material, etc.) by the grinding trash screen. Coarse particles report to cyclone underflow, which is returned to the ball mill for further size reduction until it is fine enough to report to cyclone overflow and leave the circuit.

The slurry product from the grinding circuit, trash screen undersize, is currently thickened in a high rate thickener and excess water reports to the thickener overflow for immediate re-use within the grinding circuit. The thickened slurry discharging from the thickener underflow is pumped to the grinding thickener underflow storage tanks.


Processing

  • Smelting
  • Sulfuric acid (reagent)
  • Flotation
  • Heap leach
  • Concentrate leach
  • Counter current decantation (CCD)
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Pressure oxidation
  • Acid tank leaching
  • Carbon in pulp (CIP)
  • Carbon in column (CIC)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • AARL elution
  • SART
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

The sulfide plant commenced commissioning in Q4’18. The basic flow sheet is comprises:
• Crushing and ore handling;
• Grinding;
• Acidulation;
• Pressure oxidation;
• Iron / arsenic precipitation;
• Counter current decantation (CCD);
• Gold leach, carbon adsorption, and detoxification;
• Carbon desorption and refining;
• Neutralisation and tailings;
• Tailings storage facility (TSF).

The incorporation of a flotation circuit into the existing sulfide plant to upgrade sulfide sulfur (SS) to fully utilise grinding and pressure oxidation (POX) autoclave capacity has completed construction and commenced commissioning on ore in January 2022. This addition to the sulfide plant is incorporated between grinding and acidulation, by taking a bleed / slip stream from the grinding thickener feed, floating sulfides, and returning the sulfide concentrate to the grinding thickener to be combined with direct feed. Gold not recovered to flotat ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter2017201620152014
Gold Head Grade, g/t 1.131.11.231.68
Gold Recovery Rate, %

Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Gold koz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required171168119
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré. ^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3,573,188 t4,115,793 t7,999,026 t6,566,842 t
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required16,356,446 t28,765,583 t28,765,583 t28,846,108 t
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required5,135,221 t4,573,436 t6,225,773 t4,739,368 t
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
Mineral Reserve cut-offs are based on $1,350/oz gold price; average oxide recoveries are 61% and average sulfide recoveries are 91%.
Mineral Resource cut-offs: Sulfide - $34.88/t NSR or >0.10% Cu and $7.68/t NSR; Oxide - 0.19–0.24 g/t Au.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven Sulphide 408 kt Gold 2.02 g/t 26 koz
Proven Sulphide 408 kt Silver 6.69 g/t 88 koz
Probable Stockpiles 12,468 kt Gold 2.25 g/t 900 koz
Probable Sulphide 35,828 kt Gold 2.13 g/t 2,455 koz
Probable Oxide 2,204 kt Gold 1.22 g/t 87 koz
Probable Sulphide 35,828 kt Silver 4.96 g/t 5,713 koz
Probable Oxide 2,204 kt Silver 11.17 g/t 792 koz
Probable Oxide 2,204 kt Copper 0.13 % 6,304 k lbs
Measured Sulphide 151 kt Gold 0.83 g/t
Measured Oxide 81 kt Gold 1.39 g/t
Measured Sulphide 151 kt Silver 3.72 g/t
Measured Oxide 81 kt Silver 4.67 g/t
Measured Sulphide 151 kt Copper 0.18 %
Measured Oxide 81 kt Copper 1.16 %
Indicated Sulphide 47,084 kt Gold 1.06 g/t
Indicated Oxide 27,173 kt Gold 0.84 g/t
Indicated Sulphide 47,084 kt Silver 3.66 g/t
Indicated Oxide 27,173 kt Silver 2.3 g/t
Indicated Sulphide 47,084 kt Copper 0.19 %
Indicated Oxide 27,173 kt Copper 0.16 %
Measured & Indicated Sulphide 47,235 kt Gold 1.06 g/t
Measured & Indicated Oxide 27,254 kt Gold 0.84 g/t
Measured & Indicated Sulphide 47,235 kt Silver 3.66 g/t
Measured & Indicated Oxide 27,254 kt Silver 2.31 g/t
Measured & Indicated Sulphide 47,235 kt Copper 0.19 %
Measured & Indicated Oxide 27,254 kt Copper 0.16 %
Inferred Sulphide 49,798 kt Gold 1.24 g/t
Inferred Oxide 35,021 kt Gold 0.9 g/t
Inferred Sulphide 49,798 kt Silver 13.6 g/t
Inferred Oxide 35,021 kt Silver 6.87 g/t
Inferred Sulphide 49,798 kt Copper 0.17 %
Inferred Oxide 35,021 kt Copper 0.13 %

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Cash costs (sold) Gold USD 514 / oz 716 / oz 469 / oz
Cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†
Total cash costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required 506 / oz 539 / oz 738 / oz 482 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required 609 / oz 686 / oz 966 / oz 690 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†
All-in costs Gold USD  ......  Subscription required 2,242 / oz 2,836 / oz 2,287 / oz 902 / oz
^ Guidance / Forecast.
† Net of By-Product.
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Financials:

Units20212020
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of October 31, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantityLeased or
Contractor
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Compactor ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 5 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 2.5 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 2.41 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 1.76 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Loader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Loader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 43 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 40 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 38 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (service) ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (water) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
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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 Information Form 2018
Corporate Presentation 2018
Financial Review 2018
Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Financial Review 2017
Management Discussion & Analysis 2017
Financial Review 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Technical Report 2016
Financial Review 2015
Financial Review 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2013
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News:

NewsDate
SSR Mining Hosts Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Officials at Copler June 28, 2022
SSR Mining Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results February 23, 2022
SSR Mining Achieves Top End of 2021 Production Guidance, Beats AISC Guidance, Outlines Three-Year Outlook and Intends to Increase 2022 Dividend by 40% January 31, 2022
SSR mining announces commissioning and ramp-up of the Çöpler flotation circuit December 24, 2021
SSR Mining Reports Mineral Reserves and Resources For Year-End 2020 March 30, 2021
SSR Mining Announces Exploration Results on the In-Pit Copper-Gold Porphyry C2 Target at Çöpler November 25, 2020
SSR Mining and Alacer Gold Complete At-Market Merger of Equals Transaction September 16, 2020
SSR Mining and Alacer Gold Receive Final Regulatory Clearance September 11, 2020
Alacer Gold Obtains Final Order Approving Plan of Arrangement with SSR Mining July 17, 2020
Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve the Merger of SSR Mining and Alacer Gold July 10, 2020
SSR Mining and Alacer Gold Announce At-Market Merger of Equals to Create a Free Cash Flow Focused, Diversified Gold Producer May 11, 2020
Alacer Gold Reports Exploration Results From the Çöpler Saddle Shear Zone at the Çöpler Gold Mine September 26, 2019

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