Overview
| Stage | Production |
| Mine Type | Open Pit |
| Commodities |
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| Mining Method |
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| Production Start | ...  |
| Mine Life | 2044 |
Following the takeover, in April 2021, the facility was successfully restarted and ramped up to produce 3,000 tonnes of mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), meeting electric vehicle battery specifications in just three months.
Production data has not been available since 2021. |
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| Company | Interest | Ownership |
|
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd.
|
19 %
|
Indirect
|
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Societe de Participation Miniere du Sud Caledonien SAS
|
30 %
|
Indirect
|
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Prony Resources
|
30 %
|
Indirect
|
|
Prony Resources New Caledonia
(operator)
|
100 %
|
Direct
|
Nouméa, 31 March 2021 - The Prony Resources New Caledonia consortium (“Prony Resources”) today announces the successful completion of its acquisition of Vale Nouvelle-Calédonie S.A.S. from Vale. The transaction means that New Caledonia’s Usine du Sud will be majority owned by New Caledonian interests, including Prony Resources employees, communities and government entity Société de Participation Minière du Sud Calédonien SAS (SPMSC) who together will hold a 51 percent non-dilutable shareholding in Prony Resources. Trafigura holds a 19 percent shareholding in the operation, together with an offtake agreement for the Goro Resources nickel production. Prony Resources management and international investment firm Agio Global indirectly hold the remaining 30 percent shareholding.
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Summary:
The Goro plateau is one of the major areas of lateritic New Caledonia. It consists of oxidized ores of two categories:
Lateritic ore (upper profile), richer in iron oxides.
Saprolite ore (lower profile), or magnesium-silicate mineral.
Summary:
Ore mining on the Goro plateau is made in a open pit mine, worked “in seats.” The first phase of the operation of the mine began with the work of the mining exercise and pit pre-production to prepare the mine to the commercial phase.
15 meters of rock called “sterile” must be stripped before the excavators encountered layers yellow laterite and saprolite containing the analytes: nickel and cobalt.
The extracted ore is sent to the processing unit where it is prepared.
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Reserves at December 31, 2014:
| Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade |
|
Proven
|
55.3 Mt
|
Nickel
|
1.34 %
|
|
Proven
|
55.3 Mt
|
Cobalt
|
0.12 %
|
|
Probable
|
67 Mt
|
Nickel
|
1.49 %
|
|
Probable
|
67 Mt
|
Cobalt
|
0.11 %
|
|
Proven & Probable
|
122.3 Mt
|
Nickel
|
1.42 %
|
|
Proven & Probable
|
122.3 Mt
|
Cobalt
|
0.11 %
|
Financials:
| | Units | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|
After-tax Income
|
M USD
| ...... | ...... |
351
|
-572
|
-807
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