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France
Goro (VNC) Mine

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 Location:
51 km E from Noumea, France

  Address:
Route de Kwa Neïe BP 218
New Caledonia
France
98845
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Nickel
  • Cobalt
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2044
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.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Trafigura Group Pte Ltd. 19 % Indirect
Societe de Participation Miniere du Sud Caledonien SAS 30 % Indirect
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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Deposit Type

  • Laterite
  • Saprolite


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.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


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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Processing

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Production:

CommodityProductUnits202220202019201820172016
Nickel Hydroxide kt  ......  Subscription required ^
Nickel Metal kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required324034
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
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Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,495 kt2,620 kt3,030 kt2,919 kt
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Reserves at December 31, 2014:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
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:

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After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 351   -572   -807  



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Staff:

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