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Pampalo Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Sub-level stoping
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SnapshotAt the Pampalo underground mine the production was suspended from the end of 2018 until the beginning of 2022. The Pampalo open pit was re-started in summer 2022.

Early 2024, Endomines submitted an environmental permit application to take the Pampalo NW and Pampalonlammit areas into production.

The Pampalo production plant has unused production capacity, which enables the expansion of gold production with the current gold resources found in nearby satellite deposits.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Endomines AB 100 % Indirect
Endomines AB holds 100% ownership rights for gold mining at the Pampalo mine.

Deposit type

  • Hydrothermal
  • Metamorphic
  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

Pampalo is an orogenic gold deposit located within the Archean Ilomantsi greenstone belt. The deposit is characterized by a series of sub-vertical, flattened, parallel pipes, plunging to the northeast and parallel to the local foliation and fold axis, implying a strong structural control of the mineralization. The mineralization is hosted by an intermediate pyroclastic unit, metamorphosed to greenschist – lower-amphibolite facies.

Main type: Orogenic (metamorphic hydrothermal)

Precipitation of gold by desulphidation of fluid and, possibly, by decomposition of Aubisulphide, -thiosulphide and -telluride complexes of fluid due to cooling and/or changes in pH and fO2. Probably, gold precipitated just below 500°C with sulphides due to reaction between the mineralising fluid and wall-rock (chiefly by sulphidation).

Dimension
The deposit comprises three main NE-plunging ore lenses or shoots. Two of these have a significant continuation to the north, and there are indications of further ore bodies, 200 m to the E of the open pit, at Juttuhuuhta. The main ore bodies are open at the depth of 800 m. A fourth ore body, S-2, occures at depth - it does not extend to the surface but is open at the depth of >600 m. The Juttuhuuhta ore bodies are intersected up to 269 m down-hole depth. Ore-grade intercepts at >800 m depth.

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Comminution

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Production

CommodityUnits20242023202220182017
Gold oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe10,651 12,799 
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics2023202220182017
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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe117,220 t170,389 t
Tonnes milled  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe116,456 t165,539 t
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Waste UG  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe10,000 t

Production Costs

Commodity2023202220182017
Cash costs Gold  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 981 / oz  USD 1,165 / oz  USD

Operating Costs

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Financials

Units2023202220182017
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After-tax Income M -37.4  SEK -69.3  SEK
EBIT M -48.5  SEK -64.8  SEK
Earnings M -12.4  SEK -69.2  SEK
EBITDA M  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 5.9  SEK -5.7  SEK
Operating Cash Flow M -7.6  SEK 1  SEK

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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