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Candelaria Mine (Candelaria Complex)

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 Location:
17 km S from Copiapó, Chile

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Inside Ojancos Bridge Km. 9
Tierra Amarilla
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Sub-level open stoping (SLOS)
Processing
  • Flotation
  • Magnetic separation
Mine Life2044
Latest NewsLundin Mining Announces 2021 Production Guidance Achieved for All Metals; Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results to be Released February 17, 2022     January 14, 2022


Owners

Source: p. 77
CompanyInterestOwnership
Sumitomo Corp. 4 % Indirect
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd 16 % Indirect
Lundin Mining Corp. 80 % Indirect
As part of its Candelaria segment, the Company owns 80% of Compañia Contractual Minera Candelaria S.A. and Compañia Contractual Minera Ojos del Salado S.A.’s copper mining operations and supporting infrastructure in Chile. The remaining 20% ownership stake is held by Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation.

Deposit Type

  • IOCG
  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Skarn
  • Manto


Summary:

The copper-gold sulphide mineralization present at the Candelaria Copper Mining Complex is generally referred to as iron oxide copper gold (“IOCG”). Depending on lithology and the structural setting, the polymetallic sulphide mineralization can occur as veins, hydrothermal breccias, replacement mantos, and calcic skarns.

Calcareous, sedimentary, and volcaniclastic rock of the Abundancia and Punta del Cobre formations are exposed within the open pit of the Candelaria mine. Due to the closer proximity to the Coastal Batholith, rocks in the open pit of the Candelaria mine show stronger metasomatism and metamorphism than in other sulphide deposits of the Punta del Cobre district.

The lowermost unit in the Candelaria mine and Candelaria Underground is the Lower Andesite, a compact succession of porphyritic to massive andesite and volcaniclastic breccias with intense biotite-quartz-magnetite-albite alteration. The Lower Andesite is overlain by a succession of stratified volcaniclastic rocks including tuffs, which are further sub-divided by alteration and mineralisation into pink garnet skarn and magnetite breccia. The Upper Andesite of the Punta de Cobre Formation consists of a homogenous succession of undifferentiated volcaniclastic and andesitic rock. The biotite-bearing andesite exhibits alteration varying from quartz-pyroxene hornfels to pyroxene-scapolite-garnet skarns.

At the Candelaria mine a low angle shear zone, located at the confluence of ductile to brittle highangle faults, marks synplutonic brittle-to-ductile extensional deformation.

The main mineralized body at the Candelaria mine is hosted in rocks of the Punta del Cobre Formation. Specifically, the host rocks are massive andesite and andesite breccias of the Lower Andesite, and volcanic tuffs and volcaniclastic rocks comprising the base of the Upper Andesite. In the metasedimentary rock unit, the mineralization is confined to a few isolated layers (mantos).

The mineralized body is up to 400 metres thick in its central part and thins towards the edges. In east-west sections, the mineralization has a lenticular, downward concave shape with a steep eastern limb and a shallowly dipping western limb. The shape of the mineralized body in north south section is irregular. In plan view, the extent of the mineralization is approximately 1,400 metres by 2,400 metres. The mineralized body was folded after its formation. The north-northeast trending fold axis corresponds to the Tierra Amarilla Anticline.

The mineralization assemblage in the Candelaria mine consists of chalcopyrite, magnetite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, and sphalerite. Biotite, calc-silicate minerals, and potassium feldspar constitute the gangue minerals. Pervasive potassic alteration is associated with the mineralization.

Dominant copper mineralization styles are mantos, veins, breccia bodies, and veinlets along foliation planes. Gold occurs within chalcopyrite grains and along fractures surface in pyrite. Chalcopyrite and pyrite also occur in secondary northwest and north-northwest-striking faults.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Sub-level open stoping (SLOS)


Summary:

Minera Candelaria consists of the Candelaria Open Pit and the Candelaria Underground mines.

The open pits will operate with an overall mining rate of approximately 310,000 tonnes per day for the next ten years. As the final Candelaria Phase 13 waste stripping is completed the overall mining rate will decline. A stockpile strategy has been developed to maximize the grade of material going to the processing facility.

TThe Candelaria open pit was designed to be mined in several phases of development. As of June 2018, five phases of development remain in the LOM plan.

The primary components for the open pit slope design include bench geometry, inter-ramp, and overall slope angles (Figure 28). The current pit dimensions are 2,200 metres by 1,400 metres with a depth of 700 metres. Current inter-ramp slope angles range from 45 to 52 degrees in the west wall and from 52 to 57 degrees in the east wall. Bench face angles range from 65 to 72 degrees.

The Candelaria Open Pit is relatively dry owing to its location in an arid region. The northeast wall appears to be receiving some seepage from the toe of the tailings dam. Horizontal drain holes have been drilled up to 200 metres into the wall to reduce pore pressures in the area of the Lar fault.

SRK is of the opinion that the stopes that support the proposed LOM plan for the Candelaria, Alcaparrosa and Santos underground mines can be mined as expected. The three underground mines utilize a sublevel open stoping mining method for ore extraction. This method is ideal for relatively large, vertical, thick deposits with favourable (stable) host rock.

Stope excavations can typically be up to 180 metres high with sublevels at 20 to 60 metre intervals. The length of the stopes ranges from 40 to 100 metres, with widths varying between 20 to 30 metres. A Redbore RB50 or down-the-hole (DTH) drill is used to create a slot at one end of the stope, which will provide the relief necessary when blasting commences. Stope blastholes are drilled downwards from the sublevel drilling drifts as benches, using 114- to 140-millimetre diameter holes. The holes are loaded and blasted in vertical slices towards the open face created by the slot blasting. The blasted ore gravitates to the bottom of the stope and is collected in draw points at the production level below. This lower level also consists of the haulage (transport) drift.


Crushing and Grinding
Flow Sheet: Source
Crusher / Mill TypeModelSizePowerQuantity
Gyratory crusher 60" x 89" 1
Pebble crusher 3
SAG mill 36' X 17' 2
Ball mill 20' x 30' 4
Regrind 14' x 22' 1
Vertical mill / Tower 1250 HP 1
Vertical mill / Tower 800 HP 1

Summary:

Run-of-mine ore is trucked to a primary gyratory crusher. The crushed product is transported using an overland conveyor belt to a coarse ore stockpile with a combined live and dead capacity of 500,000 tonnes. Semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mills are followed by pebble crushing, with separate grinding of a portion of the crushed pebbles and the remainder brought back to the SAG mills. This circuit is followed by closed-circuit ball milling with hydrocyclones to classify the flotation feed size.


Processing

  • Flotation
  • Magnetic separation

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Summary:

The Candelaria processing plant receives ore from the Candelaria Open Pit and the Candelaria Underground (North Sector) and Alcaparrosa underground mines. It has a nameplate capacity of 75,000 tonnes per day. The Pedro Aguirre Cerda (PAC) processing plant receives ore from the Santos underground mine and has a design capacity of 3,800 tonnes per day.

The historical processing performance of Minera Candelaria from 2000 to mid-2017 averaged 25.6 million tonnes per year, equivalent to approximately 70,000 tonnes per day with a utilization of 93 percent. During this period, metallurgical recovery averaged 94 percent for copper, 75 percent for gold, and 83 percent for silver.

The Candelaria processing plant flowsheet is conventional, comprising two parallel process lines for grinding and flotation, reclaimed process water from a conventional tailings dam, final concentrate filtration, and shipping of bulk copper concentrates. A multi-stage flotation circuit using an ar ........


Production:

CommodityUnits2013
Copper M lbs 462
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics2021202020192018
Daily processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required75,000 t75,000 t
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required27 Mt
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Reserves at June 30, 2021:
OP Mineral Resource estimates is reported with cut-off grades of 0.15% copper.
Underground Mineral Resources are estimated at a cut-off grade of 0.45% copper.
Mineral Reserves for the Candelaria open pit and underground for the Candelaria property are estimated at cut-off grades of 0.16% and 0.50% copper, respectively.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven Stockpiles 83,695 kt Copper 0.31 % 262 kt
Proven In-Situ (OP) 347,365 kt Copper 0.47 % 1,646 kt
Proven In-Situ (UG) 77,126 kt Copper 0.87 % 673 kt
Proven Stockpiles 83,695 kt Gold 0.09 g/t 0.2 M oz
Proven In-Situ (OP) 347,365 kt Gold 0.11 g/t 1.3 M oz
Proven In-Situ (UG) 77,126 kt Gold 0.2 g/t 0.5 M oz
Proven Stockpiles 83,695 kt Silver 1.33 g/t 4 M oz
Proven In-Situ (OP) 347,365 kt Silver 1.61 g/t 18 M oz
Proven In-Situ (UG) 77,126 kt Silver 3.19 g/t 8 M oz
Probable In-Situ (OP) 22,342 kt Copper 0.33 % 74 kt
Probable In-Situ (UG) 87,006 kt Copper 0.79 % 691 kt
Probable In-Situ (OP) 22,342 kt Gold 0.07 g/t 0.1 M oz
Probable In-Situ (UG) 87,006 kt Gold 0.18 g/t 0.5 M oz
Probable In-Situ (OP) 22,342 kt Silver 0.76 g/t 1 M oz
Probable In-Situ (UG) 87,006 kt Silver 2.92 g/t 8 M oz
Proven & Probable Total 617,574 kt Copper 0.54 % 3,345 kt
Proven & Probable Total 617,574 kt Gold 0.13 g/t 2.5 M oz
Proven & Probable Total 617,574 kt Silver 1.91 g/t 38 M oz
Measured Stockpiles 83,695 kt Copper 0.31 % 259 kt
Measured In-Situ (OP) 479,622 kt Copper 0.45 % 2,158 kt
Measured In-Situ (UG) 274,950 kt Copper 0.94 % 2,577 kt
Measured Stockpiles 83,695 kt Gold 0.08 g/t 0.2 M oz
Measured In-Situ (OP) 479,622 kt Gold 0.1 g/t 1.5 M oz
Measured In-Situ (UG) 274,950 kt Gold 0.21 g/t 1.9 M oz
Measured Stockpiles 83,695 kt Silver 1.32 g/t 4 M oz
Measured In-Situ (OP) 479,622 kt Silver 1.59 g/t 25 M oz
Measured In-Situ (UG) 274,950 kt Silver 3.09 g/t 27 M oz
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 35,308 kt Copper 0.28 % 99 kt
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 295,536 kt Copper 0.83 % 2,458 kt
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 35,308 kt Gold 0.07 g/t 0.1 M oz
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 295,536 kt Gold 0.18 g/t 1.7 M oz
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 35,308 kt Silver 1.06 g/t 1 M oz
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 295,536 kt Silver 2.75 g/t 26 M oz
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 6,237 kt Copper 0.21 % 13 kt
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 75,584 kt Copper 0.87 % 660 kt
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 6,237 kt Gold 0.04 g/t
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 75,584 kt Gold 0.19 g/t 0.5 M oz
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 6,237 kt Silver 0.63 g/t
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 75,584 kt Silver 2.83 g/t 7 M oz


Heavy Mobile Equipment as of November 28, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantityLeased or
Contractor
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Dozer (crawler) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Dozer (rubber tire) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Drill jumbo (two boom) ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 12 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Grader ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Loader ....................... Subscription required 16 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Loader ....................... Subscription required 9 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Loader (FEL) ....................... Subscription required Leased
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) ....................... Subscription required Leased
Shovel (rope) ....................... Subscription required 43 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Shovel (rope) ....................... Subscription required 28 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Shovel (rope) ....................... Subscription required 13 cu. m ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (underground) 30 t ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (water) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
Truck (water) ....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Leased
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Technical Report 2018
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Annual Report 2017
Technical Report 2017
Annual Information Form 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Annual Information Form 2015
Form 10-K 2013
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News:

NewsDate
Lundin Mining Announces 2021 Production Guidance Achieved for All Metals; Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results to be Released February 17, 2022 January 14, 2022
Lundin Mining Announces 2021 Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Estimates September 13, 2021
Lundin Mining Provides Operational Outlook & Update November 30, 2017

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