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DRC
Kakula-Kansoko Project (Kamoa-Kakula Operation)

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36 km SW from Kalwesi, DRC
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2153, Avenue Club Nautique, Quartier Golf Les Battants
Commune/ Ville de Lubumbashi, Province du Haut-Katanga
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Overview

StageConstruction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Copper
Mining Method
  • Drift & Fill
  • Paste backfill
Production Start...
Mine Life33 years (as of Jan 1, 2023)
The expansion of Kamoa-Kakula concentrator processing facilities occurs in two phases (Phase 3 and Phase 4).

Phase 3 includes the ongoing construction of a new 5.0 Mtpa concentrator, located at Kamoa, planned for completion in Q4’24, will be fed with ore from the existing Kansoko Sud Mine (formerly Kansoko Mine), as well as new mines currently under development in the Kamoa area, known as Kamoa 1 and 2. Phase 3 expansion to 14.2 Mtpa processing capacity.

As part of the Phase 3 expansion, a direct-to-blister (DBF) flash smelter is under construction to produce approximately 500 ktpa of cast copper anode.

Phase 4, planned for completion in 2030, includes the construction of an additional 5.0 Mtpa concentrator in parallel to Phase 3, which will be fed by mines in the Kamoa area, bringing overall production up to 19.2 Mtpa.
Latest NewsIvanhoe Mines Issues Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results, and Review of Construction and Exploration Activities     November 6, 2023

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Crystal River Global Ltd. 0.8 % Indirect
Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 20 % Indirect
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. 39.6 % Indirect
Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd 39.6 % Indirect
Kamoa Copper SA (operator) 100 % Direct
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project — a joint venture between Ivanhoe (39.6%), Zijin (39.6%) and Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%), which each hold an indirect interest through ownership of Kamoa Holding Limited, and the DRC which holds a direct 20% interest in Kamoa Copper.

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Deposit Type

  • Sediment-hosted

Summary:

The mineralisation identified to date within the Project is typical of sediment-hosted stratiform copper deposits. Such deposits can be hosted in either marine or continental (red-bed) sediments. Major global examples of these deposits include the Kupferschiefer (Poland), most of the deposits within the Central African Copperbelt (such as Konkola, Nkana, Nchanga, Mufulira, Tenke–Fungurume, and Kolwezi), Redstone (Canada), and White Pine (USA).

The modelled Kamoa deposit is located in a broadly-folded terrane, with the antiform centred on the Kamoa and Makalu domes. The central portions of Kakula are located on the southern extension of this antiform, with Kakula West located on the top of a separate, but parallel trending antiform. The domes form erosional windows exposing the redox boundary between the underlying haematitic (oxidised) Roan sandstones (Mwashya Subgroup), and the overlying carbonaceous and sulfidic (reduced) Grand Conglomérat diamictite (N’Guba Group), which comprises diamictites with minor interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate. The mineralisation at Kamoa-Kakula is hosted towards the base of the Grand Conglomérat unit (Ki1.1).

Mineralisation at Kamoa-Kakula has been defined over an irregularly-shaped area of about 28 km x 23 km. Mineralisation is typically stratiform, and vertically zoned from the base upward with chalcocite (Cu2S), bornite (Cu5FeS4) and chalcopyrite (CuFeS2). The nature of the copper grade distribution is r ........

Mining Methods

  • Drift & Fill
  • Paste backfill

Summary:

The Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PFS (Phase 3 and 4 expansion) plans for a staged increase in nameplate processing capacity from the current combined capacity of 9.2 Mtpa, up to a total of 19.2 Mtpa. The Phase 1 and 2 concentrators will continue to process ore from the Kakula Mine, as well as the new adjacent Kakula West Mine from 2029. The Phase 3, 5.0 Mtpa concentrator, which is under construction and on target for the first concentrate in Q4 2024, will be fed with ore from the existing Kansoko Sud Mine (formerly Kansoko Mine), as well as new mines currently under development in the Kamoa area, known as Kamoa 1 and 2.

The drift-and-fill method will be utilised as the primary mining method for all Kamoa-Kakula deposits. Identified mining areas with a dip greater than 25° will be mined using the hanging wall access drift-and-fill (HWAD&F) method.

As the Kamoa Phase 3 mill will be fed by material from Kamoa 1, Kansoko Sud, and Kamoa 2, a balance is formed between the three deposits. Kamoa 1 will initially ramp-up and maintain a production rate of ~2.5 Mtpa for five-years (2023–2029). The remainder of the Kamoa Phase 3 Processing Plant requirements (initially 5 Mtpa) will come from Kansoko Sud and Kamoa 2.

Kansoko Sud will initially ramp-up and maintain a production rate of ~1.3 Mtpa for five-years (2023–2029). The remainder of the Kamoa Phase 4 Processing Plant requirements (initially 5 Mtpa) will come from Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2.

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Processing

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Projected Production:

CommodityProductUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Copper Payable metal M lbs 1,06435,394
Copper Metal in concentrate M lbs 1,08735,875
Copper Concentrate kt 1,14637,802

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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
The Mineral Reserves reported at an elevated cut-off of $100.00/t NSR was used to define the stoping blocks. A marginal cut-off of $80.00/t NSR was used for development.

Mineral Resources for the Kamoa-Kakula Project using a 1.0% TCu cut-off.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Probable 472 Mt Copper 3.94 % 41,055 M lbs
Measured 90 Mt Copper 3.13 % 6.2 B lbs
Indicated 1,300 Mt Copper 2.7 % 77.4 B lbs
Inferred 310 Mt Copper 1.68 % 11.5 B lbs

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2023 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

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Processing OpEx $M USD 12,465
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G&A costs $M USD 2,800
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2023
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Technical Report 2023
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News:

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Ivanhoe Mines Issues Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results, and Review of Construction and Exploration Activities November 6, 2023

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