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Eagle Mine

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 Location:
44 km E from L'Anse, Michigan, United States

  Address:
4547 County Road 601
Champion
Michigan, United States
49814
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Nickel
  • Copper
  • Cobalt
  • Silver
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Bench & Fill
  • Sub-level open stoping (SLOS)
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Longitudinal retreat
  • Cemented backfill
  • Backfill
Processing
  • Filter press plant
  • Flotation
Mine Life2025


Owners & OPERATOR

Source: p. 50
CompanyInterestOwnership
Lundin Mining Corp. 100 % Indirect
Eagle Mine LLC (operator) 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • Magmatic


Summary:

Magmatic sulphide deposits containing nickel (Ni) and copper (Cu), with or without (±) platinum-group elements (PGMs), account for approximately 60% of the world’s Ni production and are active exploration targets in the United States and elsewhere. On the basis of their principal metal production, magmatic sulphide deposits in mafic rocks can be divided into two major types: those that are sulphide-rich, typically with 10 to 90% sulphide minerals, and have economic value primarily because of their Ni and Cu contents; and those that are sulphide-poor, typically with 0.5 to 5% sulphide minerals, and are exploited principally for PGE.

The Eagle deposit and the Eagle East conduit zone are high-grade magmatic sulphide accumulations containing nickel-copper mineralization and minor amounts of cobalt and PGMs. The economic minerals associated with this deposit are predominately pentlandite and chalcopyrite.

Eagle and Eagle East are part of the same ultramafic intrusive complex and both host high grade primary magmatic nickel copper sulphide mineralization. Mineralization styles are similar at Eagle and Eagle East, consisting of ovoid to pipe-like bodies of mineralized peridotite with concentrations of sulphide mineralization along the base of the intrusion resulting in the accumulation of semi-massive sulphide, and a central core zone of massive sulphide.

Two types of potentially economic mineralization are found in Eagle and Eagle East: semimassive (SMSU) sulphides and massive sulphides (MSU). Disseminated mineralization is also encountered in the peridotite intrusive, however, because it is not economic, the mineralized peridotite with disseminated sulphides has been considered as an intrusive and not a mineralized unit.

Sulphides are deposited as dense droplets in the primary magma due to decreased flow rate in the magma, or a change from laminar to turbulent flow due to changes in the conduit geometry. Multiple pulses occur in the same plumbing system, resulting in three discrete mineralization types which typically have hard contacts. The mineralizing intrusion is Mineralized Peridotite (MPER), which transports sulphides within large volumes of magma, and in this way is able to transport significant quantities of dense sulphides upward through the crust in a diluted form. This results in the conduits between mineralized zones consisting of barren peridotite or weakly mineralized peridotite, such as the upper zone of Eagle East.

Typical mineralization zoning at both Eagle and Eagle East consists of a mineralized peridotite conduit with a core of SMSU and a base of crosscutting MSU that also sills out into the surrounding sediments. The massive sulphide remains liquid for a significant time, so it is able to crosscut other units after emplacement is complete.


Mining Methods

  • Bench & Fill
  • Sub-level open stoping (SLOS)
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Longitudinal retreat
  • Cemented backfill
  • Backfill


Summary:

The Eagle Mine is accessed via a main ramp, measuring 5.35 m high by 5.65 m wide and driven at a grade of -13%. The main ramp was driven to the 145 level, the lowest level and bottom of the Eagle Mine.

Mine production is made up of a combination of ore development through sill drifts or cuts (approximately 19%) and stope production (81%). The mining method selected for Eagle and Eagle East is the Transverse Sub-level Open Stoping (SLOS) method using a combination of cemented rock fill (CRF) and non-consolidated waste rock backfill. SLOS would also be used for any potential mining at Eagle East. This method provides the cost advantages of bulk mining, while maintaining a degree of selectivity and operational flexibility. The majority of the stopes will be mined as transverse bench and fill stopes, with some narrower zones of the orebody mined as longitudinal retreat stopes.

The Eagle orebody is accessed by the sub-level footwall drives driven off the main decline at 20 m to 25 m vertical intervals.

Stopes are designed to be 10 m wide and approximately 25 m high (corresponding to the top and bottom sub-levels). Stope lengths vary depending on the width of the orebody, however, due to geotechnical constraints, individual stope panels are limited to a maximum length of 20 m. The height and length of each stope panel is designed based on the hydraulic radius (HR) of the stope to limit sloughing from the walls and caving from the backs of the stopes. Initially, the stope or sill drives are developed across the orebody at both the top and bottom elevation. Once sill development is completed, the stope is drilled and blasted and the ore is loaded onto underground haul trucks, and then transported to surface. The same design approach has been applied to Eagle East.

The typical stope will have a slot raise to create an initial opening to which the production drill holes (3.5 in. diameter) can break into. The slot raise can be positioned as required to best suit the stope geometry and production approach. The stope panels are advanced the required distance and then, once mucked out, are backfilled with CRF in the primary stopes and with unconsolidated rock fill in the secondary stopes.

Stopes are extracted in a primary/secondary sequence. Primary stopes are mined initially for several levels after which the secondary stopes are mined. The primary stopes require CRF to be placed in them once the ore is removed to allow for mining of the adjacent secondary stope. The secondary stopes will be filled with unconsolidated rock fill, with the exception of stopes on the upper two levels of the mine which are to be filled with CRF due to permit requirement (area of crown pillar).


Crushing and Grinding
Crusher / Mill TypeModelSizePowerQuantity
Jaw crusher 1
Ball mill 2
Regrind 1

Summary:

Run of mine (ROM) ore in the mine COSA is loaded by front end loader into the road haul trucks to transport ore to the milling facility. There is 10,000 tonnes of storage capacity in the coarse ore storage facility at the mill.

Initial size reduction of the ore is carried out by a primary jaw crusher to reduce the ore size from nominal minus 450 mm ROM to minus 100 mm.

Further size reduction of primary crushed ore is carried out in a secondary and tertiary crushing circuit to reduce the ore size from minus 100 mm to nominal minus 10 mm.

Minus 10 mm tertiary crushed ore is stored in bins and then reclaimed by feeders to feed the grinding circuit.

Tertiary crushed ore is ground in two, single stage ball mill grinding circuits working in parallel. The ball mills operate in closed circuit with hydrocyclones, targeting a p80 of 100 microns. Sodium carbonate is added to the mills for pH and water chemistry control.


Processing

  • Filter press plant
  • Flotation

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Summary:

The Humboldt Mill is a former iron ore processing plant that was converted for processing Eagle ore. The ore is transferred from a covered coarse ore storage facility, processed using a conventional three-stage crushing and single-stage ball milling process, and processed through bulk flotation with subsequent separation flotation to produce separate nickel and copper concentrates. Metallurgical recoveries of nickel and copper average 84% and 97% respectively for Eagle Mine ore. Tailings from the plant are deposited sub aqueously in the adjacent former Humboldt iron ore mine open pit, now known as the Humboldt Tailings Disposal Facility (HTDF).

The mill was designed for a throughput of 2,000 tpd and has been shown to be capable of processing up to 2,500 tpd. The Humboldt Mill produces separate nickel and copper concentrates which are transported from the site via rail.

The Eagle process flowsheet uses conventional technologies to produce separate copper and nickel ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter202020192018201720162015
Nickel Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required8584.884.2
Nickel Head Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required3.43.94.3
Copper Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required97.997.797
Copper Head Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2.93.23.4

Production:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Nickel t  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required17,57322,08124,11427,167
Copper t  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Silver koz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate. ^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202020192018201720162015
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required760 kt745 kt740 kt
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required754 kt748 kt746 kt
Plant annual capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required700 kt700 kt700 kt
Daily processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,000 t
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Reserves at June 30, 2020:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 728 kt Nickel 1.9 % 14 kt
Proven 728 kt Copper 1.8 % 13 kt
Proven 728 kt Gold 0.2 g/t
Probable 474 kt Nickel 1.7 % 8 kt
Probable 474 kt Copper 1.3 % 6 kt
Probable 474 kt Gold 0.1 g/t
Measured 751 kt Nickel 2.2 % 17 kt
Measured 751 kt Copper 2.2 % 17 kt
Measured 751 kt Gold 0.2 g/t
Indicated 477 kt Nickel 2.1 % 10 kt
Indicated 477 kt Copper 1.6 % 8 kt
Indicated 477 kt Gold 0.1 g/t
Inferred 21 kt Nickel 1 %
Inferred 21 kt Copper 0.9 %
Inferred 21 kt Gold 0.1 g/t

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Credits (by-product) Nickel USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -3.56 / lb -3.37 / lb -2.47 / lb -2.43 / lb
Cash costs Nickel USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 4.57 / lb 4.3 / lb 4.22 / lb 4.45 / lb
Cash costs Nickel USD  ......  Subscription required ^†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 1.01 / lb† 0.93 / lb† 1.75 / lb† 2.02 / lb†
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Nickel USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 1.84 / lb† 1.42 / lb† 2.1 / lb† 2.55 / lb†
^ Guidance / Forecast.
† Net of By-Product.
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Operating Costs:

Units20162015
Total operating costs ($/t milled) USD 115.97138.25

Financials:

Units202120202019201820172016
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ......  Subscription required
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required45.8  39.5   8.58  
Sustaining costs M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required9.96  11.4   4.87  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required265.86  276.53   244.47  
Gross profit M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required74.2  
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required44.4  10.9   74.4  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of April 26, 2017:
HME TypeModelQuantity
Concrete sprayer ....................... Subscription required 1
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required 1
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required 1
Drill (long hole) ....................... Subscription required 1
Drill jumbo (two boom) ....................... Subscription required 2
Explosives Charger ....................... Subscription required 1
Grader ....................... Subscription required 1
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) ....................... Subscription required 3
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) ....................... Subscription required 1
Rock bolter ....................... Subscription required 2
Trans Mixer ....................... Subscription required 2
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 5
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Mar 9, 2021
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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
Subscription required Subscription required Subscription required 2016
Subscription required 2014

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Corporate Presentation 2018
Management Discussion & Analysis 2018
Press Release 2018
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Annual Report 2017
Press Release 2017
Technical Report 2017
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2017
Annual Information Form 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Annual Information Form 2015
Corporate Presentation 2015
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Technical Report 2013
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