This section details this Technical Report’s proposed open pit mining operation, focusing exclusively on the future mining of the Anomaly A deposit. Based on information currently available, Anomaly A is the only of the three known aeromagnetic anomalies defined to the extent where a mining plan can be developed.
Both Indicated and Inferred resources have been used in the mine planning, though the latter are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them. Consequently, further exploration will be required to confirm the results of this Technical Report based on the combination of these two resource classifications.
Conventional open pit mining methods are planned for Anomaly A to produce a phosphate concentrate for further processing. The open pit mining operation was designed to provide sufficient feed to the beneficiation plant (subsequently referred to in this section as “mill feed”) and will produce a steady state containing 500 ktpa of P2O5 products (i.e., MAP, NPS and SPA).
Mine planning for the Project is based on a conventional truck and shovel mining method, which aims to strip overburden, waste, lateritic and mill feed materials from Anomaly A. Materials mined from Anomaly A will be directed to the following destinations for deposition and potential rehandling:
- Beneficiation plant – Mill feed materials.
- Waste facility – Waste materials with overlying muskeg ........
