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Chile
Cerro Colorado Mine (Pampa Norte Operation)

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 Location:
90 km E from Iquique, Chile

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Esmeralda 340 Floor 6
Iquique
Chile
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Crush-and-stack plant
  • Heap leach
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
Mine Life2.3 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Latest NewsBHP's Cerro Colorado to start from scratch on environmental plan, court rules     July 13, 2021


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnershipInvestor's Info
BHP Group Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Compania Minera Cerro Colorado Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
BHP ownership: 100 percent.
Operator: BHP.

Deposit Type

  • Porphyry


Summary:

The Cerro Colorado porphyry copper deposit is the northernmost currently active copper mine in Chile. It belongs to one of the Paleocene to early Eocene porphyry copper deposits that are distributed along the western slope of the main Andean Cordillera in Northern Chile.

The geological evolution of Cerro Colorado area can be generalized as follows. The Cretaceous Cerro Empexa Formation, consisting of a sequence of volcanic rocks, mainly andesitic lava and breccia, lahars, some ignimbrite intercalations and dacitic tuff, was intruded by tonalitic to dioritic magma in Middle-Eocene. Magmatic activities generated brecciated rocks accompanying with different alteration zones radiate outward from the intrusion. The mineralized hypogene protore later interacted with ground water, creating the supergene blanket, which is now the principal mining target of Cerro Colorado.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Cerro Colorado is Open-cut. Enriched and oxidised porphyry copper deposit containing in situ copper oxide mineralisation that overlies a near-horizontal sequence of supergene sulphides, transitional sulphides and finally primary (hypogene) sulphide mineralisation.


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Processing

  • Crush-and-stack plant
  • Heap leach
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning

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Summary:

Cerro Colorado produces copper cathodes. Crushing facilities, dynamic leach pads, solvent extraction plant, electrowinning plant. Nominal capacity of tank house: 130 ktpa copper cathode.

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter2021202020192018201720162015
Copper Head Grade, %  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required0.590.60.770.71

Production:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Copper kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required63657778
All production numbers are expressed as cathode.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required67,458 kt77,256 kt58,235 kt53,668 kt
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required18,888 kt18,300 kt15,173 kt17,946 kt
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required130 kt of copper cathode130 kt of copper cathode102 kt of copper cathode102 kt of copper cathode
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Reserves at June 30, 2021:
Cut-off criteria:
Mineral Resources: Oxide & Supergene Sulphide - 0.30%TCu, Transitional Sulphide - 0.20%TCu, Hypogene Sulphide - 0.20%TCu.
Ore Reserves: Oxide & Supergene Sulphide - 0.30%TCu, Transitional Sulphide - 0.30%TCu

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven Oxide 6.6 Mt Copper 0.46 %
Proven Supergene sulphide 6.1 Mt Copper 0.54 %
Proven Transitional sulphide 10 Mt Copper 0.5 %
Probable Oxide 0.4 Mt Copper 0.42 %
Probable Supergene sulphide 0.7 Mt Copper 0.48 %
Probable Transitional sulphide 0.6 Mt Copper 0.46 %
Proven & Probable Oxide 7 Mt Copper 0.46 %
Proven & Probable Supergene sulphide 6.8 Mt Copper 0.53 %
Proven & Probable Transitional sulphide 11 Mt Copper 0.5 %
Measured Oxide 71 Mt Copper 0.61 %
Measured Supergene sulphide 48 Mt Copper 0.6 %
Measured Transitional sulphide 81 Mt Copper 0.45 %
Indicated Oxide 110 Mt Copper 0.64 %
Indicated Supergene sulphide 87 Mt Copper 0.61 %
Indicated Transitional sulphide 105 Mt Copper 0.42 %
Inferred Oxide 6 Mt Copper 0.59 %
Inferred Supergene sulphide 20 Mt Copper 0.66 %
Inferred Transitional sulphide 26 Mt Copper 0.43 %
Inferred Hypogene sulphide 1,610 Mt Copper 0.37 %
Total Resource Oxide 187 Mt Copper 0.63 %
Total Resource Supergene sulphide 155 Mt Copper 0.61 %
Total Resource Transitional sulphide 212 Mt Copper 0.43 %
Total Resource Hypogene sulphide 1,610 Mt Copper 0.37 %


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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Report 2018
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Press Release 2017
Annual Report 2016
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News:

NewsDate
BHP's Cerro Colorado to start from scratch on environmental plan, court rules July 13, 2021
BHP to sell Cerro Colorado mine to EMR for up to $US320m June 20, 2018

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