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Chile
El Abra Mine

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 Location:
61 km N from Calama, Chile
  Address:
Av. Chorrillos 1631, Edificio Business Park, Piso 6, Torre 1
Calama
Chile
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Molybdenum
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2040
El Abra's large sulfide resource supports a potential major mill project similar to the large- scale concentrator constructed at Cerro Verde in 2015. Technical and economic studies continue to be evaluated to determine the optimal scope and timing for the sulfide project.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Codelco Corp. 49 % Indirect
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 51 % Indirect
Sociedad Contractual Minera El Abra (operator) 100 % Direct
Freeport-McMoRan Inc has a 51 percent ownership interest in El Abra, and the remaining 49 percent interest is held by the state-owned copper enterprise Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile.

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Deposit Type

  • Porphyry

Summary:

The El Abra mine is a porphyry copper deposit that has sulfide and oxide mineralization. The predominant primary sulfide copper minerals are bornite and chalcopyrite. There is a minor amount of secondary sulfide mineralization as chalcocite. The oxide copper minerals are chrysocolla and pseudomalachite. There are lesser amounts of copper bearing clays and tenorite.

Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader

Summary:

El Abra is an open-pit copper mining complex that has been in operation since 1996 and is located 47 miles north of Calama in Chile’s El Loa province, Region II.

The available fleet consists of twenty-three 242-metric-ton haul trucks loaded by four electric shovels with buckets ranging in size from 29 to 41 cubic meters, which are capable of moving 217,000 metric tons of material per day.

The highest bench elevation is 4,225 meters above sea level and the ultimate pit bottom is expected to be 3,385 meters above sea level.

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Production:

CommodityUnits2022202120202019201820172016
Copper M lbs  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required200173220
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202220212020201920182017
Mining scale, tpd
Daily mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required216,000 t214,000 t214,000 t
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required500 M lbs of copper cathode500 M lbs of copper cathode500 M lbs of copper cathode
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Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Mineral Reserves Cut-off grades: Heap leach - 0.14 % CuEq, ROM leach - 0.08 % CuEq.
Mineral Resources Cut-off grades: Heap leach - 0.12 % CuEq, ROM leach - 0.07 % CuEq.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained MetalRecoverable Metal
Proven & Probable Heap leach 627 Mt Copper 0.45 % B lbs 3.2 B lbs
Proven & Probable ROM leach 95 Mt Copper 0.23 % B lbs 0.2 B lbs
Proven & Probable Stockpiles 893 Mt Copper 0.43 % B lbs 0.2 B lbs
Measured Heap leach 998 Mt Copper 0.46 %
Measured ROM leach 58 Mt Copper 0.25 %
Measured Heap leach 998 Mt Molybdenum 0.01 %
Measured Heap leach 998 Mt Gold 0.03 g/t
Measured Heap leach 998 Mt Silver 1.55 g/t
Indicated Heap leach 1,743 Mt Copper 0.37 %
Indicated ROM leach 54 Mt Copper 0.27 %
Indicated Heap leach 1,743 Mt Molybdenum 0.01 %
Indicated Heap leach 1,743 Mt Gold 0.02 g/t
Indicated Heap leach 1,743 Mt Silver 1.17 g/t
Inferred Heap leach 1,573 Mt Copper 0.3 %
Inferred ROM leach 41 Mt Copper 0.28 %
Inferred Heap leach 1,573 Mt Molybdenum 0.01 %
Inferred Heap leach 1,573 Mt Gold 0.01 g/t
Inferred Heap leach 1,573 Mt Silver 0.87 g/t
Total Resource Heap leach 4,314 Mt Copper 0.36 % 34.5 B lbs
Total Resource ROM leach 153 Mt Copper 0.26 % 0.9 B lbs
Total Resource Heap leach 4,314 Mt Molybdenum 0.01 % 0.76 B lbs
Total Resource Heap leach 4,314 Mt Gold 0.02 g/t 2.4 M oz
Total Resource Heap leach 4,314 Mt Silver 1.15 g/t 159.4 M oz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits201820172016
Cash costs Copper USD 2.13 / lb†   2 / lb†   1.77 / lb†  
† Net of By-Product.

Financials:

Units20212020201920182017
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 596.1   501.1  
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 20.8   31.3  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2022:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
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Truck (haul) 242 t ....................... Subscription required
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Form 10-K 2022
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