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Silvertip Mine

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 Location:
164 km N from Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada

  Regional Office:
200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2100
Chicago
Illinois, United States
60606
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Overview

StatusCare and Maintenance
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Silver
  • Zinc
  • Lead
Mining Method
  • Cut & Fill
  • Longhole stoping
  • Transverse stoping
  • Longitudinal stoping
  • Cemented backfill
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Mine Life5 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
The Silvertip project is one of the highest-grade silver-zinc-lead operations in the world.

Silvertip suspended mining and processing activities, in February 2020. Coeur conducted an order of magnitude assessment on multiple throughput scenarios to narrow the range of options for a preferred path forward for Silvertip. Continued resource growth as well as optimization of operating and capital costs are expected to further enhance project economics. Near-term, the Company is focused on exploration and managing care and maintenance costs as the Company continues to develop plans for a potential expansion and restart of the Silvertip.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Coeur Mining, Inc. 100 % Indirect
Coeur Silvertip Holdings Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The Silvertip Property is owned and operated by Coeur Silvertip Holdings Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coeur Mining, Inc.

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Deposit Type

  • Carbonate replacement
  • SEDEX


Summary:

The Silvertip mineralization is a silver-zinc-lead Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) with metals content, polyphase mineralization, abundant replacement textures, pyrite pseudomorphing pyrrhotite, and wallrock alteration reminiscent of many of the manto-chimney CRD’s of Mexico and the western US These economically attractive, polymetallic systems can stretch continuously from copper-gold enriched skarns near intrusion contacts in the “proximal” part of the system, to massive sulfide manto and chimney deposits with no exposed igneous relationship in the “distal” areas. Traditionally these deposits have been considered difficult exploration targets due to a paucity of peripheral indicators to mineralization such as hydrothermal alteration or consistent relationships to breccias or structures. Mineralization There are two 'layers' of mineralization identified on the Silvertip Property. A series of older sediment hosted Pb, Zn exhalite deposits hosted in Earn Group sediments overlie a deeper, and younger carbonate replacement Ag, Pb, Zn, Au deposit. This 'lower' deposit is the focus of exploration on the Silvertip Property. The targeted Silvertip mineralization, termed the 'Lower Zone', consists of silver-leadzinc massive sulphide, formed by hydrothermal replacement processes in McDame Group limestone and takes the form of either shallow dipping mantos or sub-vertical chimneys. This lower zone replacement deposit terminates against impermeable shales at the base of the ov ........


Mining Methods

  • Cut & Fill
  • Longhole stoping
  • Transverse stoping
  • Longitudinal stoping
  • Cemented backfill


Summary:

There are two portals which allow access to the Silvertip Mine, the historical portal, referred to as Portal 1 (P1), which is used for personnel and material access, and the ventilation intake portal, referred to as Portal 2 (P2) which is also used for emergency egress. The historical ramp was driven with a design profile of 4.27 mW by 4.57 mH and the newer ramp is developed with a design profile of 4.5 mH by 4.5 mW.

The Silvertip mine was designed on the basis of the following key principles:

• Mechanized trackless operation with decline access;
• A production rate building up to 1,000 tpd; and
• A material handling system using truck haulage of ore and waste to surface.

The primary mining method planned at Silvertip for the sub-horizontal manto deposits is cut and fill (CAF). When possible slashing of the walls and backs is utilized to improve ore recovery. This method is ideal for this orebody due to the irregular shape, shallow dip, relatively high grade, and generally poor rock competency. Also, it can limit the exposed span and support the hangingwall.

Longhole stoping is also planned for some of the thicker manto and the vertical chimney mineralization.

CAF is a development-intensive mining method in which parallel drifts are mined in a primary- secondary sequence. After the primary drift is mined, it is backfilled with cemented fill, so that the secondary drift may be mined alongside. The cut and f ........


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Processing

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Production:
Production results for 2020 year prior to the temporary suspension of mining and processing activities in February 2020.

CommodityUnits202020192018
Silver oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required182,254
Zinc lbs  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics20192018
Tonnes milled 236,547 tons49,454 tons
Daily milling capacity 1,000 t
Annual milling capacity 365,000 t

Reserves at December 31, 2022:
Underground Mineral Resource estimates are reported using a net smelter return (“NSR”) cutoff of US$130/tonne.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Measured 680 k tons Silver 11.46 oz/ton 7,798 koz
Measured 680 k tons Zinc 9.9 % 134,462 k lbs
Measured 680 k tons Lead 7.7 % 104,870 k lbs
Indicated 6,375 k tons Silver 8.21 oz/ton 52,317 koz
Indicated 6,375 k tons Zinc 9.7 % 1,230,898 k lbs
Indicated 6,375 k tons Lead 4.8 % 617,279 k lbs
Measured & Indicated 7,055 k tons Silver 8.52 oz/ton 60,115 koz
Measured & Indicated 7,055 k tons Zinc 9.7 % 1,365,360 k lbs
Measured & Indicated 7,055 k tons Lead 5.1 % 722,149 k lbs
Inferred 1,873 k tons Silver 7.7 oz/ton 14,414 koz
Inferred 1,873 k tons Zinc 10.1 % 378,088 k lbs
Inferred 1,873 k tons Lead 4.4 % 165,985 k lbs

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits20192018
Total cash costs (sold) Lead USD  ......  Subscription required 3.23 / lb  
Total cash costs (sold) Zinc USD  ......  Subscription required 3.34 / lb  
Total cash costs (sold) Silver USD  ......  Subscription required 55.9 / oz  
Total cash costs (sold) Silver Equivalent USD 57.6 / oz  

Financials:

Units202320222021202020192018
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Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 8.9  
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -20.1  
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HME TypeModelQuantity
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Corporate Presentation 2023
Corporate Presentation 2022
Form 10-K 2022
Other 2022
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Form 10-K 2018
Press Release 2018
Press Release 2018
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2018
Annual Report 2017
Press Release 2011
Technical Report 2010
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