Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
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Production Start | ...  |
Mine Life | 1 years (as of Jan 1, 2021) |
Source:
p. 7, 8, 42
Company | Interest | Ownership |
Glencore plc.
|
23.3 %
|
Indirect
|
Compañía Minera Chungar S.A.C.
(operator)
|
100 %
|
Direct
|

Volcan Compañía Minera S.A.A. is a subsidiary of Glencore AG, which is a subsidiary of Glencore Plc., a company domiciled in Switzerland, hereinafter the Parent, owner of 63% of common class A voting shares and an economic interest of 23.29%, excluding treasury shares.
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Summary:
The Alpamarca-Rio Pallanga project is a deposit of lead, zinc, silver and copper veins. It is located 4,700 meters above sea level in the Santa Bárbara district of Carhuacayan, Yauli Province, Junin Region. The project consists of 2,100 hectares of concessions in an area with significant geological potential.
Summary:
(Translated from Spanish by Google Translate)
The Alpamarca operating unit is located in the Santa Bárbara district of Carhuacayán, Yauli province and Junín department, 182 km east of Lima.
This unit began operations in April 2014 and is made up of the mine Río Pallanga underground (suspended), the Alpamarca open pit, a concentrator plant called Alpamarca and the Romina - Puagjanca project.
According to the update of reserves as of December 2021, the exploitation of pit 51 Alpamarca is projected until December 2022, and in 2023 the plant will be fed with ore from stockpiles.
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
Category | Tonnage | Commodity | Grade | Contained Metal |
Proven & Probable
|
0.6 Mt
|
Zinc
|
1 %
|
6 kt
|
Proven & Probable
|
0.6 Mt
|
Lead
|
0.8 %
|
5 kt
|
Proven & Probable
|
0.6 Mt
|
Copper
|
0.1 %
|
|
Proven & Probable
|
0.6 Mt
|
Silver
|
1.3 oz/t
|
1 M oz
|
Total Resource
|
2.4 Mt
|
Zinc
|
1 %
|
25 kt
|
Total Resource
|
2.4 Mt
|
Lead
|
0.9 %
|
21 kt
|
Total Resource
|
2.4 Mt
|
Copper
|
0.1 %
|
1 kt
|
Total Resource
|
2.4 Mt
|
Silver
|
1.6 oz/t
|
4 M oz
|
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