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Jokisivu Mine

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Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Overhand stoping
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SnapshotThe Jokisivu Mine consists of two deposits, namely Kujankallio and Arpola.

The Jokisivu Gold Mine is part of the Vammala Production Centre. The Vammala Centre also includes the Vammala Plant, the Orivesi Gold Mine (which ceased production in June 2019), the Kaapelinkulma Gold Mine (which ceased production in April 2021), and the Uunimäki Gold Project.

During 2022 and 2023, the Vammala mill feed was sourced exclusively from Jokisivu mine. The Vammala Plant (61°19'37.6"N 23°03'08.0"E) is located approximately 40 kilometers from the Jokisivu Mine.

November 6, 2024 the Dragon Mining Ltd. announced strong results from underground diamond core drilling campaigns undertaken in the Arpola area at the Jokisivu Gold Mine.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Dragon Mining Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Dragon Mining Ltd. operates the Jokisivu Gold Mine through its subsidiary, Dragon Mining Oy.

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Deposit type

  • Vein / narrow vein

Summary:

The Jokisivu Mine has two areas of mineralisation (Kujankallio and Arpola) which are approximately 200m apart. The Jokisivu Mine is a Palaeoproterozoic orogenic gold deposit located in the Vammala Migmatite Belt. The deposit is controlled by a conjugate set of brittle-ductile shear zones between two major NW-trending shear zones in upper-amphibolite facies rocks.

Mineralisation is hosted within relatively undeformed and unaltered diorite, in 1 to 5 metre wide shear zones that are characterised by laminated, pinching and swelling quartz veins and a well-developed moderately (50°) east-northeast plunging lineation. The Kujankallio vein sets have been shown by drilling to extend to at least 525 m depth whereas Arpola has only been drilled to 200m. Gold occurs chiefly as free grains in quartz veins, locally related to arsenopyrite, loellingite, pyrrhotite and scheelite. The Jokisivu diorite is surrounded by mica gneisses, volcanogenic and arenitic metasedimentary gneisses and granitoids (and leukosomes of gneisses) of which have tonalitic to granodioritic composition.

Dimensions
The Kujankallio Mineral Resource area extends over a west-east strike length of 990m (from 5,680mE – 6,670mE local grid), has a maximum width of 460m (9,320mN – 9,780mN local grid) and includes the 710m vertical interval from the 0m level to the -710m level, local grid.

The Arpola Mineral Resource area extends over a west-east strike length of 460m (from 6,050mE – 6,510mE local grid), has a maximum width of 360m (9,110mN – 9,470mN local grid) and includes the 400m vertical interval from the -10m level to the -410m level, local grid.

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Production

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Operational metrics

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Production Costs

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Operating Costs

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