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Sterling Mine

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 Location:
14 km SE from Beatty, Nevada, United States

  Project Contacts:
PO Box 549
Beatty
Nevada, United States
89003
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Overview

StageRestarting
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Heap leach
  • Carbon in column (CIC)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)
The high-grade Sterling gold deposit is a fully- permitted, past producing mine with near-term, low-cost, low-capital production potential.


Owners

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
Coeur Mining, Inc. 100 % Indirect

Deposit Type

  • Carlin-type
  • Sediment-hosted


Summary:

Sterling is fairly typical of sediment-hosted, disseminated precious metal deposits, also termed Carlin-type deposits.

Gold occurs in the rims of microscopic pyrite grains (actually arsenian pyrite rims). The pyrite formed during hydrothermal alteration and brecciation resulting from the interaction between: gold-bearing solutions rising along high-angle fault feeders from depth; soluble carbonate rocks; and iron-bearing silty lithologies. The process was most effective at a site of permeability contrast or barrier, and was accompanied by decalcification and solution brecciation, and silicification and clay alteration in breccia clasts, matrix, and in the wall rocks. Subsequent oxidation of the pyrite converted it to iron oxide/hydroxide minerals but without removing gold particles, allowing heap leaching of the ore to extract the gold. Favourable geological conditions existed (1) in the original Sterling mine at the thrust contact (siltstone/phyllite structurally above dolostone, especially trending along intersecting fault feeders), and (2) in the 144 zone at the contact between silty dolostone of the basal Bonanza King and the underlying Carrara limestone. The clay-altered margin of a large, Tertiary quartz latite dike in the 144 zone was also conducive for high-grade gold mineralization. In all cases, mineralization is generally stratabound but discontinuous, and typically ranges in thickness from 5-10 ft to over 30 ft (2 to 9 m).

In the Sterling property in northern Bare Mountain, the Tertiary-age low-angle Fluorspar Canyon Detachment is also important as a control for mineralization at several gold deposits. These include the Bullfrog, Daisy, West zone, Secret Pass and Mother Lode deposits; past mining (by other operators) has yielded more than 3 million ounces of produced gold.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The proposed restart of the Sterling open pits would utilize common conventional small to medium sized open pit mining equipment that is readily available such as Cat 992 loaders and Cat 777 haul trucks which are a good match for the pit sizes.

The Sterling, Ambrose and Burro Pits would be pushed back and deepened. The Panama and Water Tank Hill pits would be new pits. Preliminary estimates show this project would extend the mine life another three years.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Heap leach
  • Carbon in column (CIC)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

Sterling currently has a 3.7 acre heap leach pad that includes a carbon adsorption-desorption- recovery (ADR) plant for the purpose of recovering gold. This pad was completed in April 2012 which included liner installation and a drainage layer composed of minus ¾ inch gravel covering perforated drain pipes. The purpose of the drainage layer is to allow for equipment to travel on the pad without damaging the liner and to allow for solution to drain freely from the stacked ore.

A leach solution of sodium cyanide is used to dissolve gold from the ore, transforming the leachable gold into a pregnant solution. The leach solution is applied by way of pumps and distributed through a drip emitter system. The flow rate applied to an area of the heap is based on the industry standard application rate of 0.005 gpm/ft2 of heap surface area. The solution flows by gravity through the ore and is directed to a collection sump. The pregnant solution then exits the sump and is directed to ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter20142013
Gold Head Grade, oz/ton 0.120.08

Projected Production:

CommodityUnits201520142013
Gold oz 1,7405,7257,431
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics20142013
Tonnes processed 45,217 tons160,789 tons

Reserves at December 31, 2019:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Inferred 32,013,000 tons Gold 0.03 oz/ton 960,000 oz

Financials:

Units20202016201520142013
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ......  Subscription required
Capital expenditures M  ......  Subscription required 0.23  CAD 0.37  CAD
Revenue M  ......  Subscription required 3.71  CAD 6.66  CAD 6.17  CAD
After-tax Income M  ......  Subscription required -6.75  CAD -5.07  CAD 0.16  CAD
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2014:
HME TypeModel
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Press Release 2017
Annual Report 2016
Annual Report 2015
Annual Information Form 2014
Annual Report 2014
Technical Report 2006
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