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Beruang Kanan Main (BKM) Project

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Mine TypeOpen Pit
StagePermitting
Commodities
  • Copper
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe BKM Copper Project is considered the starting point for the long-term development of the KSK CoW. The development strategy for KSK adopts a phased approach building on execution of phase 1, the BKM Copper Project:
- Phase 1 BKM Copper Heap Leach – as described by the 2023 BKM Feasibility Study Update;
- Phase 2 BKM Copper/Pyrite Flotation – develop flotation circuit to produce high-grade pyrite, low-grade copper concentrate for delivery to company-owned downstream processing facility;
- Phase 3 Polymetallic Flotation – expand flotation circuit to treat polymetallic orebody and produce lead, zinc and copper concentrates.

The Company is currently engaged in financing discussions with numerous groups to provide the project finance for the project. Work is ongoing to secure the remaining permits required to enable the Company to move forward into the construction stages.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Asiamet Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
PT Kalimantan Surya Kencana 100 % Direct
PT Kalimantan Surya Kencana (KSK, incorporated in Indonesia) is the 100% owner of the 6-th generation Contract of Work (KSK CoW) within which BKM is located. KSK in turn is owned 75% by Indokal Limited (incorporated in Hong Kong) and 25% by PT Pancaran Cahaya Kahayan (incorporated in Indonesia). Indokal Limited owns 99% of PT Pancaran Cahaya Kahayan with the remaining 1% owned by Mr. Mansur Geiger (held in trust for Asiamet Resources Limited). The parent company to the corporate structure is a Bermuda company, Asiamet Resources Limited (AMR), formally Kalimantan Gold Corporation Limited, which is a publically listed company on the AIM (London) stock exchange. AMR owns 100% of the shares in Indokal Limited.

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Deposit type

  • Porphyry
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Epithermal

Summary:

Subsequent exploration and evaluation of the KSK CoW has centred on four primary areas (Baroi, Beruang Tengah, Beruang Kanan and Mansur), where activities have focused on identifying porphyry and related epithermal styles mineralisation.

At the Beruang Kanan Main Zone deposit copper is the only element of economic interest, occurring as chalcocite, covellite, bornite and chalcopyrite replacement of pyrite in veins and less common fracture fill settings. The BKM deposit is structurally controlled and has been delineated as:

• twenty five laminated stacked and adjacent domains dipping on average easterly at 30 degrees (10 to 45 degrees dips) over a northerly strike length of 1,300m, across a total width of 900m and a vertical extent of 450m;
• centred on three areas whose lateral and vertical extents are well defined; and
• having extensive and intense alteration throughout the mineralised zone.

Copper mineralisation at BKM remains open in several areas and exploration in the wider district remains in its infancy with:

• structural interpretation indicates potential for repeat settings to exist at depth and in laterally detached nearby locations, although not yet supported by deeper drill holes.
• geological observations during field mapping and geochemical data from drill core, surface rock chip samples at Beruang Kanan South and Beruang Kanan West prospects indicate near surface and similar style copper mineralisation, highlighting the potential for the development of additional copper mineralisation adjacent to the project, with recent drilling confirming similar style mineralisation.
• obvious drill targets with potential for the discovery of additional copper and polymetallic resources also exist nearby BKM and within the wider KSK CoW.

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Production

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Copper kt 20173
All production numbers are expressed as cathode.

Operational metrics

Metrics
Annual production capacity 25,000 t of copper cathode *
Stripping / waste ratio 1.4 *
Waste tonnes, LOM 79,906 kt *
Ore tonnes mined, LOM 56,608 kt *
Total tonnes mined, LOM 136,514 kt *
Tonnes milled, LOM 56,608 kt *
* According to 2019 study.

Production Costs

CommodityUnitsAverage
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Copper USD 1.78 / lb *  
C1 cash costs Copper USD 1.65 / lb *  
Assumed price Copper USD 3.3 / lb *  
* According to 2019 study / presentation.

Operating Costs

Currency2019
OP mining costs ($/t mined) USD 1.98 *  
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* According to 2019 study.

Project Costs

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Processing OpEx $M USD 255.5
Site services costs $M USD 91
G&A costs $M USD 10.5
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