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San Julian Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Zinc
  • Lead
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SnapshotThe San Julián silver-gold mine and is a significant part of Fresnillo's production goals. The mine operates with two plants: a dynamic leaching plant for vein ore and a flotation plant for disseminated body ore.

The objective for 2024 is to conclude DOB mining successfully.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Fresnillo plc. 100 % Indirect
The San Julian mine is fully owned by Fresnillo plc.

Deposit type

  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Epithermal

Summary:

The San Julián project comprises a series of silver-gold veins as well as disseminated ore.

The new San Julian mine in construction displays a silver resource of 200 Moz in two different types of ore bodies: (i) typical low sulphidation epithermal veins and (ii) disseminated sulphides in subvolcanic and volcanic felsic rocks. Exploration strategy involved early recognition of Cienega-style characteristics providing confidence in the geologic model, and persistence when evaluating the non-typical disseminated mineralization.

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Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityProductUnits20232022202120202019201820172016
Silver Metal koz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe13,00914,63010,5342,066
Gold Metal oz  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe64,60082,34384,53231,397
Zinc Metal in concentrate t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe22,69722,0277,849
Zinc Concentrate kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe464416
Lead Metal in concentrate t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe7,6486,1013,598
Lead Concentrate kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe16138.6
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Operational metrics

Metrics20232022202120202019201820172016
Tonnes milled  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,492 kt3,492 kt2,218 kt423 kt

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Financials

Units2023202220212020201920182017
Capital expenditures M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 65.3   83.1   79.1  
Revenue M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 339.8   366.5   287.2  
Gross profit M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 128.2   176.5   174.7  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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