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Carrapateena Mine (Carrapateena Expansion Project)

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 Location:
63 km E from Woomera, South Australia, Australia

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2 Hamra Drive Adelaide Airport PO Box 248 Adelaide Airport
Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
5950
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Sub-level caving
Production Start...
Mine Life2045
Carrapateena is becoming a multigenerational, low cost mining province and is one of the biggest mining projects in South Australia in the last decade.
Latest NewsCiDRA Minerals Processing and OZ Minerals enter into Memorandum of Understanding     December 19, 2022


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
OZ Minerals Ltd. 100 % Indirect
The Carrapateena Project is owned 100% by OZ Minerals Limited through its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

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Deposit Type

  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork
  • IOCG


Summary:

The Carrapateena Project is located within the highly prospective Olympic Dam copper-gold (Cu-Au) Province. This is a metallogenic belt along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton in South Australia, which hosts the Prominent Hill Mine, Olympic Dam mine and the Moonta-Wallaroo historic mining district. The Craton comprises variably deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary, volcanic and plutonic rock, spread from the late Archean to Mesoproterozoic, and it has been subdivided into a series of domains – the Carrapateena deposit being part of the Olympic Domain. The age of the iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) mineralisation in the Gawler Craton is uncertain, though it is interpreted in the literature to be associated with Mesoproterozoic magmatism of the Hiltaba Suite and the Gawler Range Volcanics.

The Carrapateena copper-gold mineral deposit is hosted in a brecciated granite complex, with both bornite and chalcopyrite copper mineralisation present – the bornite being a distinct higher grade zone of mineralisation.

The vast majority of copper and gold mineralisation within the deposit is hosted by hematite-dominated breccias with moderate mineralisation occurring within hematite altered granite breccias (Eastern Cu domain). Sulphides are the primary copper-bearing minerals in the Carrapateena Breccia Complex. Copper and gold mineralisation is structurally and chemically controlled, with subsequent alteration destroying mineralising structures. The most a ........


Mining Methods

  • Sub-level caving


Summary:

The Carrapateena is an underground mine located in the highly prospective Gawler Craton in South Australia, approximately 160km north of Port Augusta. The Carrapateena operation produced first concentrate in December 2019 and currently plans tomine and process a 91Mt Ore Reserveby the sub-level caving method.

Mine acess provide by twin decline, one for access(Tjati Decline) and one for materials handling. The Tjati Decline provides access to each production level.

The total Ore Reserve estimate is made up of three separate mining areas of the same deposit:
-The sub-level cave (SLC) is being mined from the 4580 RL to the 4305 RL at a rate increasing from 4.25 Mtpa to 5 Mtpa.
-Block Cave 1 (BC1) extraction level is located on the 3700 RL.
-Block Cave 2 (BC2) is a mining block adjacent to BC1, to be mined after the depletion of BC1.

The mining method of the sub-level cave (SLC) is based on the 2017 Carrapateena Feasibility Study and further refinements since accessing the orebody. The mine is currently in production from its two uppermost level, and production from the orebody to date reflects expectations in terms of mining and milling recovery. If the decision to transition to a block cave mining method is made, the lowest three levels of the SLC will be mined at a declining shut-off value (to as low as $70/tonne on the bottom level 4230 RL), in order to improve overall mine economics. If the mine continues to be mined as an SL ........


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityProductUnits202220212020Avg. Annual (Projected)
Copper Metal in concentrate t  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required65,000
Gold Metal in concentrate oz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics2022202120202019
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required300,640 t
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1,653,405 t
Waste  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required1,352,765 t
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Reserves at June 30, 2021:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Probable 210 Mt Copper 1.1 % 2,300 kt
Probable 210 Mt Gold 0.44 g/t 3,000 koz
Probable 210 Mt Silver 4.3 g/t 30 M oz
Probable 210 Mt Copper Equivalent 1.3 %
Measured 130 Mt Copper 0.96 %
Measured 130 Mt Gold 0.42 g/t
Measured 130 Mt Silver 3.6 g/t
Indicated 490 Mt Copper 0.62 %
Indicated 490 Mt Gold 0.26 g/t
Indicated 490 Mt Silver 2.9 g/t
Inferred 330 Mt Copper 0.32 %
Inferred 330 Mt Gold 0.16 g/t
Inferred 330 Mt Silver 2 g/t
Total Resource 950 Mt Copper 0.56 % 5,400 kt
Total Resource 950 Mt Gold 0.25 g/t 7,500 koz
Total Resource 950 Mt Silver 2.7 g/t 82 M oz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202220212020
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All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Copper USD  ......  Subscription required ^†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†
C1 cash costs Copper USD  ......  Subscription required ^†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required†
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Financials:

Units202220212020
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2021:
HME TypeModelQuantityLeased or
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Report 2018
Financial Review 2018
Corporate Presentation 2017
Feasibility Study Report 2017
Press Release 2017
Annual Report 2016
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News:

NewsDate
CiDRA Minerals Processing and OZ Minerals enter into Memorandum of Understanding December 19, 2022

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