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Australia
Venus Mine (Nickel West Operation)

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 Location:
13 km NNE from Leinster, Western Australia, Australia
  Regional Office:
125 St Georges Terrace
Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6000
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Nickel
Mining Method
  • Sub-level caving
Processing
  • Crush & Screen plant
  • Flotation
Production Start...
Mine Life11 years (as of Jan 1, 2022)
Venus underground mine is part of the Leinster underground mine complex, reached full production (transitioned to full production in September 2019, with ore hoisted to the Leinster concentrator).

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnershipInvestor's Info
BHP Group Ltd. 100 % Indirect
BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct

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Deposit Type

  • Intrusion related
  • Metamorphic

Summary:

Steeply dipping disseminated and massive textured nickel-sulphide mineralisation associated with metamorphosed ultramafic lava flows and intrusions.

BHP Billiton’s Leinster Nickel Operation (LNO) is located 600 km north-east of Perth in the Eastern Goldfields Region of Western Australia. The LNO deposits are situated within the Wiluna Greenstone Belt and the orebodies are hosted in Komatite Ultramafic lava flows.

Mining Methods

  • Sub-level caving

Summary:

Venus sub-level caving operation.

Crushing and Grinding

Processing

  • Crush & Screen plant
  • Flotation

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Summary:

Nickel sulphide ore is mined at the Leinster underground mines (Venus underground mine is part of the Leinster underground mine complex) and processed through a concentrator and dryer at Leinster.

Concentration plant with a nominal capacity 3 Mtpa of ore.

In 2018 Leinster went through a modernization of sections of the flotation circuit through the targeted upgrading of cells combined with additional process controls. This included replacing old flotation mechanisms with the latest technology and installing the newest flotation cell control instrumentation linked into the DCS supervisory controller.

Upgrades to the Leinster concentrator have realized record production rates, requiring increased mining activities to fill capacity.

Nickel concentrate is shipped by road and rail to Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter.

Combined production numbers are reported under Nickel West Operation

Reserves at June 30, 2022:
Cut-off criteria:
Mineral Resources: UG Disseminated Sulphide - 0.40% Ni.
Ore Reserves: UG - 0.9% Ni.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGrade
Probable Sulphide 7.6 Mt Nickel 1.4 %
Total Resource Sulphide 11.1 Mt Nickel 1.71 %

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Mine Management:

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Staff:

Total WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Annual Report 2022
Press Release 2022
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Other 2017
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