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Kidd Creek Mine

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 Location:
24 km N from Timmins, Ontario, Canada
  Address:
11335 Highway 655 North
P.O. Bag 2002
Timmins
Ontario, Canada
P4N 7K1
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Zinc
  • Copper
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Blast Hole Stoping
  • Cemented backfill
Processing
  • Flotation
Mine Life2022
The Kidd Mine is the world's deepest base-metal mine below sea level, mining at 9600 feet with shaft bottom at 9889 feet.

Owners

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect
Glencore Canada Corp. 100 % Direct
Deposit Type

  • VMS

Summary:

Kidd Creek is a Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide CuZn-Ag deposit. Mineralisation occurs within a rhyolitic volcanic/volcaniclastic sequence as massive sulphide lenses of dominantly pyrite-pyrrhotite-sphalerite-galena-rich ores that are underlain by copper (chalcopyrite) stringer zones.

Mining Methods

  • Blast Hole Stoping
  • Cemented backfill

Summary:

Processing Technologies

  • Flotation

Summary:

The metallurgical facilities are located 27 km south-east of the mine site.

The concentrator crushes and grinds the ore before flotation.

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter2017201620152014
Zinc Head Grade, % 3.843.63.6
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Production:

CommodityUnits20172016201520142013
Zinc kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required636168
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics2017201620152014
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required2.3 Mt2.15 Mt2.1 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2017:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven 5.7 Mt Zinc 3.8 %
Proven 5.7 Mt Copper 2 %
Proven 5.7 Mt Silver 49 g/t
Probable 1.3 Mt Zinc 5.7 %
Probable 1.3 Mt Copper 1.8 %
Probable 1.3 Mt Silver 42 g/t
Proven & Probable 7 Mt Zinc 4.2 %
Proven & Probable 7 Mt Copper 1.9 %
Proven & Probable 7 Mt Silver 48 g/t
Measured 10.1 Mt Zinc 4.4 %
Measured 10.1 Mt Copper 1.9 %
Measured 10.1 Mt Silver 50 g/t
Indicated 1 Mt Zinc 5.5 %
Indicated 1 Mt Copper 1.7 %
Indicated 1 Mt Silver 42 g/t
Measured & Indicated 11 Mt Zinc 4.5 %
Measured & Indicated 11 Mt Copper 1.9 %
Measured & Indicated 11 Mt Silver 50 g/t
Inferred 3.5 Mt Zinc 7 %
Inferred 3.5 Mt Copper 2 %
Inferred 3.5 Mt Silver 60 g/t

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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Report 2015
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2015
Annual Report 2014
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
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