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Black Star Mine (Mount Isa Zinc Operation)

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 Location:
2 km NW from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

  Address:
Private Mail Bag 6
Mount Isa
Queensland, Australia
4825
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Overview

StatusCare and Maintenance
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Flotation
The open cut was moved to a care and maintenance phase during the last quarter of 2016 after mining out the existing reserves.


Owners

 
CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect
Mount Isa Mines Ltd. 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • SEDEX


Summary:

Lead-zinc-silver mineralisation occurs in galena and sphalerite-rich bedding parallel horizons in dolomitic and variably carbonaceous pyritic shales and siltstones.

The Black Star Open Cut resource is additional to the Mount Isa Open Pit resource.

The resource mineralisation occurs inside a designed Stage 7 pit based on a pit optimisation utilising Measured and Indicated Resources.

A total of 3.6Mt at 5.1% Zn, 2.6% Pb and 64g/t Ag was depleted from the Ore Reserves in the 12 months to 31 December 2016 due to mining operations, completing the Stage 5 Reserve.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Drilling and blasting practices are conducted at open cut operations to fragment the rock surrounding the ore. Ore from the open cut mines is loaded into dump trucks.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation

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Summary:

Ore mined is roughly crushed on site, then trucked to the Mount Isa mills for processing. First, the ore is ground into a fine dust via a series of ball mills. This dust is then mixed with water and reagents in our zinc-lead concentrator’s flotation circuit. The reagents help us to separate the valuable mineral content from waste rock. Air is forced through the slurry creating bubbles, which float to the surface and attract and bind to the zinc or lead particles. The glossy, mineral-laden “froth” is then skimmed off the top and dried. What remains once the water content of the froth has evaporated is zinc or lead concentrate. Our zinc concentrates are sold in the domestic market and exported overseas, while our lead concentrate undergoes further processing and smelting on site to become crude lead, or lead bullion.

Lead concentrate is mixed with high grade silica, limestone and copper slag, a by product of our copper smelting operations. These ingredients are known as fluxes ........


Combined production numbers are reported under Mount Isa Zinc Operation

Operational Metrics:

Metrics2016
Ore tonnes mined 3.6 Mt

Reserves at December 31, 2018:

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGrade
Measured In-Situ (OP) 4.8 Mt Zinc 5.4 %
Measured In-Situ (UG) 13.6 Mt Zinc 5.7 %
Measured In-Situ (OP) 4.8 Mt Lead 5.2 %
Measured In-Situ (UG) 13.6 Mt Lead 3.2 %
Measured In-Situ (OP) 4.8 Mt Silver 89 g/t
Measured In-Situ (UG) 13.6 Mt Silver 62 g/t
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 3.1 Mt Zinc 3.7 %
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 52 Mt Zinc 5.6 %
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 3.1 Mt Lead 3.2 %
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 52 Mt Lead 2.6 %
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 3.1 Mt Silver 53 g/t
Indicated In-Situ (UG) 52 Mt Silver 46 g/t
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (OP) 7.9 Mt Zinc 4.7 %
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (UG) 66 Mt Zinc 5.6 %
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (OP) 7.9 Mt Lead 4.4 %
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (UG) 66 Mt Lead 2.7 %
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (OP) 7.9 Mt Silver 74 g/t
Measured & Indicated In-Situ (UG) 66 Mt Silver 49 g/t
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 7.3 Mt Zinc 2 %
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 92 Mt Zinc 5 %
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 7.3 Mt Lead 1 %
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 92 Mt Lead 3 %
Inferred In-Situ (OP) 7.3 Mt Silver 19 g/t
Inferred In-Situ (UG) 92 Mt Silver 62 g/t


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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Year-end Mineral Reserves 2017
Corporate Presentation 2016
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2016
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