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Australia
Kalkaroo Project

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 Location:
91 km NW from Broken Hill, South Australia, Australia

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South Australia, Australia
5063
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Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Cobalt
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Mine Life13 years (as of Jan 1, 2019)
Kalkaroo is one of the largest undeveloped open pit copper deposits in Australia on a 0.89% CuEq Ore Reserve basis.

Contains 1.1 million tonnes of copper, 3.1 million ounces of gold and 23,200 tonnes of cobalt in Measured, Indicated and Inferred JORC Mineral Resources.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Havilah Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Kalkaroo Copper Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Kalkaroo Copper Pty Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Havilah Resources Ltd. Kalkaroo Copper Pty Ltd is an owner of the Kalkaroo copper-gold-cobalt project (100%).

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Deposit Type

  • Stratabound
  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

Kalkaroo consists of stratabound replacement and vein style copper-gold mineralisation within Willyama Supergroup rocks of the Curnamona Craton.

The stratabound mineralization is uniformly distributed along more than 3 km of strike that follows an arc around the 35 degree dipping northern nose of the Kalkaroo south dome. It is hosted by an 80m -120m thick mineralised horizon that is sandwiched between psammitic footwall rocks and a thick pelitic hangingwall sequence.

In part, the mineralization is associated with near-vertical, mineralised quartz vein breccia fracture/fault fillings, which probably formed channel ways for the mineralising fluids. Interference folding resulted in dome structures which probably acted as structural traps for the rising mineralising fluids carried by these vertical structures.

The mineralising events were associated with iron-rich and sodium-rich alteration fronts, which are manifest as widespread fine-grained magnetite in the lower sandy formations and as pervasive albite alteration.

Erosion in the Mesozoic and Tertiary period exposed the Kalkaroo deposit to prolonged and deep weathering. Consequently, the deposit shows typical supergene enrichment features in its upper part, caused by oxidation of the primary sulphides in the weathering zone, forming a soft clay rich rock called saprolite. This is manifest in a subhorizontal stratification of the ore minerals from top to bottom:

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Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The mining method is conventional open cut bulk mining using truck and excavator equipment. The PFS is based on an owner operated mining fleet.

The pit development is in a staged cutback to sequence extraction from generally high value to lower value and shallower to deeper ore over the life of the mine. The first year mining consists entirely of overburden pre-strip of the 50 or so metres of Tertiary sands and clays. The next three years are focused on mining the softer oxidized saprolite gold, native copper and chalcocite ore types at an annual production rate averaging around 4 million tonnes per annum, which is the nominal capacity of the oxide ore processing plant.

The ore mining rate almost triples in the fifth year peaking at approximately 12 million tonnes per annum and coinciding with the sulphide ore concentrator plant coming on stream in order to process the significant amounts of chalcocite ore being mined. The excess saprolite gold and native copper ore mined in this year will be stockpiled, with processing spread out over the next two years. With the bulk of the oxidized ore mined by the end of the fifth year, production in subsequent years is largely from deeper sulphide ores with a milling throughput rate of nominally 7 million tonnes per annum. As the mining operation moves deeper the proportion of chalcopyrite ore increases until it becomes the predominant ore type mined and processed in the later years.

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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Copper M lbs 66864
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Stripping / waste ratio 3.5 *
Waste tonnes, LOM 352 Mt *
Ore tonnes mined, LOM 100.2 Mt *
Annual milling capacity 7 Mt *
* According to 2019 study.

Reserves at July 31, 2019:
The Kalkaroo main copper-gold resource a 0.4% copper equivalent cut-off grade was applied.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 90.2 Mt Copper 0.48 % 430 kt
Proven 90.2 Mt Gold 0.44 g/t 1,282 koz
Probable 9.9 Mt Copper 0.45 % 44 kt
Probable 9.9 Mt Gold 0.39 g/t 125 koz
Proven & Probable 100.1 Mt Copper 0.47 % 474 kt
Proven & Probable 100.1 Mt Gold 0.44 g/t 1,407 koz
Measured Sulphide 85,600,000 t Copper 0.57 %
Measured Sulphide 85,600,000 t Gold 0.42 g/t
Measured Oxide 12,000,000 t Gold 0.82 g/t
Indicated Sulphide 27,900,000 t Copper 0.49 %
Indicated Sulphide 27,900,000 t Gold 0.36 g/t
Indicated Oxide 6,970,000 t Gold 0.62 g/t
Inferred Sulphide 110,300,000 t Copper 0.43 %
Inferred Sulphide 110,300,000 t Gold 0.32 g/t
Inferred Oxide 110,300,000 t Gold 0.68 g/t
Inferred Sulphide 110,300,000 t Cobalt 0.012 % 23,200 t
Total Resource Sulphide 245,480,000 t Copper 1,096,600 t
Total Resource Sulphide 223,800,000 t Gold 0.36 g/t 2,590,300 oz
Total Resource Oxide 21,680,000 t Gold 0.74 g/t 514,500 oz
Total Resource Total 245,480,000 t Gold 3,104,800 oz
Total Resource Sulphide 193,000,000 t Cobalt 0.012 % 23,200 t

Commodity Production Costs:

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Operating Costs:

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OP mining costs ($/t milled) AUD 7.72 *
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