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The mineralized bodies at Varvarinskoye are classic gold-copper skarn types that are primarily contained within the eastern side of the local fault and are associated with the border between geological formations. Copper-gold porphyry is overlaid with quartz-sulphide gold veins and scarn to produce very complex and geometrically complicated zones of economic mineralisation. Mineralisation is discontinuous over a strike length of 4 km and is divided into five zones.The main primary copper mineral is chalcopyrite with some bornite. The gold is mostly in free form and associated with pyrites and other sulphides. A hallow oxidation zone occurs within 10 to 50 m below the surface. In this part of the Varvara deposit, copper is mostly represented by oxide minerals not amenable to conventional flotation.Based on mineralogy and metallurgical characteristics, all mineralisation is divided into four types based on the degree of oxidation and copper grade:1. primary gold (copper less than 0.2 per cent.);2. primary copper (with gold present);3. oxide gold (copper less than 0.1 per cent.);4. oxide copper (with gold present).Types 1 and 3 are processed through the leaching circuit and are known as leach ore. Type 2 is processed through the flotation circuit and is known as float ore. Type 4 is currently stockpiled separately and not processed.Komarovskoye is a low-sulphide quartz gold deposit located along the contact of the granite intrusion. Mineralisation occurs within the fault zone and consists of steeply dipping quartz-carbonate-micaceous metasomatites hosted by schists. The overall strike length of Komarovskoye is approximately 6,800m with individual mineralised zones generally 500-600m in length, 4-6m in width. Oxidation depth is limited to 30-50m below surface.
