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Kazakhstan
Kounrad Mine

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 Location:
16 km N from Balkhash, Kazakhstan

  Regional Office:
Abugaliyev Street 4
Balkhash
Kazakhstan
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeSurface
Commodities
  • Copper
Production Start...
Mine Life2034
In 2012, Central Asia Metals (CAML) completed construction and began producing copper from the Kounrad in-situ dump leach and solvent extraction electro-winning (‘SX-EW’) operation close to Balkhash in central Kazakhstan.

Kounrad Solar Power Plant On Track For Completion H2 2023: Solar Power Plant will provide 16-18% of Kounrad’s electrical power needs and reduce Kounrad’s Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by c.10% versus 2020.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Central Asia Metals PLC (operator) 100 % Indirect
Sary Kazna LLP, a Kazakh company which is responsible for leaching operations, is wholly owned by Central Asia Metals PLC (CAML) and is the registered subsoil user with exploitation rights for the Kounrad Project.

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Deposit Type

  • Orogenic
  • Porphyry


Summary:

The Kounrad open pit copper mine is located in the Balkhash metallogenic belt within the BalkhashJunggar orogenic belt of the Central Asian Metallogenic Domain (“CAMD”). The geology encompassing the deposit comprises porphyry copper mineralisation related to tectono-magmatism during the Devonian and Carboniferous-Permian volcano-magmatic arcs. Site geology consists of unconsolidated sediments and granitic bedrock units. Sediments range from gravels, to sand and silts with some units being reported as ‘‘cemented’’ sediments. Bedrock ranges from granite to granodiorite. Highly weathered at the surface, the bedrock grades to competent rock within 10-40m from the surface. Weathering and supergene enrichment have produced a general zonation of the mineralisation in the deposit: - Oxidised cap - characterised by hematite, limonite, manganese oxyhydroxide, malachite, azurite, cuprite, native copper, chrysocolla mineralisation; - Leached zone - characterised by moderate oxidation in the upper part and destabilisation of sulphide minerals under acidic conditions in the lower parts; - Supergene blanket - characterised by chalcocite and covellite mineralisation; and - Primary sulphide zone - characterised by disseminated and stockwork ore with pyrite, chalcopyrite, enargite and chalcocite mineralisation. All of these mineralised phases, to a greater or lesser extent, are reflected in the composition of the waste dumps. Very importantly from a dump leaching standpoint is the fact tha ........


Mining Methods


Summary:

Kounrad mine recovers copper from waste dumps (Eastern and Western dumps) that originated from the Kounrad open-pit copper mine. Sitting on the surface, these dumps accumulated from open-pit mining operations carried out between 1936 and 2005. Over time, oxides and low-grade sulphides of copper formed a significant tonnage deposited at the mine site.


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
Copper t  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required14,04914,103
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required186.12 Mt173.93 Mt165.25 Mt110.99 Mt69.3 Mt
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Reserves at June 30, 2017:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Indicated 386.1 Mt Copper 0.1 % 368.2 kt
Inferred 261.1 Mt Copper 0.09 % 246 kt
Total Resource 647.1 Mt Copper 0.09 % 614.2 kt

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202220212020201920182017
C1 cash costs Copper USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 0.54 / lb   0.52 / lb  
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Financials:

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Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 1.4  
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Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 89.8   83.9   66.7  
Pre-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 61   56.9   46.1  
After-tax Income M USD 26.2  
EBITDA M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 66.8   63.6   51.3  
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Corporate Presentation 2023
Annual Report 2022
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Corporate Presentation 2018
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Technical Report 2017
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