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Peru
Morococha Mine

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 Location:
112 km NE from Lima, Peru

  Regional Office:
Avenida La Floresta # 497 Of. 301, Charcarilla del Estanque, San Borja
Lima
Peru
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Silver
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Copper
  • Gold
Mining Method
  • Mechanized Cut & Fill
  • Overhand Cut & Fill
  • Longhole open stoping
Processing
  • Flotation
Mine Life7.3 years (as of Jan 1, 2014)
Latest NewsPan American Silver Announces Restart of Huaron and Morococha Operations in Peru     September 30, 2020


Owners & OPERATOR

Source: p. 45
CompanyInterestOwnership
Pan American Silver Corp. 92.3 % Indirect
Pan American Silver Peru S.A.C. 92.3 % Indirect
Compania Minera Argentum S.A. (operator) 100 % Direct
Morococha is owned and operated by Compania Minera Argentum S.A., a Peruvian company in which Pan American, through our subsidiary Pan American Peru, has a 92.01% voting common share interest (the remaining interest is held by Alejandro Gubbins and Compañía Minera Casapalca S.A.). In addition, Pan American Silver Corp. has, directly or indirectly, the majority of the non-voting investment shares resulting in a total ownership interest of approximately 92.3%.

Deposit Type

  • Skarn
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Manto


Summary:

Mineralization at the Morococha mine includes epi-mesothermal silver-zinc-lead-copper veins, bedded silver-base metal replacements or mantos (which together account for the majority of the previously mined and presently known mineralization at the Property), intrusive-sediment contact skarns, and the quartz porphyry-hosted Toromocho disseminated copper system. The size and geometry of individual ore shoots are lithology and structure dependent. Shoots range up to 400 metres in length with some traced for over 800 metres down plunge. Economic widths in the veins range from 0.5 metres to more than 6.0 metres. Vein width averages in the district are on the order of 1.2 metres.

Replacement manto mineralization is generally restricted to receptive stratigraphic horizons where favourable lithologies, especially carbonates, are intersected by mineralized veins or are proximal to pre-mineral intrusive rocks. Mantos can have a significant strike extent where the veins are closely spaced, and can range from less than one metre to up to 12 metres in width.

Ore and gangue mineralogy is similar in veins and mantos but varies considerably across the Property. Sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite are the most important primary minerals for zinc, lead, and copper while silver is generally present as freibergite (silver-tetrahedrite) or argentiferous galena. Gangue generally consists of quartz, calcite, barite, and rhodochrosite.

Similar to most large Peruvian polymetallic deposits, Morococha exhibits a distinct lateral and vertical metal zonation. The central Toromocho copper deposit grades outward through a lead-zinc minor silver zone and then into an outermost zone that is richer in silver with significant lead-zinc grades. There is also a distinct trend of higher silver grades at higher elevations on the west side of the Morococha mine. Silver assays of greater than 2,200 grams per tonne are not uncommon above 4,800 metres above sea level, and greater than 300 grams per tonne silver grades are also common in the outer silver-lead-zinc zone above the 4,400 metre elevation. In veins with significant vertical extents, silver grades tend to decrease as zinc grades increase with depth.

The hydrothermal alteration present at Morococha is typical of central Peruvian zoned polymetallic deposits.


Mining Methods

  • Mechanized Cut & Fill
  • Overhand Cut & Fill
  • Longhole open stoping


Summary:

Underground mining operations at Morococha consist primarily of long hole open stoping, and some conventional and mechanized overhand cut and fill. Classified tailings pumped hydraulically to stopes and waste rock are used for backfill where needed. Drilling is undertaken with hand held drills or electric hydraulic jumbo drills and the broken ore is removed using scoop trams. Mining of the wider veins and ore bodies has been mechanized with the aim of improving efficiency and operating costs. This mechanization is continuing on the narrower veins.

In the Manuelita and Sulfurosa areas of the mine, locomotives transport the ore in rail cars from the chutes to the shafts for hoisting. Other locomotives then transport the ore in rail cars to an adit where trucks then haul the ore to the stockpiles at the mill. In the Codiciada and Alapampa areas of the mine, ore is transported to underground stockpiles using scoop trams and then loaded onto haul trucks for transportation to surface via a haulage ramp.

The Manuelita (also known as Yauli) shaft has been deepened, and a new loading system is now available for production hoisting from a new mine level 70 metres below the Kingsmill tunnel. The Manuelita shaft is equipped with two 2.6 tonne skips which feed into chutes at an underground adit level from where material is transported in rail cars by a small locomotive to an adjacent surface truck loading facility. Ore is then trucked to the processing plant. The deepening project includes the development of a pumping station and other infrastructure to permit mechanized narrow vein stoping operations.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation

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Summary:

Morococha operates an 803,000 tonne per year capacity mill, known as the Amistad mill, using froth induced selective flotation technology to produce silver in zinc, lead, and copper concentrates. The mill flowsheet consists of two- stage crushing, ball mill grinding, selective flotation of the ore to concentrates, followed by thickening and filtering of the concentrates.

Ore is delivered from the mine to separate stockpiles for blending purposes. The ore is fed into a 600 tonne capacity coarse ore bin after passing through an 8 inch screen. Ore from the bin is fed to the crushing circuit by two 24 inch by 18 inch reciprocating feeders that discharge onto separate 36 inches wide by 50.6 feet long conveyors, which both discharge onto one conveyor of 36 inches wide by 85.3 feet long.

The grinding circuit consists of two stages of grinding and one stage of regrind to produce a final product of 65% passing 200 mesh (or 80% passing 153 microns) that feeds the bulk flot ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter2019201820172016201520142013
Silver Head Grade, g/t 126149137135124152149
Zinc Head Grade, % 3.763.83.013.152.833.63.2
Lead Head Grade, % 1.210.920.780.750.711.12
Copper Head Grade, % 0.440.661.21.441.520.75
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Production:

CommodityUnits202020192018201720162015
Silver koz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,8542,7532,346
Gold koz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201920182017201620152014
Tonnes milled  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required728.9 kt690.3 kt613.5 kt
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Reserves at June 30, 2019:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 4,442 Mt Silver 147 g/t 21.12 M oz
Proven 4,442 Mt Zinc 4.03 % 180.6 kt
Proven 4,442 Mt Lead 1.38 % 61.86 kt
Proven 4,442 Mt Copper 0.38 % 16.8 kt
Probable 2.384 Mt Silver 173 g/t 13.33 M oz
Probable 2.384 Mt Zinc 3.26 % 78.2 kt
Probable 2.384 Mt Lead 1.2 % 28.7 kt
Probable 2.384 Mt Copper 0.31 % 7.4 kt
Proven & Probable 6.826 Mt Silver 156 g/t 34.45 M oz
Proven & Probable 6.826 Mt Zinc 3.76 % 258.8 kt
Proven & Probable 6.826 Mt Lead 1.32 % 90.26 kt
Proven & Probable 6.826 Mt Copper 0.35 % 24.2 kt
Measured 0.325 Mt Silver 138 g/t 1.3 M oz
Measured 0.325 Mt Zinc 2.14 %
Measured 0.325 Mt Lead 0.86 %
Measured 0.325 Mt Copper 0.29 %
Indicated 0.325 Mt Silver 143 g/t 1.73 M oz
Indicated 0.325 Mt Zinc 2.09 %
Indicated 0.325 Mt Lead 0.83 %
Indicated 0.325 Mt Copper 0.2 %
Inferred 4.875 Mt Silver 138 g/t 20.8 M oz
Inferred 4.875 Mt Zinc 3.26 %
Inferred 4.875 Mt Lead 1.02 %
Inferred 4.875 Mt Copper 0.37 %

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits20202019201820172016
Cash costs (sold) Silver USD  ......  Subscription required ^†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† -5.34 / oz† 4.21 / oz†
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Silver USD  ......  Subscription required ^†  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 1.22 / oz† 9.32 / oz†
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† Net of By-Product.
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Financials:

Units2019201820172016201520142013
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ......  Subscription required
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 6.76   9.35   17.1  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 64.8   79.1   82.3  
Operating Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Pre-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -88.21   -13.34   -7.99  
After-tax Income M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required -80.53   -9.78   -7.34  
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of June 30, 2014:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
Drill (long hole) 2
Drill jumbo (single boom) 6
Scoop Tram 0.7 cu. yd 9
Scoop Tram 2.2 cu. yd 6
Scoop Tram 4 cu. yd 6
Scoop Tram 6 cu. yd 1
Truck (dump) 16 t 1
Truck (haul) 25 t 9
Truck (haul) 40 t 4

Mine Management:

Job TitleNameRef. Date
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

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Annual Information Form 2017
Annual Report 2017
Annual Information Form 2016
Financial Review 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2015
Form 40-F 2014
Technical Report 2014
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News:

NewsDate
Pan American Silver Announces Restart of Huaron and Morococha Operations in Peru September 30, 2020
Pan American Silver Announces Suspension of Huaron and Morococha Operations in Peru July 20, 2020

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