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Cayeli Mine

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Overview

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Transverse stoping
  • Longitudinal stoping
  • Cut & Fill
  • Longhole stoping
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SnapshotThe Çayeli mine is an underground copper and zinc operation in north eastern Turkey. Çayeli is the largest underground base metals mine in Turkey.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Çayeli Bakir Isletmeleri A.S. (operator) 100 % Direct
Çayeli Bakir Isletmeleri A.S. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the First Quantum Minerals Ltd and is incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Turkey. Its main asset is the Çayeli copper and zinc mine.

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Deposit type

  • VMS

Summary:

Çayeli is a Cretaceous-age volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit that has a known strike length of over 600 metres, extends to a depth of at least 600 metres and varies in thickness from a few metres to 80 metres, averaging about 20 metres. The average dip is 65° to the north northwest.

The deposit is at the contact between altered footwall felsic volcanic flows and pyroclastic and hanging wall mafic volcanic rocks. It consists of massive and stockwork sulphides. The mineralization includes pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite and smaller amounts of galena, dolomite and barite.

The massive sulphide ore is classified into yellow ore, which is copper-rich and zinc-poor; black ore, which is zinc-rich and copper-poor; and clastic ore, which contains copper, zinc and precious metals. In this ore, the sphalerite contains intergrowths and inclusions of chalcopyrite and requires batch processing through the mill.

Ore types which contain either secondary copper minerals or bornite are segregated and processed separately.

Stockwork ore, containing pyrite and chalcopyrite in veins, occurs stratigraphically below the massive sulphide ores.

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Comminution

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Production

CommodityUnits2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Copper t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe16,70619,89616,52325,33024,304
Zinc t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe5,2524,0913,3268,06219,808
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

Metrics202320222021202020192018201720162015
Annual processing capacity  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe1,350,000 t1,350,000 t1,350,000 t
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe930 kt1,000 kt941 kt1,267 kt1,233 kt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe54,000 m382,000 m379,000 m3
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe916 kt1,007 kt943 kt1,285 kt1,229 kt
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Production Costs

CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920182017
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Copper USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1.65 / lb **   1.48 / lb **   1.75 / lb **  
C1 cash costs Copper USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 1.35 / lb **   1.21 / lb **   1.5 / lb **  
C3 fully allocated costs Copper USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 2.16 / lb **   2.03 / lb **   2.37 / lb **  
** Net of By-Product.

Financials

Units20242023202220212020201920182017
Capital expenditures (planned) M USD  ....  Subscribe
Sustaining costs M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Capital expenditures M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 6   6   5  
Revenue M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 95   100   98  
Gross profit M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 22   23   16  
Operating Income M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 28   24   17  
EBITDA M USD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 55   51   43  

Heavy Mobile Equipment

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Personnel

Mine Management

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