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Black Fox Complex

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 Location:
65 km E from Timmins, Ontario, Canada

  Address:
2839 Highway 101 E., Box 605
Matheson
Ontario, Canada
P0K 1N0
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Longhole stoping
  • Cemented backfill
Processing
  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)
Mine Life1 years (as of Jan 1, 2019)
The Black Fox Mine is a key component of the complex, which also includes the Black Fox-Stock mill and the Froome and Grey Fox deposits. The Black Fox mine had an initial production from 1997 to 2001. Re-commissioned in 2009, it operated continuously, with open pit commercial production from May 2009 to September 2015 and underground mining commenced in October 2011.
Latest NewsMcEwen Mining: 2020 Full Year and Q4 Production Results     January 4, 2021


Owners

Source: p. 27
CompanyInterestOwnership
McEwen Mining Inc. 100 % Indirect
McEwen Ontario Inc. 100 % Direct

Deposit Type

  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

Gold mineralization at the Black Fox Mine occurs in several different geological environments within the main carbonate alteration zone, which has a strike length of over 1,000 metres and a variable true width ranging from 10 metres to over 100 metres. This mineralized envelope occurs primarily within komatiitic ultramafics and lesser mafic volcanics within the outer boundaries of the PDDZ. The auriferous zones have several modes of occurrence, from concordant zones that follow lithological contacts and have been subsequently deformed, to slightly discordant zones associated with syenitic sills and quartz veins or stockworks.

The Black Fox Mine deposit has an overall first order south-southwest plunge (SSE in mine grid) with a second order westerly internal gold mineralization plunge. The first order plunge is parallel to stretching/intersection lineations and dominant folds, plus the local elongation of units. The second order plunge is at a high angle to the stretching lineation and controlled by stacking of S-SW dipping (to true north) reverse shear vein systems, vein arrays and shear zones which dip more shallowly to the south than the overall dip of the ultramafic host unit and faults that are parallel to it, and are stacked vertically within carbonate-talc-chlorite altered parts of the ultramafic unit (Rhys, 2016). This secondary ore control could be controlled by the north verging drag folds (Chappell, 2018).

Work carried out to date has identified four different styles of mineralization within the mineralized envelope at the Black Fox Mine. These are:

• Free gold associated with east to south east striking (100 to 170 degrees) moderately to steeply dipping (40 to 80 degrees) quartz-carbonate-chlorite shear veins; sigmoidal vein arrays that strike to the west, north-west (290 to 315 degrees) and dip moderately (30 to 60 degrees) to the south. Visible gold is observed along chlorite stylolites, slip surfaces and within the vein matrix itself.
• Gold-bearing pyrite associated with albite-carbonate-sericite altered syenitic and plagioclase porphyry sill-like bodies spatially associated with gold-bearing quartz-carbonate vein systems.
• Gold associated with disseminated fine-grained pyrite within intensely sheared Fecarbonate- sericite-albite altered mafic volcanic rocks adjacent to or within ultramafic rocks. These zones are associated with variably deformed quartz-carbonate veins that can host visible gold as well (Rhys 2016). This type of mineralization is denoted as BMV.
• A much less common form of gold mineralization occurs in carbonate-quartz-talc alteration as disseminated free gold flakes (Figure 14D), seen in the Deep Central Zone in areas of elevated matrix quartz and/or quartz veinlets in the altered ultramafic volcanic rocks matrix (Rhys 2016).


Mining Methods

  • Longhole stoping
  • Cemented backfill


Summary:

The production rate is based on available stopes as of October 31, 2017 (the time that the assets were transferred from Primero to McEwen Mining Ontario). Consequently, the mine has a variable monthly mining rate, averaging approximately 500 tonnes per day. The average ounces recovered at the mill per day is approximately 140, which is equal to an average of 4,200 ounces per month over the 26 months in the LOM.

LOM development requirements are approximately 4,400 metres total. This development consists of 935m of ramps, and 2,030 metres of lateral development, 1,280 metres of sills and 140 metres of raises.

The mine is accessed by a portal located at a bench at a depth of 87 metres within the Black Fox Pit.

Stopes are typically mined in 15-metre lengths along the strike with widths varying from 5 up to 20 metres.

The mining method is long hole retreat. The stope sequencing has generally been top-down as new ore is found at depth.

Cemented hydraulic backfill is used in almost all stopes. Stopes are mined in alternating sequence using backfilled stopes as pillars for subsequent mining of adjacent stopes.

Ore mined is crushed and hauled to the mill.

At Black Fox, development of the access to the Froome underground deposit has advanced 30%. The plan is to reach the deposit in the second quarter of 2021, complete the necessary development and achieve commercial production in the fourth quarter of 2021. [08/06/2020, PR]


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Agitated tank (VAT) leaching
  • Carbon in leach (CIL)
  • Carbon adsorption-desorption-recovery (ADR)
  • Elution
  • Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
  • Cyanide (reagent)

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Summary:

Crushing is currently carried out at the Black Fox mine site via a contract service (LPL Contracting).

The crushed material is conveyed from the fine ore bin to the feed chute of the primary ball mill which is operated in closed circuit with three (3) hydro cyclones. The cyclone underflow is recirculated to the ball mill while the overflow is further ground in one of the two (2) regrind mills. The regrind mills are operated in closed circuit with five (5) secondary cyclones. The overflows from the secondary cyclones flow to a vibrating trash screen. The trash screen undersize falls into the thickener feed pump box. The head sampler removes feed aliquots on 20-minute intervals from the thickener feed line.

A gravity circuit comprised of a fines riffle and a coarse riffle in series is present in the mill. The gravity circuit was installed as a trial unit and has yet to be commissioned. The riffles are currently not being used without any future commissioning bei ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameter201920182017201620152014
Gold Head Grade, g/t 4.835.582.732.222.63
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Production:

CommodityUnits202020192018201720162015
Gold Equivalent oz  ......  Subscription required ^  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré. ^ Guidance / Forecast.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201920182017201620152014
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required234,518 t990,504 t886,668 t
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required913,235 t875,833 t694,090 t
Daily processing capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Daily milling rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required2,495 t2,306 t
Daily ore mining rate  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
Stripping / waste ratio  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required4.71 7.55
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Reserves at December 31, 2019:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 41 kt Gold 5.4 g/t 7 koz
Probable 304 kt Gold 5.78 g/t 56 koz
Proven & Probable 345 kt Gold 5.73 g/t 63 koz
Measured 241 kt Gold 7.83 g/t 61 koz
Indicated 809 kt Gold 7.48 g/t 195 koz
Measured & Indicated 1,051 kt Gold 7.56 g/t 255 koz
Inferred 51 kt Gold 7.32 g/t 12 koz

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits201920182017201620152014
Cash costs (sold) Gold Equivalent USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 865 / oz
Total cash costs Gold USD 881 / oz 850 / oz 837 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (sold) Gold Equivalent USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 1,319 / oz
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD 1,291 / oz 1,163 / oz 1,428 / oz
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Financials:

Units20192018201620152014
Sustaining costs M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 5.3  
Capital expenditures M USD  ......  Subscription required 33.9   26.9  
Revenue M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required 78.1   75.8  
Gross profit M USD  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
After-tax Income M  ......  Subscription required -75.26   -167.37  USD
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of April 6, 2018:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required 1
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required 1
Bulldozer ....................... Subscription required 1
Drill jumbo (single boom) 2
Drill jumbo (two boom) 2
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 1
Excavator ....................... Subscription required 1
Grader ....................... Subscription required 1
Grader 1
Loader ....................... Subscription required 1
Loader ....................... Subscription required 1
Loader ....................... Subscription required 1
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) 2 cu. yd 2
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) 4 cu. yd 3
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) 6 cu. yd 6
Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) 8 cu. yd 1
Scissor Lift 4
Truck (dump) 1
Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 100 t 2
Truck (haul) 30 t 3
Truck (haul) 40 t 3
Truck (haul) 50 2
Truck (water) 1
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Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Form 10-K 2017
Management Discussion & Analysis 2017
Press Release 2017
Annual Report 2016
Press Release 2016
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2016
Annual Report 2015
Financial Review 2015
Press Release 2015
Press Release 2015
Annual Report 2014
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News:

NewsDate
McEwen Mining: 2020 Full Year and Q4 Production Results January 4, 2021
McEwen Mining Reports Q3 2020 Results Plus Exploration News October 29, 2020
McEwen Mining Operations and Exploration Update June 17, 2020
Mcewen Mining Announces Q1 2020 Production Results, and Re-Starts Black Fox April 14, 2020
McEwen Mining Announces Temporary Suspension of Operations at Black Fox and Gold Bar Mines March 26, 2020
McEwen Mining: Stock West is Growing December 11, 2019
McEwen Mining: Stock Property Continues to Impress October 28, 2019
McEwen Mining: Stock Property Exploration - High-Grade Intersections September 30, 2019
McEwen Mining: Stock Exploration Update. Mineralization Continues Much Deeper September 4, 2019
McEwen Mining Exploration Produces Rich Gold Results at Black Fox May 23, 2019
McEwen Mining Reports 2018 Full Year and Q4 Results February 21, 2019

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