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Laos
Ban Houayxai Mine

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 Location:
77 km SW from Phonsavan, Laos

  Regional Office:
7th Floor, Kolao Tower 23 Singha Road Saysetha District
PO Box 5559
Vientiane
Laos
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Gold
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2023


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Government of Laos 10 % Indirect
PanAust Ltd. 90 % Indirect
Phu Bia Mining is 90 per cent owned by Pan Mekong Exploration Pty Limited., a wholly owned subsidiary of PanAust Limited (‘PanAust’). The Government of Laos owns the remaining 10 per cent.

Phu Bia Mining’s producing assets are the Phu Kham Copper- Gold Operation (Phu Kham) and the Ban Houayxai Gold-Silver Operation (Ban Houayxai). Both are located in the Company’s 2,600 square-kilometre Phu Bia Contract Area.

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Deposit Type

  • Vein / narrow vein


Summary:

The Ban Houayxai Project is a vein hosted, structurally controlled gold-silver deposit of Permo-Carboniferous age (285Ma) in the north of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Mineralised veins are predominantly hosted within intermediate volcanics which have been subject to greenschist facies metamorphism and structurally juxtaposed against a siliciclastic package of lower metamorphic grade. The siliciclastic package contains mineralisation hosted within bodies of volcaniclastic siltstone and volcanogenic sandstone. The gold tenor of mineralised veins (quartz + pyrite ± carbonate ± base metals) within the Ban Houayxai deposit improves with increasing intensity of deformation.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The mining operation comprises an open pit with a conventional blast-load-haul mining technique to mine the Ban Houayxai open pit in multiple stages.


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Processing

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Production:

CommodityUnits2020201920182017201620152014
Gold oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required108,570116,475127,825119,152100,938
Silver oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
All production numbers are expressed as metal in doré.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202020192018201720162015
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required14,548,838 t15.8 Mt14.7 Mt13.2 Mt12.5 Mt
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required4,869,313 t5 Mt5.3 Mt5.3 Mt5.3 Mt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required5,096,338 t5.2 Mt5 Mt4.7 Mt4.9 Mt
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required4 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2014:

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven Stockpiles 1 Mt Gold 0.46 g/t
Proven In-Situ (OP) 11 Mt Gold 0.92 g/t
Proven Stockpiles 1 Mt Silver 6.7 g/t
Proven In-Situ (OP) 11 Mt Silver 10.9 g/t
Probable In-Situ (OP) 14 Mt Gold 0.87 g/t
Probable In-Situ (OP) 14 Mt Silver 8 g/t
Measured Stockpiles 3 Mt Gold 0.37 g/t
Measured In-Situ (OP) 12 Mt Gold 0.91 g/t
Measured Stockpiles 3 Mt Silver 3.9 g/t
Measured In-Situ (OP) 12 Mt Silver 10.2 g/t
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 27 Mt Gold 0.88 g/t
Indicated In-Situ (OP) 27 Mt Silver 8 g/t
Measured & Indicated Total 42 Mt Gold 0.85 g/t
Measured & Indicated Total 42 Mt Silver 8.3 g/t

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202020192018201720162015
Credits (by-product) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required -94 / oz   -120 / oz   -147 / oz  
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Gold USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 931 / oz†   817 / oz†   662 / oz†   687 / oz†  
C1 cash costs Gold USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 726 / oz†   618 / oz†   465 / oz†   516 / oz†  
† Net of By-Product.
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Heavy Mobile Equipment:

Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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................................... Subscription required 2019
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Annual Report 2018
Quarterly Report 2018
Annual Report 2017
Quarterly Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Other 2016
Quarterly Report 2016
Quarterly Report 2015
Annual Report 2014
Sustainability Report 2014
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
Other 2011
Project Description 2010
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