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Laos
Phu Kham Mine

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 Location:
71 km SW from Phonsavan, Laos

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

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Copper
  • 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 Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
PanAust owns a 90 per cent interest in the Lao-registered company, Phu Bia Mining Limited (‘Phu Bia Mining’ or ‘PBM’). The Government of Laos owns the remaining 10 per cent.

Phu Bia Mining Ltd. (PBM), manages the Phu Kham and copper-gold mine and Ban Houayxai gold-silver mine.

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Deposit Type

  • Skarn
  • Breccia pipe / Stockwork
  • Porphyry


Summary:

The Phu Kham deposit represents a copper-gold porphyry system, with mineralisation present in skarn, stockwork and disseminated styles. Significant folding and alteration events have created a complex heterogeneous mineralogy horizon. Weathering and water table contact have created a leached zone, overlying transition zones with supergene chalcocite- dominant secondary copper mineralisation and clay-rich gangue. Primary ore copper mineralisation is mainly chalcopyrite with minor bornite. The major challenges to the copper-gold fl otation process are a wide size distribution of chalcopyrite mineralisation and poor primary grind liberation, a high pyrite content in skarn ore requiring aggressive pyrite depression conditions, clay-rich gangue and nonsulfi de copper mineralisation in weathered zones, and a signifi cant association of gold with pyrite.

Mineralisation is present in iron-rich skarns, silica-rich stockwork, and altered disseminated styles. Chalcopyrite and bornite are the dominant primary copper minerals in skarn, stockwork, and disseminated mineralisation. Gangue mineralogy is mainly quartz, mica and pyrite, with signifi cant kaolinite clay and talc-related magnesium silicate content within the weathered zones.

A gold-enriched oxide zone on the Phu Kham orebody was the resource for the heap leach gold mine which was built and operated by Phu Bia Mining during the 2005 to 2010 period. Below the oxide zone, there is a zone of supergene weathering ........


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Phu Kham operation consists of a copper gold mine using conventional shovel mining and truck haulage to the concentrator.

Mining operations at Phu Kham use a mobile fleet management system (Jigsaw) that incorporates real time global positioning technology to ensure that specific waste rock types are directed to the correct destination on a truck-by-truck basis.


Crushing and Grinding
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Processing

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Production:

CommodityProductUnits2020201920182017201620152014
Copper Metal in concentrate M lbs  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required184199197173157
Copper Concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required358388384340311
Gold Metal in concentrate oz  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202020192018201720162015
Total tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required47,217,232 t52 Mt55.5 Mt57 Mt55.8 Mt
Ore tonnes mined  ......  Subscription required16,823,662 t21 Mt19 Mt20.3 Mt17.8 Mt
Tonnes processed  ......  Subscription required18,254,200 t19 Mt18.5 Mt19.1 Mt19.2 Mt
Annual processing capacity  ......  Subscription required16 Mt
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Reserves at December 31, 2014:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven 88 Mt Copper 0.54 %
Proven 88 Mt Gold 0.24 g/t
Proven 88 Mt Silver 1.9 g/t
Probable 42 Mt Copper 0.48 %
Probable 42 Mt Gold 0.23 g/t
Probable 42 Mt Silver 2.3 g/t
Proven & Probable 130 Mt Copper 0.52 %
Proven & Probable 130 Mt Gold 0.23 g/t
Proven & Probable 130 Mt Silver 2.1 g/t
Measured & Indicated 173 Mt Copper 0.5 %
Measured & Indicated 173 Mt Gold 0.22 g/t
Measured & Indicated 173 Mt Silver 2.1 g/t
Inferred 12 Mt Copper 0.37 %
Inferred 12 Mt Gold 0.21 g/t
Inferred 12 Mt Silver 1.9 g/t
Total Resource 184 Mt Copper 0.49 %
Total Resource 184 Mt Gold 0.22 g/t
Total Resource 184 Mt Silver 2.1 g/t

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits202020192018201720162015
Credits (by-product) Copper USD  ......  Subscription required -0.52 / lb   -0.53 / lb  
All-in sustaining costs (AISC) Copper USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 1.74 / lb†   1.68 / lb†   1.6 / lb†   1.69 / lb†  
C1 cash costs Copper USD  ......  Subscription required†  ......  Subscription required† 1.32 / lb†   1.18 / lb†   1.1 / lb†   1.3 / lb†  
† Net of By-Product.
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of October 31, 2017:
HME TypeModelSizeQuantity
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Truck (haul) ....................... Subscription required 100 t ....................... Subscription required
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesContractorsTotal WorkforceYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Annual Report 2018
Fact Sheet 2018
Quarterly Report 2018
Annual Report 2017
Corporate Presentation 2017
Quarterly Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Annual Report 2014
Sustainability Report 2014
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
Year-end Mineral Reserves 2014
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