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Rasp Mine

Location: 1 km S from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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Level 8 London House 216 St George's Terrace
Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6000

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Room-and-pillar
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Cut & Fill
  • Avoca
  • Sub-level open stoping (SLOS)
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SnapshotThe Rasp Mine is an operating silver-lead-zinc mine. Rasp owns a rail siding connecting to the line allowing it to load concentrate containers onto wagons.

Rasp mine comprises of Main Lode, Western Mineralisation and Centenary resources.

As of October 2025, mining and processing of the high grade Blackwoods ore body of Main Lode is underway. Ramp up of ore feed from Blackwoods is targeted to occur over the course of FY26, with additional stoping operations planned in Q1 of CY26, after expansion of existing project approvals.
Latest NewsBroken Hill Mines Ltd.: A capital injection to grow Rasp and Pinnacle     October 23, 2025

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Broken Hill Mines Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Broken Hill Operations Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
On October 31 2024, Broken Hill Mines Holdings Pty Ltd (“BHMH”) completed the acquisition of Broken Hill Operations Pty Ltd (BHOPL). BHOPL is the owner and operator of the Rasp Mine and associated assets in Broken Hill. BHMH purchased 100% of the issued share capital in BHOPL from CBH Resources Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Toho Zinc Ltd).

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The ore deposits at RASP Mine are hosted by a sequence of Proterozoic meta-sedimentary rocks.

The Rasp Mine contains two ore Ag-Pb-Zn sulphide bodies, being the Western Mineralisation and the high-grade Main Lode.

Mining operations are primarily focused on the extraction of the Western Mineralisation (WM), combined with lesser quantities of high grade remnants of 2 and 3 Lens, and Zinc Lodes that are associated with the original Main Lode.

The original unmined WM contained a global resource of approximately 15Mt at a combined PbZn grade of 6.0%. However, mining operations are focused on extraction of areas of higher grade material.

The WM extends from approximately 100m below the surface to a depth of near 900m, where the deposit terminates against the Globe Vauxhall Shear. Mineralisation identified below this structure is associated with the Centenary Deposit which still remains open at depth.

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Commodity Production

Since 31 October 2024 (changing of ownership), 262kt of ore were mined at Rasp Mine (8 months).

Resultant production for the period was 19kt of zinc concentrate (containing 9kt of zinc metal) and 7kt of lead concentrate (containing 4kt of lead metal and 5 tonnes of silver)(8 months).
CommodityProductUnits20252023202220212020201920182017
Zinc Metal in zinc concentrate M lbs  ....  Subscribe
Zinc Concentrate kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe486054
Lead Metal in lead concentrate M lbs  ....  Subscribe
Lead Concentrate kt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe253326
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* Production numbers were reported as 'Average annual'

Operational metrics

Metrics2025202320222021202020192018
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Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe649,902 dmt737,468 dmt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe492,498 t452,445 t
Tonnes processed  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe651,305 t737,468 t

Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Mine Financials

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