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Raglan Mine

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 Location:
91 km W from Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Canada

  Address:
120, Avenue de l'Aéroport
Rouyn-Noranda
Quebec, Canada
J9Y 0G1
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Nickel
  • Copper
  • Cobalt
  • Platinum
  • Palladium
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Rhodium
Mining Method
  • Cut & Fill
  • Longhole stoping
  • Backfill
Production Start...
Mine Life6 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
The Sivumut Project represents Raglan Mine’s Phase II and Phase III. Phase II will see the expansion of the currently active Qakimajurk Mine and the opening of a new underground mine called Mining Project 14. The mines are expected to be in operation from 2020 to 2035.

June 16, 2022 - Raglan Mine, a Glencore company, has announced the gradual resumption of certain operations at its mine beginning June 17, in the context of the strike called by the United Steelworkers Union, Local 9449 on May 27.

The concentrator is not currently in operation and the level of mining activity at the site will remain significantly below normal.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Glencore plc. 100 % Indirect

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Deposit Type

  • Magmatic


Summary:

Ni-Cu-Co-PGE mineralisation is located at or near the base of subvolcanic mafic-ultramafic intrusive complexes referred to as the “Raglan Formation”. Resources are generally determined at a 1.5% Ni cut-off and are composed of disseminated, net-textured, and massive pyrrhotite-pentlandite-chalcopyrite rich sulphides contained within 131 individual sulphide lenses, extending from surface to more than 900m vertical depth. The size of these high-grade sulphide lenses varies significantly from 0.01Mt to 6.1Mt, averaging 0.2Mt.

The mineralised zones on the Raglan property that were drilled in 2011 and 2012 are named: East Lake, Zone 2, Katinniq, Zone 5-8, Zone 13-14, Boundary and Donaldson.

East Lake & immediate vicinity
Kikialik is located within the East Lake zone that also comprises five mineralized ultramafic complexes labelled Main Sill, South Sill, East Sill, West Sill, and Southeast Sill. The "Sill" nomenclature is maintained because of historic use, and has no bearing on genetics or mode of emplacement. All the five `sills' are characterized by anomalous nickel mineralization.

Gabbro and thick sequences of massive to pillowed komatiitic basalt, often exhibiting flow top breccia and spinifex textures, overlie the Zone 3 ultramafic complex.

Zone 2
Zone 2 is located at the eastern end of the elongated northeast-southwest ultramafic body that also hosts Zone 3 mineralization. The northwest dipping, northeast plunging, ult ........


Mining Methods

  • Cut & Fill
  • Longhole stoping
  • Backfill


Summary:

At Raglan Mine, two mining methods are used to extract the ore from lenses: the cut and fill method and the long hole method. Cut and fill mining is a selective method of mining in which horizontal cuts (slices of ore) are removed advancing upwards. Upon completion, the cut is filled back to the access ramp with backfill material, which is often composed of waste material excavated from ramps and drifts. Another drift is driven on top of the filled cut. This process continues until the top of the stope is reached.

At Raglan Mine, the cut and fill method is used at the bottom of the lens, when the dip of the lens is low and prevents the use of the long hole method. A small proportion of each lens is operated by this technique, the rest of the lens is operated by long hole method. The proportion between the two methods varies from one lens to another. It depends on the characteristics of the lens and also on the selected cut-off grade. It is important to know the proportion of each lens to be operated by each mining method given that their production rates differ greatly: the long hole mining method has a much higher production rate than the cut and fill mining method.

The stopes must be backfilled. This is because when a stope is excavated, the void left by the excavation creates pressure on the rock that surrounds it and this may cause subsidence. To do the backfilling, the engineers use waste rock from the excavation of ramps and drifts as backfill mat ........


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Production:

CommodityProductUnits202120202019201820172016
Nickel Metal in concentrate kt  ......  Subscription required *  ......  Subscription required *  ......  Subscription required *0.5 *0.5 *0.6 *
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* Combined production for Raglan Mine and Sudbury INO Operation
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
Resources are generally determined at a 1.5% Ni cut-off.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGrade
Proven & Probable 9.32 Mt Nickel 2.66 %
Proven & Probable 9.32 Mt Copper 0.74 %
Proven & Probable 9.32 Mt Cobalt 0.06 %
Proven & Probable 9.32 Mt Platinum 0.79 g/t
Proven & Probable 9.32 Mt Palladium 1.91 g/t
Measured & Indicated 24.1 Mt Nickel 3.09 %
Measured & Indicated 24.1 Mt Copper 0.9 %
Measured & Indicated 24.1 Mt Cobalt 0.07 %
Measured & Indicated 24.1 Mt Platinum 0.91 g/t
Measured & Indicated 24.1 Mt Palladium 2.27 g/t
Inferred 10 Mt Nickel 3.3 %
Inferred 10 Mt Copper 0.9 %
Inferred 10 Mt Cobalt 0.07 %
Inferred 10 Mt Platinum 0.9 g/t
Inferred 10 Mt Palladium 2.3 g/t



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Fact Sheet 2016
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