The Shahuindo deposit is located on the eastern flank of the Andean Western Cordillera in northern Peru, within a regional fold and thrust belt of predominantly sedimentary rocks. The region is particularly wellendowed with mineral occurrences polymetallic and epithermal deposits.

Mineralization at Shahuindo is best described as an intermediate-sulfidation epithermal system, though highsulfidation mineralization occurs at depth and in the core of hydrothermal breccias. Oxidation of mineralization extends to a depth of 150 metres below surface. In the weathered oxide facies, gold and silver are associated with the presence of jarosite and hematite. In the underlying fresh sulfide facies, gold is typically extremely fine grained with the related mineral species not yet identified.

The principal zone of mineralization in the Shahuindo district occurs in a belt between two large-amplitude regional-scale folds, the Algamarca anticline and the San Jose anticline. The Algamarca anticline is upright and symmetrical with amplitude of at least 400m, whereas the San Jose fold is an asymmetric, overturned, northeast-vergent fold with a shallowly dipping axial surface and amplitude of at least 300m. Important structural elements include fold limbs and fold axial surfaces, fold-related fractures, faults and related extension fractures, breccia dikes and irregular bodies, and igneous intrusive contacts.

The Shahuindo deposit formed in a predominantly interm ........

The Shahuindo mine is an open pit gold mine located in northern Peru, 500 kilometres north-northwest of Lima.

Mining at the Shahuindo mine is by standard open pit methods using shovels, loaders, and dump trucks.

Mine Infrastructure includes open pit, leach pads, waste rock dumps, ADR plant, ancillary facilities, roads, and power and water lines.

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