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Yilgarn Hub Operation

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Overview

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotThe Yilgarn Hub is located in Western Australia’s Goldfields region and incorporates the Koolyanobbing, Parker Range and Carina mines.

In Q4 FY2024, MinRes made the difficult decision to cease exports from our Yilgarn operations at the end of the 2024 calendar year.

This decision has been influenced by a combination of factors, including the limited remaining mine life across operating mines spread over 220 kilometres, and the significant capital cost and lead time required to develop new resources to ensure continuity of supply.

Mining operations in the region will transition into care and
maintenance from early 2025, while will continue to undertake
exploration drilling and environmental studies.
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Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Mineral Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
Yilgarn Iron Pty Ltd (YIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of MinRes, owns and operates the Yilgarn Operations.

Deposit type

  • Banded iron formation hosted

Summary:

Koolyanobbing is a collective term for the ore deposits at Koolyanobbing, Mount Jackson and Windarling. There are approximately 70 miles separating the three mining areas. Banded iron formations host the mineralization, which is predominately hematite and goethite. Each deposit is characterized with different chemical and physical attributes and, in order to achieve customer product quality, ore in varying quantities from each deposit must be blended together.

The mineralization at the Koolyanobbing operations is predominantly hematite and goethite replacements in greenstone-hosted banded iron formations. Individual deposits tend to be small with complex ore-waste contact relationships. The reserves at the Koolyanobbing operations are derived from 10 separate mineral deposits distributed over a 70 mile operating radius.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

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Production

The Yilgarn Hub operations will safely ramp down in a staged approach over the next six months, with up to 4.0M wmt expected to be shipped by the end of the calendar year 2024.
CommodityUnits202420232022202120202019201720162015
Iron Ore Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.2 10 12 12 
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines. ^ Guidance / Forecast.

Operational metrics

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Production Costs

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Cash costs (sold) Iron Ore 40.2 / t  USD
Total cash costs (sold) Iron Ore 41.6 / t  USD
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Financials

Units2024202320222017
Revenue M  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 464.2  USD
Sales margin M 36.3  USD
EBITDA M  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 40.7  USD

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