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Koolan Island Mine

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Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Iron Ore
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotKoolan Island mine is Australia’s highest grade hematite Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) with direct port access to market.

Repairs to the crushing plant following the August 2022 fire incident were completed in April 2023 and have enabled a rapid ramp-up of crushing volumes through the main plant.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd. 100 % Indirect

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Deposit type

  • Sandstone hosted

Summary:

Total Koolan Island Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves comprising the Main, Acacia East and Mangrove Deposits.

Koolan Island, Main Deposit
The mineralised zone is an overturned enriched haematitic sandstone horizon within the Yampi Sandstone Member unconformably overlying the Elgee Siltstone. It is between 12 and 30 metres thick, and dips 55 to 80o to the south.

Dimensions
The Main deposit mineralisation is approximately 2,000 m in length and is currently modelled to approximately 215 m in depth below mean sea level. Mineralisation continues and extends beyond this depth however further infill drilling is required to define this area with confidence. The resource is open at depth.

Koolan Island, Acacia East Deposit
The mineralised zone is an enriched haematitic sandstone horizon within the Yampi Sandstone member unconformably overlying the Elgee Siltstone. It is between 8 and 20 metres thick, and dips 45 to 60o to the south.

The Acacia East mineralisation is approximately 1,500m in length and is modelled to approximately 300 m in depth.

Koolan Island, Mangrove Deposit
The mineralised zone is an enriched haematitic sandstone horizon within the Yampi Sandstone Member unconformably overlying the Elgee Siltstone. It is between 12 and 30 metres thick. The mineralised unit is overturned and dips from 80o to the south in the west, twisting to right way up and 80o to the North in the east.

The Mangrove mineralisation is approximately 1,000m in length and is modelled to approximately 250 m in depth.

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Comminution

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Production

Koolan Island is the highest grade direct shipping iron ore operation in Australia.
CommodityUnits2023202220212020201920162015
Iron (hematite) kwmt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe4311,2861,882
All production numbers are expressed as lump & fines.

Operational metrics

Metrics2023202220212020201920162015
Stripping / waste ratio  ....  Subscribe
Ore tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe552 kwmt1,381 kwmt1,643 kwmt
Waste  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe10,185 kwmt3,322 kwmt14,428 kwmt
Total tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Tonnes milled  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe431 kwmt

Production Costs

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Cash costs (sold) Iron (hematite) AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe

Operating Costs

Currency2022
Total operating costs ($/t mined) AUD 11.5  

Financials

Units20232022202120202019
Capital expenditures M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe
Revenue M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 53  
EBIT M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 18.4  
EBITDA M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 23.7  
Operating Cash Flow M AUD  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe 11.6  

Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Personnel

Mine Management

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