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Namibia
Rosh Pinah Expansion Project (Rosh Pinah)

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 Location:
1 km N from Rosh Pinah, Namibia

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1 Kahan Street
Rosh Pinah
Namibia
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Overview

StageFeasibility
Mine TypeUnderground
Commodities
  • Zinc
  • Lead
  • Silver
Mining Method
  • Longitudinal open stoping
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Paste backfill
Production Start...
Mine Life12 years (as of Jan 1, 2021)
Appian said it plans to restart the Rosh Pinah 2.0 mine expansion project which will nearly double the mine’s annual ore throughput to 1.3 million mt, increasing zinc equivalent production to 170 million lb/y, on average and improve safety and environmental performance.


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Appian Capital Advisory LLP 90 % Indirect
Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Pty) Ltd. (operator) 100 % Direct
The Rosh Pinah Mine is owned by Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Pty) Ltd. (“RPZC”). Trevali owns a 90% interest in RPZC and is operationally responsible for the management of RPZC, with the remainder held by PE Minerals (Namibia) (Proprietary) Limited (“PE Minerals”), Jaguar Investments Four (Proprietary) Limited (“Jaguar”) and an Employee Empowerment Participation Scheme (“EEPS”).

On June 27, 2023, Trevali Mining Corporation ("Trevali" or the "Company") completed the sale of its 90% interest in the Rosh Pinah Mine located in Namibia to funds advised by Appian Capital Advisory LLP (jointly "Appian"). In accordance with the share and asset purchase agreement between the parties, Appian purchased the issued and outstanding shares held by Trevali in GLCR Limited ("GLCR") and assumed certain capital loans owed to Trevali by subsidiaries of GLCR (collectively, the "Transaction").

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Deposit Type

  • SEDEX
  • VMS


Summary:

Deposit types
The Rosh Pinah mine has been historically interpreted as being predominantly a reworked SEDEX type deposit comprising a primary banded sulphide exhalite, part of which was carbonatized with associated remobilization and enrichment of sulphides. The secondary carbonate mineralization carries the higher, economic, base-metal values.

The emplacement of the Spitskop Volcanic Complex and related mafic edifices at approximately 752 Ma to 741 Ma drove hydrothermal plumbing along the rift-fault system of the Rosh Pinah Graben. Hydrothermal fluids leached base metals from the basin-fill siliciclastics which were derived mainly from the erosion of a Paleoproterozoic, 2.0 Ga to 1.7 Ga, calcalkaline island arc in the hinterland (Frimmel et al. 2004).

The base-metal bearing brines were exhaled onto the sea floor from the present-day Western Fault bounding the Rosh Pinah Graben, during a period of sediment paucity and / or high sea-level. Exhalation was accompanied by silicification and hydraulic brecciation of the footwall. The primary mineralization was deposited at, or below, the sediment / seawater interface as stratiform, inter-banded, massive sulphide and cherty argillite (micro quartzite). Time between exhalative pulses determined the variation in ratio of content, of chert- exhalite and background argillitic sediment.

At some stage following primary SEDEX style mineralization deposition, the hydrothermal fluid chemistry change ........


Mining Methods

  • Longitudinal open stoping
  • Longhole open stoping
  • Transverse open stoping
  • Paste backfill


Summary:

Current mining method
Rosh Pinah is an existing operating underground mine with well-established mining methods. The current mining method is LHOS without backfill using a Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary top-down extraction sequence. Mining using this LHOS method since 1969 has resulted in significant voids within the historical and currently mined zones.

Ore is sourced from six steeply-dipping zones, with an increasing proportion sourced from the WF3 and AAB zones, as the eastern zone (EOF) and southern-central zone (SF3, SF3, and BME) are depleted.

Access to the production areas is via multiple interconnecting declines that provide fresh air intake into the mine. A new independent decline from surface to the WF3 zone is proposed.

The current mining areas use a LHOS Primary / Secondary extraction sequence with no backfill, except for WF3, which uses a LHOS Primary / Secondary / Tertiary extraction sequence with no backfill.

The current mining fleet consists of mechanized mobile and ancillary fleet including development jumbos, production drills, loaders and 30 t trucks for haulage to an underground crushing and conveying system (notionally called the Krupp). Future plans include the use of 60 t trucks to haul WF3 material directly to surface.

Current ore haulage is via a decline to the Krupp tip point comprising three ore silos in which to tip. Blending of the ore is conducted using the ore silos to maintain a cons ........


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Processing

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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Zinc M lbs 1351,307
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Operational Metrics:

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* According to 2021 study.
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Reserves at March 31, 2021:
Mineral Reserves were estimated at a full breakeven NSR cut-off value of US$50 per tonne. NSR values were calculated based on average metal prices of US$1.17/lb Zn, US$0.96/lb Pb, and US$24.47/oz Ag.
Mineral Resources are reported at an ZnEq cut-off grade of 4.0% which approximates a Net Smelter Return value of US$40/t.

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven 6.14 Mt Zinc 6.26 % 384 kt
Proven 6.14 Mt Lead 1.5 % 92 kt
Proven 6.14 Mt Silver 18.8 g/t 3,713 koz
Probable 6.21 Mt Zinc 6.55 % 407 kt
Probable 6.21 Mt Lead 1.22 % 76 kt
Probable 6.21 Mt Silver 20.8 g/t 4,145 koz
Proven & Probable 12.35 Mt Zinc 6.41 % 791 kt
Proven & Probable 12.35 Mt Lead 1.36 % 168 kt
Proven & Probable 12.35 Mt Silver 19.8 g/t 7,858 koz
Measured 10.54 Mt Zinc 7.41 %
Measured 10.54 Mt Lead 2.04 %
Measured 10.54 Mt Silver 27.4 g/t
Measured 10.54 Mt Zinc Equivalent 10.22 %
Indicated 7.92 Mt Zinc 7.48 %
Indicated 7.92 Mt Lead 1.46 %
Indicated 7.92 Mt Silver 23.8 g/t
Indicated 7.92 Mt Zinc Equivalent 9.6 %
Measured & Indicated 18.46 Mt Zinc 7.44 %
Measured & Indicated 18.46 Mt Lead 1.79 %
Measured & Indicated 18.46 Mt Silver 25.8 g/t
Measured & Indicated 18.46 Mt Zinc Equivalent 9.96 %
Inferred 1.58 Mt Zinc 8.31 %
Inferred 1.58 Mt Lead 2.19 %
Inferred 1.58 Mt Silver 54.9 g/t
Inferred 1.58 Mt Zinc Equivalent 12.04 %

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnitsAverage
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Operating Costs:

Units2021
UG mining costs ($/t milled) USD 27.1 *  
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2021 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

MetricsUnitsLOM Total
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Processing OpEx $M USD 129.8
G&A costs $M USD 78
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of March 31, 2021:
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Mine Management:

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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Press Release 2023
Corporate Presentation 2022
Corporate Presentation 2022
Quarterly Report 2022
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