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Tyrone Mine

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Location:

9 km SW from Tyrone, New Mexico, United States

Address:

PO Box 571
Tyrone
New Mexico, United States
88065

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Overview

Stage	Production
Mine Type	Open Pit
Commodities	Copper
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing	ROM/dump leach Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning
Mine Life	2026

Owners & OPERATOR

Source:

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Company	Interest	Ownership
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	100 %	Indirect
Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc. (operator)	100 %	Direct

Freeport Minerals Corporation (FMC) operates seven open-pit copper mines in North America – Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita and Miami in Arizona, and Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico.

Deposit Type

Porphyry

Summary:

The Tyrone mine is a porphyry copper deposit. Mineralization is predominantly secondary sulfide consisting of chalcocite with leachable oxide mineralization consisting of chrysocola.

Mining Methods

Truck & Shovel / Loader

Summary:

The available mining fleet consists of seven 240-metric ton haul trucks loaded by one shovel (P&H 4100A) with a bucket size of 47 cubic meters, which is capable of moving an average of 68,000 metric tons of material per day.

Processing Technologies

ROM/dump leach
Solvent Extraction & Electrowinning

Source:

Summary:

Copper processing facilities consist of a SX/EW operation with a maximum capacity of approximately 100 million pounds of copper cathode per year.

Production:

Commodity	Units	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Copper	M lbs	......	......	61	76	84	94

All production numbers are expressed as cathode.

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Operational Metrics:

Metrics	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014
Daily mining capacity	......	......	......	49,000 t	49,000 t	135,000 t
Annual production capacity	......	......	......	100 M lbs of copper cathode	100 M lbs of copper cathode	100 M lbs of copper cathode

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Reserves at December 31, 2019:

Category	OreType	Tonnage	Commodity	Grade	Recoverable Metal
Proven	ROM leach	44 Mt	Copper	0.25 %
Probable	ROM leach	5 Mt	Copper	0.23 %
Proven & Probable	ROM leach	49 Mt	Copper	0.25 %	0.1 B lbs

Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2019:

HME Type	Model	Size	Quantity
Shovel	.......................	47 cu. m	1
Truck (haul)		240 t	7

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Mine Management:

Job Title	Name	Profile	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................		Mar 5, 2020
.......................	.......................		Mar 5, 2020

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Staff:

Employees	Year
	2018

Corporate Filings & Presentations:

Document	Year
...................................	2019
...................................	2019
...................................	2018
Form 10-K	2017
Form 10-K	2016
Form 10-K	2015
Form 10-K	2014

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