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Northern Dancer Project

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 Location:
64 km E from Teslin, Yukon, Canada

  Project Contacts:
55 University Ave., Suite 1101
Toronto
Ontario, Canada
M5J 2H7
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Overview

StatusCare and Maintenance
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Molybdenum
  • Tungsten
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Flotation
Mine Life49 years (as of Jan 1, 2011)
In the fourth quarter 2015, Largo ceased all activities at Northern Dancer and placed it on care and maintenance.


Owners

Source: p. 11
CompanyInterestOwnership
Largo Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Largo Resources (Yukon) Ltd. 100 % Direct
Northern Dancer project is 100% Owned by Largo Resources Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Largo Resources (Yukon) Ltd.

Deposit Type

  • Porphyry
  • Vein / narrow vein
  • Hydrothermal


Summary:

The Northern Dancer deposit is a porphyry tungsten-molybdenum system (e.g., Kirkham and Sinclair, 1984; Sinclair, 1995). Deposits of this type comprise large tonnage, generally low grade, hydrothermal mineralization related to igneous intrusions emplaced at high levels in the earth’s crust. The mineralization may be confined to pluton-hosted disseminations, veins and veinlets in stockworks, vein sets, and breccias and occur in skarn, replacement, vein and disseminated deposits peripheral to plutons. Deposits of this type are amongst the world’s largest, including copper, molybdenum, uranium, tungsten, gold, silver, and tin. Porphyry molybdenum deposits are common in the northern Cordillera, with examples including: Quartz Hill, Endako, Red Mountain, Adanac, Trout Lake, Henderson, and Climax.

Previous work in the vicinity of the claims has outlined an extensive, multi-episode vein system that is enriched in several metals, most notably tungsten and molybdenum (Noble et al., 1984; Wengzynowski, 2006). Readers interested in a more detailed description of the vein system are referred to Chapter 4 of Brand (2008). The system is centred on a porphyry dyke complex and appears to form an approximately 3 km by 1 km kidney-shaped zone that is elongated along a north-north-easterly axis.

Most of the mineralization (approximately 95%) within the system occurs in veins and fractures. In addition, minor molybdenite is disseminated in the porphyry complex, some tungsten minerals are disseminated in skarn horizons and local disseminations of scheelite and molybdenite are found in the haloes of sheeted veins. Although veins cross-cut all units and most are apparently related to emplacement of the porphyry dyke complex, it is possible that some veining and skarnification may predate that event.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

Northern Dancer deposit will be mined using open pit mining methods.

The selected mining operating rate is 30 Mt/a to supply the processing plant with 11.2 Mt/a of ore. The total Life of Mine (LOM) waste to mineralized material ratio is 0.15t of waste per 1t of ore produced.

The operation is amenable to conventional truck and shovel/front end loader mining, with blasting as required. The initial primary equipment fleet for the study consists of four 229 mm blasthole capable drill rigs, two 12 m3 diesel hydraulic face shovels, one 11 m3 front end loader and fourteen 100 t haul trucks. In addition, the primary fleet is supported by track dozers, motor graders, water trucks and other suitably sized ancillary equipment.

In general, both the face shovels and loader would be used to mine in bulk ore and waste on a 10 m bench. Use of a wheel loader allows some flexibility in mining locations for blending and ore supply purposes. The wheel loader may also be used for rehandle of mineralized material on the ROM.

The mining schedule has been based on a five phase approach. Three grade bands based on Net Smelter Return (NSR) have been used in the schedule: High Grade, Medium Grade and Low Grade. The mining sequence has been set to preferentially mine and treat High Grade material early in the mine life to improve the project Net Present Value (NPV). Medium and Low Grade materials are stockpiled for rehandle and processing later in the mine life.

Using this methodology there is no pre stripping period, with ore being available to process in the first year of mining. In the current schedule, the mine operates for 23 years, while the process plant operates for a total of 49 years. The maximum size of the ore stockpile is 295 Mt.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation

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Summary:

In the process conceptualized for Northern Dancer the run of mine feed materials are crushed and sized to prepare size ranges suitable for ore sorting. The low grade waste is removed into a reject stockpile for future processing, use in dam and/or road building as appropriate. The resulting upgraded product from the sorting are further crushed to prepare feed for the process plant. Following grinding to a size suitable for liberation of the minerals of interest, the feed materials are subjected to molybdenite and sulphide flotation including their regrind and cleaner circuits.

Rougher tailings from the moly/sulphide flotation circuit are sent to the scheelite flotation circuit for the recovery of a medium grade scheelite flotation concentrate. Both concentrates are dewatered in their respective circuits and the moly concentrate is filtered and dried before shipment to markets. The scheelite concentrate, after thickening, is sent to the ammonium paratungstate (APT) plant for ........

Recoveries & Grades:

CommodityParameterAvg. LOM
Molybdenum Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required
Molybdenum Head Grade, % 0.031
Molybdenum Concentrate Grade, %  ......  Subscription required
WO3 Recovery Rate, %  ......  Subscription required
WO3 Head Grade, % 0.1
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Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. Annual
Molybdenum M lbs 5.5
WO3 mtu  ......  Subscription required
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
Stripping / waste ratio 0.15 *
Annual mining capacity 30 Mt *
Waste tonnes, LOM 79.2 Mt *
Ore tonnes mined, LOM 545.2 Mt *
Total tonnes mined, LOM 624 Mt *
Plant annual capacity 11.2 Mt *
Tonnes processed, LOM 545.2 Mt *
* According to 2011 study.

Reserves at December 31, 2016:

CategoryTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Measured 30.8 Mt Molybdenum 0.03 % 20.1 M lbs
Measured 30.8 Mt WO3 0.114 % 77.3 M lbs
Indicated 192.6 Mt Molybdenum 0.029 % 123.7 M lbs
Indicated 192.6 Mt WO3 0.1 % 422.8 M lbs
Measured & Indicated 223.4 Mt Molybdenum 0.029 % 143.9 M lbs
Measured & Indicated 223.4 Mt WO3 0.102 % 500.1 M lbs
Inferred 201.2 Mt Molybdenum 0.024 % 107.7 M lbs
Inferred 201.2 Mt WO3 0.089 % 393.1 M lbs

Commodity Production Costs:

CommodityUnits2020
Assumed price WO3 USD 275 / mtu *
Assumed price Molybdenum USD 16 / lb *
* According to 2011 study / presentation.
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2011 Study Costs and Valuation Metrics :

MetricsUnitsLOM Total
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Proposed Heavy Mobile Equipment as of March 28, 2011:
HME TypeModelQuantity
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Annual Information Form 2016
Financial Review 2016
Management Discussion & Analysis 2016
Preliminary Economic Assessment 2011
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