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Climax Mine

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 Location:
17 km NE from Leadville, Colorado, United States

  Address:
Highway 91 – Fremont Pass
Climax
Colorado, United States
80429
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Molybdenum
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Processing
  • Flotation
Mine Life2038


Owners & OPERATOR

Source: p. 4, 178
CompanyInterestOwnership
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 100 % Indirect
Freeport Minerals Corp. (operator) 100 % Indirect
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 Climax ore body is a porphyry molybdenum deposit with molybdenite as the primary sulfide mineral.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The available mining fleet consists of eleven 177-metric ton haul trucks loaded by two hydraulic shovels with bucket sizes of 34 cubic meters, which are capable of moving an average of 90,000 metric tons of material per day.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

  • Flotation

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Summary:

The Climax open-pit mine includes a 25,000 metric ton-per-day mill facility. Climax has the capacity to produce approximately 30 million pounds of molybdenum per year. Molybdenite (the molybdenum-containing mineral) is obtained from the ore by crushing, grinding, and flotation.


Production:

CommodityUnits201920182017201620152014
Molybdenum M lbs  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required20162321
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics201920182017201620152014
Daily mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required90,000 t90,000 t90,000 t
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required25,000 t25,000 t25,000 t
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate
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Reserves at December 31, 2019:

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeRecoverable Metal
Proven Mill / Sulphide 152 Mt Molybdenum 0.15 %
Probable Mill / Sulphide 8 Mt Molybdenum 0.09 %
Proven & Probable Mill / Sulphide 160 Mt Molybdenum 0.15 % 0.47 B lbs


Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2019:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
Shovel (hydraulic) 34 cu. m 2
Truck (haul) 177 t 11

Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Form 10-K 2017
Other 2017
Form 10-K 2016
Form 10-K 2015
Corporate Presentation 2014
Form 10-K 2014
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