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Climax Mine

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

  Regional Office:
11236 Hwy 91 - Freemont Pass
Climax
Colorado, United States
80429
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Overview

StageProduction
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Molybdenum
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
Production Start...
Mine Life2043


Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 100 % Indirect

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Deposit Type

  • Porphyry


Summary:

The Climax is a porphyry type deposit which many intersecting small veins of molybdenite form a stockwork in an altered quartz monzonite porphyry. It's a low-grade ore deposit is, but the ore bodies are very large. The rocks of the Climax are alkaline felsic intrusives, which range from porphyritic alkaline rhyolite to alkaline aplite to porphyritic alkaline granite.


Mining Methods

  • Truck & Shovel / Loader


Summary:

The Climax mine is a major molybdenum mine in Lake and Summit counties, Colorado. Beside molybdenum, the mine has also produced tin, tungsten, and pyrite as by-products.

The Climax open-pit mine includes a 25,000 metric tons of ore per day mill facility. 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.

The Climax mine is located in a mountainous region. The highest bench elevation is approximately 4,050 meters above sea level and the ultimate pit bottom is expected to have an elevation of approximately 3,100 meters above sea level. Thus, pit depth is approximately 950 meters.


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Production:

CommodityUnits2021202020192018201720162015
Molybdenum M lbs  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required21201623
All production numbers are expressed as metal in concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:

Metrics202120202019201820172016
Daily mining capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required90,000 t90,000 t90,000 t90,000 t
Daily milling capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required25,000 t25,000 t25,000 t25,000 t
Annual production capacity  ......  Subscription required  ......  Subscription required30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate30 M lbs of molybdenum metal in concentrate
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Reserves at December 31, 2021:
Cut-off grade for reserves is 0.05 % Mo.
Cut-off grade for resources is 0.04 % Mo.

CategoryOreTypeTonnage CommodityGradeContained Metal
Proven Sulphide 138 Mt Molybdenum 0.15 %
Probable Sulphide 13 Mt Molybdenum 0.1 %
Proven & Probable Sulphide 151 Mt Molybdenum 0.15 % 0.44 B lbs
Measured Sulphide 310 Mt Molybdenum 0.17 %
Indicated Sulphide 73 Mt Molybdenum 0.09 %
Inferred Sulphide 18 Mt Molybdenum 0.06 %
Total Resource Sulphide 401 Mt Molybdenum 0.15 % 1.34 B lbs



Heavy Mobile Equipment as of December 31, 2021:
HME TypeSizeQuantity
Shovel (hydraulic) 34 cu. m ....................... Subscription required
Truck (haul) 177 t ....................... Subscription required
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Mine Management:

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Staff:

EmployeesYear
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Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
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Form 10-K 2018
Other 2018
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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