Oz Minerals has an choice to buy Vale’s share of the challenge, and is in discussions with BNDES concerning the doable acquisition of its choice to accumulate the remaining 50% curiosity.
Based mostly on outcomes of historic drilling by Vale, the challenge accommodates an estimated 5.8 million tonnes of mineral sources at 2.1% Cu and 0.35 g/t Au, which, in line with Oz Minerals has the potential to develop the manufacturing and lifetime of the Carajás East Hub.
“At our Carajás East Hub we not too long ago commenced processing manufacturing ore from Pedra Branca, the primary of our satellite tv for pc mines to be realized beneath the Hub Technique. We have now taken Pedra Branca from a research idea to being permitted, constructed and into manufacturing inside three years, a major achievement by the staff in Brazil,” OZ Minerals CEO Andrew Cole stated in a information launch.
“We have now taken Pedra Branca from a research idea to being permitted, constructed and into manufacturing inside three years, a major achievement by the staff in Brazil”
OZ Minerals CEO Andrew Cole
“The maiden mineral useful resource at Santa Lúcia is a crucial step in our Hub Technique with the staff now targeted on advancing the challenge research, which can incorporate an extra drill marketing campaign. The research is assessing the viability of the Santa Lúcia run-of-mine ore being processed concurrently with Pedra Branca ore on the central processing facility on the Carajás East Hub,” Cole stated.
The Santa Lúcia challenge, which has the potential to be developed into an open-pit mine, is situated inside a 40 km distance of Oz Minerals’ high-grade Antas copper-gold mine, in Pará state within the Northern area of Brazil. The deposit beforehand had a decided exploration goal of 5-14 million tonnes grading 1.4-2.0% Cu.
Cole stated assay outcomes for the not too long ago accomplished 7,000m of drilling will present better confidence within the mineral useful resource estimate and assist inform the challenge research.
The corporate goals to replace the useful resource and full the research by mid-2022. Each outcomes “will likely be key in deciding whether or not to train our choice to accumulate an curiosity within the challenge,” Cole stated.
