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Overview The Conga project is a copper-gold porphyry deposit located 75 km northeast of the city of Cajamarca, Peru and 24 kilometers northeast of Newmont’s Yanacocha gold mine. Should construction of the Conga project move forward, Newmont and its partners, Compania de Minas Buenaventura and the International Finance Corporation, plan to leverage existing operations at Yanacocha to develop Conga’s potential within a world-class mining district. Construction of Conga will continue, provided it can be done in a safe, socially and environmentally responsible manner with risk-adjusted returns that justify future investment. The Conga project is one of Peru’s most thoroughly studied mining projects with environmental and social impact analyses spanning 13 years. Following a three-year, public participation process on the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and extensive reviews by 12 government agencies in Peru, Conga’s EIA was approved by the Ministry of Energy and Mines in October 2010. However, due to protests led by anti-mining activists, construction on the project was suspended in November 2011. In early 2012, the Peruvian Central Government initiated an independent review of the EIA. The results of the independent review by three international experts, released in April 2012, confirmed that Conga’s EIA was technically sound and conformed to both Peruvian and international standards, and made recommendations to increase storage capacity of the proposed water reservoirs contemplated by the project’s EIA, which was accepted by Newmont. Currently, Newmont is taking a slower, “water first” approach to developing Conga by focusing on the construction of reservoirs for downstream communities. Construction on the first reservoir, Chailhuagon, was completed in May 2013. With a water storage capacity of 2.6 million cubic meters, the reservoir has twice the capacity of Chailhuagon lake and will help to provide year-round water availability to downstream users, who currently only have water flowing during the rainy season. Other activities associated with the revised development schedule include: engineering completion, additional construction of sediment control structures and procurement of long lead time equipment. As of December 31, 2012, Conga had 6.5 million attributable ounces of gold reserves and 1.7 billion attributable pounds of copper reserves. www.newmont.com Conga is a large, copper-gold porphyry located 24 kilometers northeast of Newmont’s existing operations at Yanacocha in Peru. Conga Chailhuagon reservoir construction complete. Published: June 2013
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Overview

The Conga project is a copper-gold porphyry deposit located 75 km northeast of the city of Cajamarca, Peru and 24 kilometers northeast of Newmont’s Yanacocha gold mine. Should construction of the Conga project move forward, Newmont and its partners, Compania de Minas Buenaventura and the International Finance Corporation, plan to leverage existing operations at Yanacocha to develop Conga’s potential within a world-class mining district. Construction of Conga will continue, provided it can be done in a safe, socially and environmentally responsible manner with risk-adjusted returns that justify future investment.

The Conga project is one of Peru’s most thoroughly studied mining projects with environmental and social impact analyses spanning 13 years. Following a three-year, public participation process on the project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and extensive reviews by 12 government agencies in Peru, Conga’s EIA was approved by the Ministry of Energy and Mines in October 2010. However, due to protests led by anti-mining activists, construction on the project was suspended in November 2011. In early 2012, the Peruvian Central Government initiated an independent review of the EIA. The results of the independent review by three international experts, released in April 2012, confirmed that Conga’s EIA was technically sound and conformed to both Peruvian and international standards, and made recommendations to increase storage capacity of the proposed water reservoirs contemplated by the project’s EIA, which was accepted by Newmont.

Currently, Newmont is taking a slower, “water first” approach to developing Conga by focusing on the construction of reservoirs for downstream communities. Construction on the first reservoir, Chailhuagon, was completed in May 2013. With a water storage capacity of 2.6 million cubic meters, the reservoir has twice the capacity of Chailhuagon lake and will help to provide year-round water availability to downstream users, who currently only have water flowing during the rainy season.

Other activities associated with the revised development schedule include: engineering completion, additional construction of sediment control structures and procurement of long lead time equipment.

As of December 31, 2012, Conga had 6.5 million attributable ounces of gold reserves and 1.7 billion attributable pounds of copper reserves.

www.newmont.com

Conga is a large, copper-gold porphyry located 24 kilometers northeast of Newmont’s existing operations at Yanacocha in Peru.

Conga

Chailhuagon reservoir construction complete.

Published: June 2013

www.newmont.com

Newmont Contact InformationMedia Contacts: Roberto Del Aguila, (511) 976223801Omar Jabara, 303-837-5114 Diane Reberger, 303-967-9455 Investor Contacts: John Seaberg, 303-837-5743

About Newmont

Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont (www.Newmont.com) is one of the largest gold companies in the world. Headquartered in Colorado, the company has approximately 40,000 employees and contractors, with the majority working at Newmont’s core operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia and Ghana. Newmont is the only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index and in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders.

Cautionary Statement: This document contains “forward-looking statements”, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by U.S. federal securities laws and other applicable laws, including, without limitation, estimates of potential production, mineralization, CapEx and cost applicable to sales, as well as expectations regarding the development, timeline, anticipated permitting and funding approvals and future economic impacts. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future projected or implied results. Such risks include, but are not limited to, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, political and operational risks, permitting and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company’s 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

1 Reserves and resource as of 12/31/2012

Conga

Project Location 24 kilometers Northeast of Yanacocha Operations near Cajamarca City, Peru Lease 34,000 Hectares in the Conga area 6,000 Hectares Surface rightsOwnership Newmont: 51.35% Compania de Minas Buenaventura: 43.65% International Financial Corp: 5.00%Product Copper, Gold, SilverOperationCapital Spend $440M for 2012-2013 (equity basis)Reserves and Resources1 Gold: 8-10 million ounce (Moz) potential with 6.5 Moz in reserves and 2.5 Moz in resource Copper: 4-6 billion pound (Blbs) potential with 1.7 Blbs in reserves and 0.84 Blbs in resource Mining Type Open PitInfrastructure Standard Copper Flotation Concentrator

Health & Safety Highlights:– Yanacocha’s proven safety record is being leveraged at Conga. Yana-

cocha has received multiple awards in safety, and won the Peruvian Mining Safety Institute’s highest award for safety in open pit mines four times.

– Conga has reached 9 million hours worked without a lost-time accident through May 2013.

Community & Environmental Highlights: – The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was approved by

Peruvian authorities in October 2010.– In 2012, an independent panel of international experts reviewed

the EIA and confirmed the project’s original EIA met Peruvian and international standards.

– Water management practices incorporated in the EIA were designed to mitigate impacts and improve year-round water availability to downstream communities.

– In association with the Yanacocha-sponsored non-profit foundation, Asociación Los Andes Cajamarca (ALAC), Conga is engaged in the sustainable development of communities by focusing on health and education, community-wide empowerment, livelihood skills training and critical infrastructure programs. To date, these programs have:- Reduced malnutrition among children and pregnant women;- Reduced grade repetition and dropout rates among school

children;- Improved livestock development and crop yields; and- Constructed classrooms, power and water supply systems and

nearly 100 kilometers of roadways.– Training and local employment plans implemented within the mutually

agreed upon “area of influence,” which spans 32 communities.

Current Project Development Highlights:– Chailhuagon reservoir construction complete.– Completed the camp construction with 2,300 bed capacity to support

the reservoir construction workforce.

Projected Economic Impact:– Construction work is being executed exclusively by local-local

contractors (defined as jobs filled by residents from the areas nearest the project).

– An estimated 1,000-1,500 local-local construction jobs during the reservoir and sediment structure construction period.

– An estimated 5,000-7,000 construction jobs, at the peak of construction.

– Approximately 1,600 jobs once operations commence.– Preference given to local residents for employment and contracted

services.– It is estimated that over the life of the mine royalties will be greater than

US$680 million and income tax greater than US$2 billion at current metal prices ($1,500 per gold ounce; $3.50 per copper pound) with 50% of income tax being distributed to the Cajamarca region through the government mining canon.


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