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Golden Grove July 2015
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  • Golden Grove

    July 2015

  • History of Golden Grove

    2

    • Gossan Hill underground, Gossin Hill Open Pit and Scuddles Underground discovered.

    • First production from Scuddles underground mine (capacity 800kt/a).

    • Normandy Poseidon completes acquisition of Golden Grove from Australian

    Consolidated Minerals.

    • First production from Gossan Hill underground mine.

    • Acquired by Newmont Australia Ltd.

    • Sold to Oxiana Limited for A$265 million.

    • Transferred to OZ Minerals with the merger of Oxiana and Zinifex.

    • Minmetals acquires OZ Minerals assets with the exception of Prominent Hill.

    • First production from Gossan Hill copper oxide open pit.

    1990

    1991

    1997

    2002

    2005

    2008

    2009

    1971 -1979

    2012

  • Overview

    3

    Location: Western Australia, Australia

    Ownership: 100% MMG

    Mine: Underground (sublevel open stope) &

    Open Cut.

    Throughput: 1.7 Mtpa, mine, crush, grind, float.

    Product: Zinc concentrate, Copper concentrate,

    Lead precious metals concentrate.

    Mine Life 2021

    64%

    20%

    9%

    6% 1%

    Copper Zinc Gold Silver Lead

    2014 Revenue by commodity

  • Golden Grove – Site layout

    4

  • Geology – Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS)

    deposit

    5

    Characteristics of VMS Deposits

    Size

  • Camberwarra

    Xantho Lower

    Amity

    C Copper

    Amity

    Open Pit AB Zinc

    500m DEEP

    1000m DEEP

    1500m DEEP

    Hougoumont

    Extended

    Hougoumont

    Q Copper

    (Lower)

    Upper Q Copper

    A Copper

    Hougoumont

    Hangingwall

    Tryall

    Catalpa

    Ethel

    Oizon

    Gossan Hill 2015

    Mine overview

    6

    Gossan Hill Underground Mine

    > Lead/Zinc (Pb/Zn) ore contains:

    - Sphalerite (ZnS), Galena (PbS), Ag, Au.

    > Copper (Cu) Ore.

    - Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2).

  • Mine overview

    7

    Scuddles Underground Mine

    > Lead/Zinc (Pb/Zn) ore contains:

    - Sphalerite (ZnS), Galena (PbS), Ag, Au.

    > Copper (Cu) Ore.

    - Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2).

    Portal Mine

    Shaft Northern

    Upcast

    Central

    Downcast Southern

    Downcast

    Batavia

    SCUDDLES 2015

    500m DEEP

    1000m DEEP

  • Mine overview

    8

    Gossan Hill Open Pit

    > Copper ore contains:

    - Variety of Cu sulphide and Cu oxide minerals.

    - Native Cu.

    - Au.

  • 9

    2015 Drilling by type

    Grade Control

    Delineation

    Resource Definition

    Near Mine Exploration

    Resource Expansion

    > Seven underground rigs.

    > One surface multi-purpose rig.

  • Metallurgy flow sheet

    10

    Gossan Hill

    Stockpile

    Scuddles

    Stockpile

    Tailings

    Minefill

    Pebble Crusher

    Copper/Zinc Flotation

    Zinc/Copper Thickener

    Zinc/Copper Clarifier

    Thickening and Filtration Thickening and Filtration

    HPM Thickeners

    Lead Flotation

    Ball Mills x 2

  • Gossan Hill – ROM, Crusher & Stockpile

    11

    1. Raw underground ore on the Run-Of-Mine (ROM) gets pre-crushed by mobile equipment.

    2. Ore is fed through a Jaw Crusher.

    3. Ore is stockpiled and fed to grinding circuit.

    Run-Of-Mine Pad

    Primary Crusher Gossan Hill Stockpile

  • Scuddles – Hoist, Crusher & Stockpile

    12

    1. Scuddles Hoist – hoists crushed ore from underground.

    2. Ore is crushed by a cone crusher.

    3. Ore is stockpiled and conveyed to the main plant feed conveyor.

    Scuddles Hoist

    Secondary Crusher

    Scuddles stockpile

  • Grinding

    13 Semi-Autogenous Grinder

    Ball Mill 1

    Semi-Autogenous Grinder (SAG)

    > SAG mill (1.5MW).

    > Pebble crusher.

    Ball Milling Circuit

    > Ball Mill 1 (1.5MW).

    > Ball Mill 2 (400kW).

  • Dewatering

    14

    4x Thickeners

    2x Disc filters 1x VPA pressure filter

  • Tailings – Dams, CHF Mine Backfill

    Mill tailings are directed to two locations:

    > Cement Hydraulic Fill (CHF) Plant supplies backfill to Gossan Hill underground mine.

    > Tailings Storage Facilities.

    Tailings Storage Facility 3 Cement Hydraulic Fill Plant

  • Marketing

    16

    Products: Zinc concentrate

    Copper concentrate

    Lead high precious metals concentrate

    Production: 2015 guidance (metal in concentrate)

    Zinc: 40 -55 kt contained zinc

    Copper: 21 -24 kt contained copper

    Product sales: Smelters in Asia and Europe

    • Concentrates are trucked 280kms by road from Golden Grove mine site to the Port of Geraldton.

    • Road transport is through Giacci Transport who operate 7 dedicated road trains. (14 movements a day =1,400wmt)

    • The storage shed at Geraldton is owned by MMG on land leased from the Geraldton Port Authority.

    • Ships chartered in-house by MMG via COA with Ausbulk.

  • Marketing

    17

    Zinc Concentrate

    > Zinc grade approximately 50% and ‘clean’ of impurities.

    > Silver content just above payability thresholds.

    > Primarily concentrate sold to smelters in Japan, Korea and Thailand.

    Copper Concentrate

    > Copper grade approximately 20%.

    > Contains Silver along with payable Gold.

    > Primarily concentrate sold to smelters in China, Korea and Japan.

    Lead Concentrate containing Copper and high precious metals

    > Lead grade approximately 30-35%, Copper 5-10% and payable Silver and Gold.

    > Primarily concentrate sold to refineries in Europe.

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