Golden Grove
July 2015
History of Golden Grove
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• 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
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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
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Geology – Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide (VMS)
deposit
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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
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Gossan Hill Underground Mine
> Lead/Zinc (Pb/Zn) ore contains:
- Sphalerite (ZnS), Galena (PbS), Ag, Au.
> Copper (Cu) Ore.
- Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2).
Mine overview
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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
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Gossan Hill Open Pit
> Copper ore contains:
- Variety of Cu sulphide and Cu oxide minerals.
- Native Cu.
- Au.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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