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Voisey's Bay

Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Open Pit

Operating
GoldSilverNickelCopperCobalt
Companies & ownership
  • Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
    TSX:WPM · LSE:WPM · NYSE:WPM
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Sudbury

Ontario, Canada · Underground

Operating
GoldSilverPlatinumPalladiumNickelCopper+1
Companies & ownership
  • Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
    TSX:WPM · LSE:WPM · NYSE:WPM
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Cerro Los Gatos Mine

Chihuahua, Mexico · Drift And Fill

Operating
SilverZincLeadGoldCopper
End year
2032
Overview
The Cerro Los Gatos Mine, operated by the Los Gatos Joint Venture (LGJV) where Gatos Silver holds a 70% interest, encompasses the South-East Deeps (SE Deeps) zone. The mine utilizes longhole and drift-and-fill mining methods and processes ore using conventional sulphide flotation.
Production
For the full year 2024, the Cerro Los Gatos mine produced 9.68 million ounces of silver, 69.7 million pounds of zinc, 46.4 million pounds of lead, and 5,530 ounces of gold.
Processing
conventional sulphide flotation to produce separate lead and zinc concentrates. Plans to install a copper-lead separation circuit, expected to be operational in 2026.
Equipment
modern trackless mobile equipment for all development and mining activities
Expansion
The SE Deeps zone is a focus of resource expansion drilling, expected to contribute to the extension of the mine's life. There are plans to install a copper-lead separation circuit, expected to be operational in 2026, to produce a separate copper concentrate.
Companies & ownership
  • Gatos Silver, Inc.
    TSX:GATO · NYSE:GATO
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Broken Hill Operations

New South Wales, Australia · Underground

Operating
ZincLeadSilverCopper
Opened
1885-01-01
Workforce
For the year ended 31 December 2024, the Broken Hill Operation employed approximately 390 people directly. For the year ended 31 December 2022, the operation employed approximately 407 direct employees and around 281 additional full-time contractors.
Production
For the year ended 31 December 2024, production was approximately 91,150 tonnes of contained zinc and lead combined, and 1,044,000 ounces of contained silver. For the year ended 31 December 2022, the operation produced approximately 86,855 tonnes of contained zinc and lead combined, and 1,288,000 ounces of contained silver.
Processing
Ore is processed at the concentrator located at the Southern Operations, which produces zinc and lead concentrates. These concentrates are transported by rail to Port Pirie in South Australia for export.
Equipment
The operation comprises three main underground mining areas: the Southern Operations, Potosi Operations, and the North Mine. Ore is crushed underground before being hoisted to the surface for processing at the Southern Operations concentrator. Mining methods include longhole open stoping and pillar extraction.
Expansion
On 12 January 2025, a fire in the Southern Operations led to the temporary evacuation of 46 workers and a halt to operations. Perilya entered a binding agreement with Hydrostor in September 2023 to construct a 200 MW / 1,600 MWh advanced compressed-air energy storage facility within the Potosi Mine workings.
Companies & ownership
  • Tronox Holdings plc
    NYSE:TROX
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Didipio Mine

Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, Philippines · Underground

Operating
GoldCopperSilver
Opened
2013-01-01
End year
2035
Mine life
22 years
Workforce
over 500
Production
For the full-year 2024, the Didipio Mine produced 97,000 ounces of gold and 12,300 tonnes of copper. The 2025 guidance is for 85,000 to 105,000 ounces of gold and 13,000 to 15,000 tonnes of copper. In the first quarter of 2024, the mine produced 26,300 ounces of gold.
Processing
The processing plant operates at approximately 4.1 million tonnes per annum, producing both gold dore and copper concentrate. A Pre-feasibility study (PFS) is in progress to identify the preferred process plant operational throughput rate for an optimised underground operation and evaluate requirements to scale to the already permitted 4.3 Mtpa processing rate.
Expansion
Open pit mining was completed in May 2017. The operation is now an underground mine. A 28,000 m program of resource conversion and expansion drilling was planned for 2024, focusing on infilling Panel 3 and testing below 1930mRL (Panel 4). A PFS is underway to assess an optimised underground mining production rate of approximately 2.5 Mtpa and is expected to be completed in 2026. As of 31 December 2024, Mineral Reserves at the Didipio mine increased to 1.23 million ounces of gold and 0.15 million tonnes of copper, net of mining depletion. The company is also spending $5 million on exploration activities within its FTAA area surrounding the mine.
Companies & ownership
  • OceanaGold Corporation
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Candelaria Copper Mining Complex

Atacama Region, Chile · Open Pit

Operating
CopperGoldSilver
Opened
1995-01-01
Mine life
19 years
Workforce
Over 4,000 direct jobs (2016); unions represented ~900 workers in 2020.
Overview
The Candelaria Copper Mining Complex, operated by Lundin Mining (80%) and Sumitomo Corporation (20%), is a gold and silver stream asset for Franco-Nevada. It includes Candelaria open-pit and underground mines, and Ojos del Salado operations with the Santos underground mine.
Production
2025: 145,471 tonnes copper, 80,528 ounces gold. 2024: 162,487 tonnes copper, ~93,000 ounces gold. 2026 guidance: 135,000-145,000 tonnes copper, 77,000-87,000 ounces gold (all 100% basis).
Processing
Two plants: Candelaria plant (75,000 tpd) uses crushing, grinding, flotation for copper concentrates from open-pit and underground ore. Pedro Aguirre Cerda (PAC) plant (3,800 tpd) processes Santos mine ore with jaw, cone, and tertiary crushers.
Equipment
Truck and shovel operation, including electric and hydraulic shovels, Cat 793F haul trucks (55 in fleet), and 60-tonne underground trucks for sub-level open stoping.
Expansion
An expansion project is underway to extend mine life, projected to create 430 jobs during production.
Companies & ownership
  • Franco-Nevada Corporation
    TSX:FNV
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Antapaccay

Cusco Region, Peru · Open Pit

Operating
CopperGoldSilver
End year
2034
Mine life
10 years
Workforce
over 4,500 direct and indirect employees
Overview
The Antapaccay mine is a large, low-cost, open-pit copper mine wholly-owned and operated by Glencore plc through its Peruvian subsidiary, Compañía Minera Antapaccay S.A. Franco-Nevada Corporation has a precious metals stream on the Antapaccay mine.
Production
130,700 tonnes of copper concentrate in 2025; processing capacity of approximately 70,000 tonnes of copper sulphide ore per day
Processing
concentrator plant with a processing capacity of approximately 70,000 tonnes of copper sulphide ore per day, including primary crushing, SAG mill, two ball mills, two M3000 IsaMills for regrind, flotation, thickening, and filtering
Equipment
truck and shovel/loader, autonomous electric drilling rigs, Caterpillar and Komatsu P&H blasthole drills, Epiroc Pit Viper, haul trucks, 6.5-kilometre overland conveyor belt system with a Siemens gearless drive
Expansion
Coroccohuayco expansion project
Companies & ownership
  • Franco-Nevada Corporation
    TSX:FNV
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Cobre Panama

Donoso District, Colon Province, Panama · Open Pit

Care And Maintenance
CopperMolybdenumGoldSilver
Mine life
37 years
Workforce
During the current preservation and safe management phase, the workforce is approximately 1,600. The planned processing of stockpiled ore is expected to add about 700 direct jobs. Before the shutdown, the mine provided approximately 7,000 direct jobs.
Overview
Franco-Nevada holds a precious metals stream on the Cobre Panama mine, operated by First Quantum Minerals (90%) and Korea Resources Corporation (10%). As of November 2023, the mine is in a phase of Preservation and Safe Management with production halted, though export of stockpiled concentrate is approved.
Production
Before the halt in production, the plant was intended to achieve a throughput rate of 100 Mtpa by the end of 2023. At full capacity, it was designed to produce over 300,000 tonnes of copper annually, along with gold, silver, and molybdenum. In 2022, the mine produced 139,751 ounces of gold and 2,813,129 ounces of silver. The processing of stockpiled ore is expected to yield approximately 70,000 tonnes of copper.
Processing
The processing plant employs a conventional sulphide ore flotation circuit with differential flotation to create separate copper and molybdenum concentrates. Gold and silver are recovered into the copper concentrate and can also be separated into a gravity concentrate for doré production. The plant was designed to process 85 Mtpa of ore, with construction completed for an expansion to 100 Mtpa.
Equipment
The Cobre Panama complex includes two open pits, a processing plant, a 300-megawatt coal-fired power station, and a port. The processing plant features some of the world's largest SAG and ball mills. The mining method is truck and shovel/loader.
Expansion
A planned expansion from 85 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) to 100 Mtpa was to include the addition of a ninth mill, an expanded mining equipment fleet, more conveyors, and an in-pit crusher.
Companies & ownership
  • Franco-Nevada Corporation
    TSX:FNV
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Nova operation

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Operating
NickelCopperCobalt
End year
2026
Workforce
Over 160 employees, utilising local and Fly-In-Fly-Out (FIFO) arrangements. Underground mining services provided by contractor Barminco.
Overview
The Nova operation comprises two orebodies, Nova and Bollinger, which are mined using underground methods.
Production
Fiscal Year 2025: 16,371 tonnes nickel, 7,324 tonnes copper, 581 tonnes cobalt. Fiscal Year 2024: 20,806 tonnes nickel, 9,922 tonnes copper, 735 tonnes cobalt.
Processing
Processing plant with a nameplate capacity of 1.5 Mtpa. Involves single-stage crushing, two-stage grinding circuit (SAG mill and ball mill), and differential flotation to separate nickel and copper concentrates. Includes a paste backfill plant for tailings.
Equipment
Underground mining fleet provided and operated by Barminco, expanded in 2017 with additional drilling, loading, and haulage equipment. Trials include Sandvik DL422iE battery-electric longhole drill, Normet Charmec MC 605 VE Smart Drive battery-powered emulsion charger, remote-operated Sandvik LH517 loader, and Safescape Bortana battery electric light vehicle (BELV).
Expansion
Solar farm expanded to include a 10MWh battery storage system.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Skouries Project

Central Macedonia Region, Greece · Open Pit

Under Development
CopperGold
End year
2046
Mine life
20 years
Workforce
Approximately 2,350 personnel on site as of 31 December 2025, including 415 Skouries employees.
Overview
The Skouries Project is a copper-gold deposit located on the Halkidiki Peninsula in northern Greece. It is owned by Eldorado Gold Corporation through its 95% owned subsidiary, Hellas Gold S.A. The project is currently under construction and designed as a combined conventional open pit and underground operation.
Production
Expected average annual production of 140,000 ounces of gold and 67 million pounds of copper over its 20-year life. Approximately 1.2 million tonnes of open pit and underground ore stockpiled by Q4 2025.
Processing
Crushing, grinding, and flotation to produce a copper-gold concentrate. Utilises a filtered tailings process to remove up to 90% of water from tailings.
Equipment
Conventional truck-shovel operation, mechanised equipment with tele-remote operation capabilities, primary crusher, pebble crusher, SAG mill, ball mill, flotation tanks, thickeners, conveyors, six feeders, Filtered Tailings Collection Conveyor with 17 pulleys.
Expansion
Phase 1 involves nine years of combined open pit and underground mining, while Phase 2 will consist of an additional 11 years of underground-only mining. A shaft hoisting system will be implemented for Phase 2.
Companies & ownership
  • Eldorado Gold Corporation
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Rockley Project

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldCopperZincLeadSilver
Overview
Early-stage exploration project in Central West NSW, Australia, prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS), McPhillamys-style gold and base metals, and porphyry gold-copper with associated skarn deposits.
Companies & ownership
  • Alkane Resources
    ASX:ALK · TSX:ALK
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Peak Hill Gold Mine

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Care And Maintenance
GoldCopper
Opened
1996-01-01
End year
2005
Workforce
A Site Supervisor based in Peak Hill is currently responsible for maintaining the site.
Overview
The Peak Hill Gold Mine previously operated as a drill and blast open cut mine from 1996 to 2005, consisting of four pits: Proprietary-Parkers, Bobby Burns, Crown, and Great Eastern. The oxide cap of a large sulphide body was mined to a depth of 100 metres. The site is currently under care and maintenance and has been extensively rehabilitated.
Production
approximately 153,000 ounces of gold
Processing
heap leach operation that used cyanide technology
Expansion
re-evaluating the potential for developing an underground mine to exploit the large sulphide ore body beneath the historical open pit
Companies & ownership
  • Alkane Resources
    ASX:ALK · TSX:ALK
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Boda-Kaiser Project

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldCopper
Opened
2030-01-01
End year
2047
Mine life
17 years
Overview
A gold-copper project in an advanced exploration and development assessment phase, 100% owned by Alkane Resources, located in the Central West of New South Wales, approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Wellington. A scoping study outlined the potential for a long-life, large-scale mining operation with a 17-year mine life.
Production
For the first five years of operation under the 20 million tonnes per annum scenario, the project is projected to produce an average of 35,600 tonnes of copper and 159,300 ounces of gold annually.
Processing
froth flotation to recover gold and copper
Companies & ownership
  • Alkane Resources
    ASX:ALK · TSX:ALK
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Northern Molong Porphyry Project

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldCopper
Mine life
17 years
Overview
The Northern Molong Porphyry Project is an exploration project and not an operating mine. Alkane Resources is conducting significant exploration activities, including drilling, to grow its understanding of the regional geology and identify new deposits. The project is covered by five exploration licences across 180 square kilometres. Within the broader project, the Boda-Kaiser deposits are being progressed via a scoping study and baseline environmental assessments to evaluate the potential for a long-term, bulk-tonnage mining and processing operation.
Processing
As an exploration project, there is no operational processing plant. However, metallurgical test work has been conducted on deposits within the project area, such as Boda, to estimate potential metal recoveries.
Equipment
Exploration activities utilise diamond core and Reverse Circulation (RC) drill rigs. An Airborne Gravity Gradiometer survey using the FALCON system was flown over the entire project area in late 2023 to image geology to a depth of 500-600 metres. Other field exploration techniques include aeromagnetic and electrical geophysics.
Companies & ownership
  • Alkane Resources
    ASX:ALK · TSX:ALK
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Trancaloma

Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador · Open Pit

Under Development
CopperGoldSilverMolybdenum
Overview
Near-mine exploration project described as a large, low-grade, at-surface copper-gold porphyry system.
Equipment
surface drill rigs
Companies & ownership
  • Lundin Gold Inc.
    TSX:LUG · OTC:LUGDF
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Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ)

Papua, Indonesia · Block Cave

Operating
CopperGoldSilver
Opened
2015-01-01
End year
2041
Overview
Underground block/panel cave mine in the Grasberg minerals district, Papua, Indonesia, producing copper, gold, and silver. Production ramp-up began in 2015 with a projected mine life through 2041.
Production
peak daily tonnage of 80,000 tonnes per day (projected), 9,800 tonnes per day (average in 2019)
Processing
block caving, assisted by hydraulic fracturing; ore transported to mill via inclined conveyor after crushing
Equipment
fleet of haul trucks and loaders, underground gyratory crushers, two crushers (each 2,500-3,000 tons per hour capacity), 4.9 km inclined conveyor system with PROK pulleys
Expansion
initiated caving and began ramping up production in 2015, successful ramp-up necessitated closure of the Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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DOZ (Deep Ore Zone) Underground Mine

Central Papua, Indonesia · Block Cave

Closed
CopperGoldSilver
Opened
2000-01-01
End year
2021
Overview
The Deep Ore Zone (DOZ) mine, operated by PT Freeport Indonesia (PT-FI), was an underground block cave mine located in the Grasberg minerals district in the Sudirman Mountain Range of Central Papua, Indonesia. It produced copper, gold, and silver and was the third lift in the East Ertsberg Skarn System (EESS). The mine ceased production at the end of 2021 and is now depleted.
Production
At its peak, 80,000 tons per day; averaged 43,600 metric tons of ore per day in 2004; 3,000 to 5,000 tons of ore per day by December 2021
Processing
flotation at a mill to produce a concentrate containing copper, gold, and silver
Equipment
remote-operated Load Haul Dump (LHD) vehicles, remote-operated chutes, remote-controlled water cannons, mobile rock breakers
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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Riverina Trend

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldNickelCopper
Companies & ownership
  • Ora Banda Mining Limited
    ASX:OBM
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Grasberg Open-Pit Mine

Central Papua, Indonesia · Open Pit

Closed
CopperGoldSilver
Opened
1990-01-01
End year
2019
Mine life
30 years
Workforce
29,200 (including contractors) in 2019 for the overall Grasberg Mine location.
Overview
Large open-pit copper, gold, and silver mine located in the Sudirman Mountain Range in Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. Operated by PT Freeport Indonesia.
Production
Produced over 27 billion pounds of copper and 46 million ounces of gold from 1990-2019. In 2006, processed 240,000 tonnes of ore daily and produced over 67 million tonnes of ore.
Processing
Primary crushing at the mine, then ore delivered by passes to a milling and concentrating complex with four crushers and two large semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) units. Flotation reagent used to separate copper-gold concentrate, which is then transported via pipelines to Amamapare for dewatering, filtering, and drying.
Equipment
Fleet of 170 haul trucks (70-330 tons capacity), 65 dozers and graders, and shovels (30-42 cubic meter buckets).
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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Python Trend

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldNickelCopper
Companies & ownership
  • Ora Banda Mining Limited
    ASX:OBM
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Kucing Liar Underground Mine

Central Papua, Indonesia · Block Cave

Under Development
CopperGold
Opened
2028-01-01
End year
2041
Mine life
13 years
Workforce
will draw from the experienced and mature workforce already present at PT Freeport Indonesia operations
Overview
Kucing Liar Underground Mine is a developing mine project operated by PT Freeport Indonesia, located in the Grasberg minerals district in Central Papua, Indonesia. It is an underground block cave operation primarily producing copper and gold, with production expected to begin in 2028.
Production
full production rate of 90,000 metric tons per day anticipated by 2033; approximately 560 million pounds of copper and 520,000 ounces of gold annually at full operating rates
Processing
crushing, grinding, flotation using alcohol and lime-based reagents, dewatering
Equipment
two 63 x 89 gyratory crushers, ten conveyors, two 5 MW primary fans, mobile rockbreakers, Getman water carts, Cat clean-up LHD machines
Expansion
long-term mine development activities commenced in October 2021, development of all underground fixed facilities
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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Big Gossan Underground Mine

Central Papua, Indonesia · Underground

Operating
CopperGoldSilver
Opened
2009-01-01
End year
2041
Overview
The Big Gossan mine is an underground operation that utilizes a mechanized longhole open stoping method with paste backfill. The orebody is a tabular, near-vertical deposit with dimensions of approximately 1,200 meters along strike and 800 meters down dip, with a variable thickness ranging from 20 to 120 meters.
Production
Production reached a peak of 7,000 tons per day in 2011. Recent figures from 2024 indicate an average production of approximately 8,000 tons per day. The mine is expected to produce around 135 million pounds of copper and 65,000 ounces of gold annually.
Processing
Ore is dropped down passes to a haulage level where it is loaded by trucks and transported to a jaw crusher. The crushed ore is then hoisted vertically through a two-skip production shaft to a conveyor belt, which transports it to the surface stockpiles for processing. The processing includes grinding and flotation to produce a concentrate containing copper, gold, and silver. The mine features an underground paste backfill plant with a design capacity of 300 tonnes of paste per hour.
Equipment
Elphinstone AD 55 haul trucks, two parallel 1600kW exhaust mixed-flow fans
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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Deep Mill Level Zone (DMLZ) Underground Mine

Central Papua, Indonesia · Underground

Operating
CopperGoldSilver
Companies & ownership
  • PT Freeport Indonesia
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Callion

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Under Development
GoldNickelCopper
Companies & ownership
  • Ora Banda Mining Limited
    ASX:OBM
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