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Molefe Mine is Jubilee Metals Group’s operating copper mine in Zambia and a central asset in the company’s shift toward integrated mine-to-metal copper production. The mine has been producing high-grade run-of-mine copper ore for refining through the Sable refinery, with Jubilee expanding the mine plan from a single-pit operation toward a larger open-pit configuration. Jubilee retains operating control, with Galileo Resources earning into a minority position.

During the nine months to March 31, 2026, Molefe mined 250,162 tonnes of ore, with 20,064 tonnes transported to Sable at an average grade of 1.84% copper.

The Redcastle Gold Project is Redcastle Resources’ core Western Australian gold asset, located in the Eastern Goldfields around 62 kilometres east-southeast of Leonora. The project area includes Queen Alexandra and Redcastle Reef, which host the company’s current JORC-compliant mineral resource base of 42,000 ounces. Mining is focused on granted Mining Lease M39/318, where Redcastle has received regulatory approval and commenced operational mobilisation. The development pathway is based on shallow gold mining, contractor-led operations and third-party toll treatment rather than construction of a standalone processing plant, giving the project a lower-capital route into near-term production.

Operations at Wonmunna are supported by a workforce of more than 330 people. The total workforce for the entire Pilbara Hub is over 560 people. All employees from Wonmunna will be transferred to the Lamb Creek project.

The Wonmunna mine is an operating open-pit iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, located approximately 80 kilometres north-west of Newman. It is owned and operated by Mineral Resources Limited and forms part of their larger Pilbara Hub, which also includes the Iron Valley and Lamb Creek mine sites. First ore was achieved in March 2021.

First ore from Wonmunna was achieved in March 2021, and the mine has since exported more than 26 million tonnes of ore. The Pilbara Hub had shipments of 9.7 million wet metric tonnes in the 2025 financial year and has a production capacity of 10 million tonnes per annum. Production guidance for the 2026 financial year is between 9 and 10 million tonnes.

Ore from Wonmunna is direct-shipping and processed on-site through a modular crushing and screening facility to a product size of minus 8mm. This product contributes to Mineral Resources' Utah Point Hub iron ore blend, which is exported via Port Hedland.

The mining equipment used across the Pilbara Hub includes Hitachi EX3600 and EX2600 excavators, and 180-tonne Hitachi EH3500 dump trucks.

Mineral Resources is winding down operations at the Wonmunna mine as it transitions to the new Lamb Creek iron ore deposit. Lamb Creek achieved first ore in the third quarter of FY26 and is intended to extend the Pilbara Hub's production profile by more than five years.

second-largest private employer in Shoshone County, Idaho

The Lucky Friday mine is an underground silver, lead, and zinc operation in Idaho, USA, owned 100% by Hecla Mining Company. It commenced operations in 1942. The mine has a 1,000 tons per day mill and utilizes underhand cut-and-fill and Underhand Closed Bench (UCB) mining methods. Production was impacted by a fire in August 2023 but restarted in January 2024.

Production overview - 2025: silver 5.26 Moz; 2024: silver 4.89 Moz.

Full surface facility with a 1,000 tons of ore per day mill producing silver-lead and zinc concentrates. Mining methods include underhand cut-and-fill and Underhand Closed Bench (UCB).

#4 Shaft project complete and operational. New secondary egress developed after August 2023 fire. Surface cooling project expected by mid-2026. Hecla plans to invest up to $73 million in underground development, a new tailings facility, and surface cooling project.

512 (as of 2024)

The Greens Creek mine is an operating underground mine in Alaska, USA, owned 100% by Hecla Mining Company. It opened in 1989 and employs 512 people as of 2024. The mine uses flotation and gravity processes to recover silver, gold, lead, and zinc, processing approximately 2,300 tons of ore per day.

Production overview - 2025: silver 8724996 oz, gold 59349 oz, lead 18213 t, zinc 51387 t; 2024: silver 8480877 oz, gold 55275 oz, lead 18320 t, zinc 51288 t.

The mine uses flotation and gravity processes to recover silver, gold, lead, and zinc. Ore is ground and processed by flotation to produce concentrates. The mill processes approximately 2,300 tons of ore per day. In 2024, 46% of tailings were reused as backfill. The company is evaluating the development of a pyrite concentrate circuit at the mill.

The mine is accessed by boat and has a 13-mile access road. Major facilities include the underground mine, an ore concentrating mill, a dry stacked tailings facility, a ship-loading facility, and camp facilities.

In January 2026, a five-year plan of operations for the Greens Creek Surface Exploration Project was approved by the U.S. Forest Service. This surface exploration for silver, gold, lead, and zinc is expected to increase the project's reserve base and extend the mine life.

Approximately 1,000 employees impacted by Yilgarn Hub ramp-down.

The Parker Range mine is an iron ore project located in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia, approximately 15 kilometres south-east of Marvel Loch and 52 kilometres south of Southern Cross. It is a conventional open-pit operation, with mineralisation hosted in a banded iron formation (BIF) at the Mt Caudan deposit.

Specific production outputs for Parker Range under Mineral Resources' operation are not detailed separately in public reports, as the company reported consolidated figures for the Yilgarn Hub.

Ore from Parker Range was intended to be transported to the Koolyanobbing operations for processing.

99-room camp; Yilgarn Hub fleet included five digger fleets, 28 trucks, and 25 pieces of ancillary gear.

Acquisition by MRL to expand iron ore presence in Yilgarn region. Ore intended to be transported via a new private haul road to Koolyanobbing for processing.

The Windarling mine is an open-cut iron ore mine in the Yilgarn Shire of Western Australia, 135km north of Southern Cross. Acquired by Mineral Resources Limited in 2018, it was part of the Yilgarn Hub operations. Operations ceased by end of 2024, transitioning to care and maintenance from early 2025, and the mine was sold in June 2025.

five digger fleets, including 28 trucks and 25 pieces of ancillary gear

Mineral Resources Limited acquired the Windarling mine as part of its acquisition of the Koolyanobbing iron ore operation from Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in 2018. Recommenced operations in August 2018.

The Koolyanobbing mine is an open-pit iron ore operation in Western Australia. Mineral Resources Limited acquired it in July 2018, recommencing mining in November 2018. Operations ceased by December 2024, transitioning to care and maintenance in early 2025, and the assets were sold in June 2025.

Production overview - 2020: iron ore 2.5 Mt.

Conventional dry crushing and screening to produce lump and fines products, shipped without beneficiation. The processing plant was converted in 2022 to process both lump and fines products.

Mining fleet included a Hitachi EX2600 excavator and dump trucks with capacities of 150 and 205 tonnes. Five digger fleets, including 28 trucks and 25 pieces of ancillary gear, were slated for redeployment.

In 2020, the plant's throughput was upgraded from 8.5 Mtpa to 11 Mtpa, including a new primary crushing area with a ROM wall, ROM bin, primary jaw crusher, and associated feeders and conveyors.

The Monte Cristo project is located in Esmeralda County, Nevada. It is a gold exploration project owned by Hecla Mining Company.

30-35 (exploration phase)

The Libby Exploration Project, formerly known as the Montanore Project, is located in Lincoln County, Montana. It is an underground exploration and evaluation project operated by Hecla Mining Company. The current phase of the project involves dewatering and rehabilitating an existing adit, followed by extending the tunnel to gather data on geology, hydrology, and copper and silver mineralisation to determine the feasibility of a future mine. The U.S. Forest Service has issued a final decision notice and a finding of no significant impact, allowing the exploration activities to proceed. However, this decision is the subject of ongoing litigation from environmental groups. The project has been designated for accelerated review under the FAST-41 program.

386 (2023)

The mine has a surface facility with a 1,000 tons of ore per day mill that produces silver-lead and zinc concentrates through a flotation process. The coarse mill tailing is mixed with cement and used as backfill. Concentrates are transported by truck to a smelter in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.

Production overview - 2025: silver 5.3 Moz; 2024: silver 4.9 Moz, lead 31300 t, zinc 13500 t.

The mine has a surface facility with a 1,000 tons of ore per day mill that produces silver-lead and zinc concentrates through a flotation process. The coarse mill tailing is mixed with cement and used as backfill. Concentrates are transported by truck to a smelter in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.

Access to all underground workings is via the 6,205 ft deep Silver Shaft. A key recent development is the #4 Shaft, an internal shaft that reaches 9,600 feet below the surface, providing access to high-grade ore in the Gold Hunter/Lucky Friday Expansion Area. Mining is conducted using rubber-tired equipment and mechanized jumbo drills.

In 2025, the Lucky Friday mine achieved record silver production. Capital investment is focused on underground development, a new tailings facility, and a surface cooling project expected to be completed by mid-2026. The Underhand Closed Bench (UCB) mining method, pioneered at the mine, has significantly improved safety and productivity. In 2024, exploration drilling was planned to the east of the 30 Vein.

Approximately 512 people as of 2024

Copper became a payable metal for Greens Creek in 2024, adding a new revenue stream. The mine is also studying the economic potential of recovering critical minerals from mine tailings, including silver, gold, zinc, lead, copper, and others.

Production overview - 2025: silver 246.64 t, gold 1.68 t, lead 16510.76 t, zinc 46538.31 t; 2024: silver 8500000 oz, gold 55275 oz.

The ore is processed at an on-site concentrating mill that produces silver, gold, lead, and zinc concentrates. The process involves flotation and gravity methods to recover the minerals. The mill processes approximately 2,300 tons of ore per day.

The mine uses autonomous equipment tele-operated from the surface. Safescape Laddertube has also been supplied.

The U.S. Forest Service has approved an expansion of the tailings disposal facility, which will extend the mine's life. The first phase will add 1.9 million cubic yards of tailings capacity over three years, and a second phase will add another 2.7 million cubic yards in years eight through ten. A five-year plan for a surface exploration project has also been approved to increase the project's reserve base.

Cardo Bore East is an operating, open-cut surface iron ore mine in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia, Australia. It is part of Mineral Resources' Onslow Iron Project and produces high-grade Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) from a Channel Iron Deposit. The deposit is a palaeochannel approximately 3 kilometres in length and up to 2 kilometres wide.

Ore is hauled to central crushing and processing facilities at Ken's Bore, then transported by jumbo road trains to the Port of Ashburton.

Epiroc D65 rigs for development and Caterpillar MD6250 rotary drills for production holes. The heavy mobile fleet includes excavators and haul trucks.

Part of Mineral Resources' larger Onslow Iron Project, which is being developed in partnership with the Red Hill Iron Ore Joint Venture (RHIOJV). The Upper Cane and Cardo Bore East hub is the second mining area to be developed for the project and contributes to a single blended iron ore product along with ore from the Ken's Bore pit.

Upper Cane is a high-grade, channel iron deposit (CID) of iron ore, located in the West Pilbara region of Western Australia. It forms part of the Onslow Iron Project and commenced operations in October 2025 as a key component of the Upper Cane and Cardo Bore East production hub.

Ore is hauled via an intra-mine road to crushing and processing facilities at the nearby Ken's Bore mine, then transported on a 150-kilometre private haul road to the Port of Ashburton for transhipment. Ore is blended with ore from the Ken's Bore pit.

Hitachi EX3600 excavators and Hitachi EH4000 dump trucks

Forms part of the Onslow Iron Project, specifically the Upper Cane and Cardo Bore East production hub, which commenced operations in October 2025. Infill drilling programs were underway in 2022 and 2023.

The site's fly-in fly-out camp has accommodation for up to 900 people, and the 2022 restart was expected to create 200 new full-time jobs.

The Wodgina Lithium Mine is a large-scale, open-pit operation located approximately 120 kilometres south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is considered one of the world's largest known hard rock lithium deposits. The mine is part of an unincorporated 50/50 joint venture between Mineral Resources and Albemarle Corporation, with Mineral Resources managing all site operations. The ownership structure was amended in 2023 from a previous 60/40 split. The project was placed on care and maintenance in November 2019 due to market conditions but restarted the production of spodumene concentrate in 2022. The site also previously hosted the Wodgina Iron Ore Mine, an open-pit direct shipping ore project operated by Atlas Iron Limited, which commenced in 2010 and ceased in April 2017 when its reserves were exhausted. Global Advanced Metals retains rights to tantalum resources at the site.

The site has a total annual production capacity of approximately 820,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate at a grade of 5.5% Li2O.

Mined ore is processed at an on-site plant operated by CSI Mining Services, a subsidiary of Mineral Resources. The facility has three processing trains, each with a capacity of 250,000 tonnes per annum, for a total annual production capacity of approximately 820,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate at a grade of 5.5% Li2O. The process involves a ball mill, deslime cyclones, magnetic separation, and flotation.

The mining fleet includes Hitachi EX3600 excavators, CAT 994 front-end loaders, Caterpillar CAT789D haul trucks, Liebherr excavators, and Komatsu haul trucks.

Future opportunities are being assessed to mine ore at depth via underground mining methods.

up to 500 people

The Mt Marion mine is located 40 kilometres south-west of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. It is transitioning to an open pit and underground operation, with an underground exploration decline development underway. The processing plant includes a crushing circuit and a Dense Media Separation (DMS) concentrator, with a flotation plant under construction.

The DMS plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 600,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate and produces two grades, typically 5% and 3.5% Li2O.

The processing plant includes a crushing circuit and a Dense Media Separation (DMS) concentrator. The DMS plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 600,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate and produces two grades, typically 5% and 3.5% Li2O. Construction of a flotation plant is underway to optimise product recovery and yields. Detailed design for the flotation plant is close to being finalised. Spodumene concentrate is transported to the Port of Esperance for export.

The mine is transitioning to an open pit and underground operation. An underground exploration decline development began in 2024 but was placed on care and maintenance in December 2024 due to market conditions. Tendering for an underground mining contractor to recommence development commenced in Q3 FY26, with the underground mining study expected to be completed in Q4 FY26. A contract was previously awarded to Develop Global in December 2023 for the establishment of an exploration decline, with work to start in early 2024 for a term of 18 months. The first blast for the decline box-cut was achieved, with earthworks underway to support a target depth of 350 metres. An additional 80,000 metres of drilling is planned to further define the underground potential.

The project is expected to employ over 7,500 people during peak construction and create around 4,000 long-term jobs once in production. As of March 2025, 77% of permanent RDMC employees were from Balochistan province.

The Reko Diq project is a copper-gold open pit mine under development in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is a joint venture 50% owned by Barrick Gold Corporation. The project is designed as a two-phase development with a combined processing capacity of approximately 80-90 Mtpa. First production was previously targeted for 2028 but is under review and likely to be delayed due to escalating security risks in the region, impacting the project's budget and timeline.

Production overview - 2024: copper 7.3 Mt, gold 404.35 t.

The mine will be a conventional truck-and-shovel open pit operation. The processing facilities will produce a high-quality copper-gold concentrate. The development is planned in two phases, with a combined processing capacity of approximately 80 million tonnes per annum. An Asian Development Bank report mentioned a two-phase development with Phase 1 at 45 Mtpa and a combined total of 90 Mtpa for Phase 2.

A $440 million agreement was finalised with Komatsu for the delivery of primary mining equipment starting in 2026. The fleet will include Komatsu 980E-5 ultra-class haul trucks, P&H 4100XPC AC electric rope shovels, Komatsu PC7000-11 mining excavators, and WE2350-2 electric wheel loaders. The drill fleet is planned to include Sandvik DR412i and DI650i blasthole rigs.

The project is designed as a two-phase development.

The mine has a multinational workforce, including Saudi, West African, Australian, and Indonesian personnel.

Jabal Sayid is the largest underground mine in Saudi Arabia.

Production overview - 2023: copper 70000 t; 2022: copper 68418 t.

The mine uses conventional flotation to produce a copper concentrate. The processing plant includes a concentrate thickener and filter, and tailings are dewatered using tailings filters before being used for paste backfill. The project aims to extract approximately 3 million tonnes of ore per year. In 2020, the mine processed 2.6 million tonnes of ore. In 2022, it processed 2.73 million tonnes of ore.

The mining fleet includes nine Sandvik TH663i and three TH663 trucks, seven Sandvik LH621i and one LH621 LHDs, four Sandvik DL421 production drills, and three Sandvik DD421 development rigs. A Rhino 100HM boxhole borer is also used. The operation uses the LiveMine system for data recording and RCT system for remote loader activities.

An expansion project for the Lode 1 orebody, located less than one kilometre from the existing lode, was completed in 2024. This included significant underground capital development, upgrades to ventilation, a paste plant, and other infrastructure. Stoping at Lode 1 began in the third quarter of 2023. The expansion aims to enable the operation to deliver 3 million tonnes of ore per annum. Commissioning of the new paste plant began in the second quarter of 2024.