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Minerals mined: principally copper, along with some minor gold and silver in parts of the deposit

Nexus Minerals is a well-funded resource company with a portfolio of gold projects in Western Australia, gold-copper & critical minerals in New South Wales and porphyry copper-gold in Bethanga Victoria.

118 employees

The Broken Hill mine region in western New South Wales (Australia) sits atop one of the world’s most famous silver–lead–zinc ore bodies — the Line of Lode. Mining here began in 1885, and the area has since been one of the most productive base‑metals camps in Australia.

Zinc, Lead, Silver concentrates

Crushing, grinding and flotation circuits capable of handling ~750,000 tpa of ore. Sub‑level open stoping and up‑hole stoping techniques tailored to the steeply dipping massive sulphide ore bodies.

Over 170 direct employees and contractors. An accommodation camp with a capacity for 165 people was constructed.

The Atlas‑Campaspe Mine is a mineral sands mining operation located near Hatfield in New South Wales, Australia. It primarily produces heavy mineral sands

Extractive mining began in 2022, and the mine commenced full production in early 2023. The project involves the sequential mining of two deposits, Atlas and Campaspe. Mining at the Atlas deposit is expected to be completed in 2028, at which point production will be replaced by the Campaspe deposit.

A dry mining technique is used to extract the ore. The ore is concentrated at the mine site before the heavy mineral concentrate is transported by truck to the Ivanhoe rail siding. From there, it is transported by train to the Mineral Separation Plant at Broken Hill for further processing. The combined facilities of the Eastern Operations can produce approximately 450,000 tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate per year.

Truck and shovel/loader with dry mining. A 750tph Mobile Mining Unit is in use.

Metallurgical coal (primarily coking coal used in steelmaking) The mine sits within one of the richest coal deposits in Australia, producing high-quality coking coal for export.

More than 200 jobs for Kambalda Nickel Operations. 44 full-time staff and 220 contractors for Kambalda operations (Jan 2024).

The Cassini Mine is an underground nickel mine located in the Southern Goldfields region of Western Australia, approximately 60 kilometres south of the Kambalda township. It is part of the Kambalda Nickel Operations.

Planned 1.2 million tonnes of ore at 3.3% nickel grade over five years. Forecast to contribute 56% of Mincor's Kambalda Nickel Operations' total nickel-in-concentrate production. 45,029 tonnes of ore mined in Dec 2022 quarter (combined with Northern Operations).

jaw crusher, single-stage fully autogenous grinding circuit, chemical addition, flotation tanks at BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator

Pit N Portal fleet, fuel storage and distribution, office buildings, change out buildings, maintenance workshops, washdown bays

over 60 jobs during operational phases; up to 1,300 jobs during construction for expansion; about 80 people when closed in late 2019.

The Cairn Hill mine is an open-pit mine located in South Australia, approximately 55 kilometres south-east of Coober Pedy. It is operated by Cu-River Mining Australia Pty Ltd, which acquired the project in 2014. The mine is situated within the Woomera Prohibited Area.

one million tonnes of magnetite ore produced and exported in the first 12 months after reopening in 2016; 4,000,000 tonnes of iron ore exported by July 2013 under a previous owner.

dry magnetic separation process, plans for a wet processing plant, crushing on-site

300-tonne and 130-tonne hydraulic excavators, 130-tonne electric drive dump trucks (model XDE120), Metso Jaw and Cone Crushers, Metso Tracked Screen, 47-tonne Excavator, Metso Impactor

An expansion plan announced in 2017 was estimated to create up to 1,300 jobs during construction.

average of 150 personnel (NRW Holdings contract) for mining services at Castle Hill. Total workforce for integrated Mungari operation is approximately 680 employees and 590 contractors.

The Castle Hill Project is an open pit gold mine located in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, approximately 50 km northwest of Kalgoorlie and 40 km north of Coolgardie. It is a key component of the Mungari Gold Operations, which are wholly owned and operated by Evolution Mining Ltd. The project provides baseload ore feed to the Mungari processing plant. A surface mining contract was awarded to NRW Holdings, which commenced in November 2024. Haulage of ore from Castle Hill to the Mungari plant began in the second half of 2025. The development of Castle Hill is part of a broader expansion at Mungari which extends the operation's mine life to at least 2038.

Mungari processing plant has an expanded capacity of 4.2 million tonnes per annum.

Ore from Castle Hill is processed at the Mungari processing plant, which has an expanded capacity of 4.2 million tonnes per annum. The processing method involves a primary crusher, SAG and ball mill, gravity and carbon in pulp (CIP) leach circuit.

Blast-hole drill rigs, Explosives charging trucks, Hydraulic excavators, Electric shovels, Large haul trucks (100–220 t capacity)

over 870 people during peak construction and initial operations; over 800 people employed by mining contractor Macmahon.

A significant open-cut coal mine located 20 kilometres west of Glenden in the northern Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia. It is a joint venture between QCoal Group (85% interest) and JFE Steel (15%), producing hard coking coal and thermal coal for export, primarily to Asian customers.

designed to produce up to 10 million tonnes of hard coking coal per year; 6.5 million tonnes per annum of run-of-mine coal in late 2019.

Coal Handling and Processing Plant (CHPP) with a capacity of 550 tonnes per hour, including a bypass crushing circuit and a train load-out facility.

large excavators, trucks, dozers, Coal Handling and Processing Plant (CHPP), bypass crushing circuit, train load-out facility, main administration area, maintenance workshop, heavy vehicle wash bay, tyre change facility

plans to duplicate the CHPP infrastructure to expand capacity

more than 750 employees

Bengalla Mine, an active open-cut coal mine, is located four kilometres west of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. It produces a high calorific-value thermal coal for international markets.

approval to extract up to 15 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of run-of-mine (ROM) coal. The operation is expected to return to a 13.4Mtpa ROM coal production rate during the second half of the 2026 financial year.

on-site Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP), which has been upgraded to increase throughput and facilitate two-stage washing. After processing, the coal is loaded onto trains and transported to the Port of Newcastle for export.

dragline and excavator/truck mining methods. The fleet includes seven Hitachi EH5000 trucks, a Liebherr R9800 excavator, a Cat MD6250 drill, as well as additional dozers, a grader, and a watercart. A mobile crusher is also used on-site to process hard rock.

The Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP) has been upgraded to increase throughput and facilitate two-stage washing. There is a potential to increase employment to 900 once an extension was fully operational.

2,400 operational roles (proposed for expansion project)

Peak Downs is one of the Bowen Basin’s largest coking coal operations. It comprises multiple open-cut pits, a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP), and extensive rail infrastructure for export via the Port of Hay Point. It is operated by the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA)

up to 18 million tonnes of product coal per annum (proposed for expansion)

The operation includes a coal handling and preparation plant. Mining methods include the use of dragline and truck/shovel fleets. Coal is transported by rail to the Port of Hay Point for export.

300+ employees and contractors

The Ashton Mine is a Hunter Valley coal operation in New South Wales managed by Yancoal Australia and producing both semi soft coking coal and thermal coal. The site has historically been operated through the Ashton Coal Operations joint venture, although the latest current ownership split was not newly verified in public disclosures reviewed. Yancoal’s 2024 rehabilitation reporting recorded 2.55 million tonnes of ore from Ashton. The mine sits within a broader approved operating framework linked to neighbouring Ravensworth developments, with approvals extending mining activity in the district through to December 2032 under current project settings and approvals in place today.

Semi-soft coking coal and thermal coal.

Underground Mining, Longwall shearers & roof supports, Continuous miners and shuttle cars, Conveyors

The company offers flights from Adelaide and Port Augusta, and a bus service from Coober Pedy for its workforce who work on lifestyle-friendly rosters. Kinetic is contracted to provide transportation services, including camp-to-site transfers and airport shuttles.

Prominent Hill is an underground copper, gold, and silver mine located in the Gawler Craton, 650 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, South Australia. Originally developed as an open-pit mine, operations are now principally underground, with ore collected from the Ankata and Malu underground open stoping mine areas. BHP took ownership of the mine in 2023 as part of the acquisition of OZ Minerals. The mine is part of BHP's Copper South Australia province, which also includes the Olympic Dam and Carrapateena operations.

Production overview - 2023: copper 8200 t; 2022: copper 55547 t, gold 124843 oz.

The processing method involves conventional crushing, grinding, and flotation to produce copper concentrate.

4 Liebherr 996 excavators, 1 Liebherr 9350 excavator, 1 Liebherr 9250 excavator, 49 Caterpillar 793 (240t) trucks, 2 Caterpillar 994 loaders, 3 Caterpillar 785 trucks, 9 D10 dozers, 4 graders, 3 Caterpillar 777 water carts, various drills, underground communication cabinets, IP66 Excalibur enclosures, data racks, UPS systems, conventional grinding and flotation processing plant

The Prominent Hill Operation Expansion (PHOX) project is in progress, which includes the construction of the Wira Shaft. This project is forecast to be completed in the second half of the 2027 financial year for a total investment of US$0.9 billion. The Wira Shaft hoisting system is expected to extend the mine life to at least 2040. The shaft will have a capacity of 6.5Mtpa and will enable the electrification of the ore haulage system, replacing truck haulage. Monadelphous has been awarded a multidisciplinary construction contract for the surface materials handling system, winder building, and hoist, with the project execution period being 2024-2025.

The Carrapateena mine is an operating copper-gold mine located on the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, approximately 160 km north of Port Augusta in South Australia. It is an underground mine that primarily utilises the sub-level caving mining method. Development of the mine decline is in progress to support a future block cave mining operation for the bottom half of the orebody.

Production overview - 2023: copper 17700 t.

Ore is processed on-site through conventional crushing, grinding, and flotation to produce a copper concentrate. The surface infrastructure includes a processing plant that had an initial nameplate capacity of 4.25 million tonnes per annum. A second underground crusher, Crusher Station 2, was commissioned in March 2024, enabling higher productivity from the sub-level cave.

The mine utilises an extensive fleet of modern, large-scale underground mining equipment. A contractor, Byrnecut, operates equipment that includes: Development Drills: Sandvik DD422i Dual Control / DD421-60C (7 units), Production Drills: Epiroc Simba E7C (4 units), Cable Bolter: Sandvik DS422i / DS421C (2 units), Boggers (Loaders): Sandvik LH621i (14 units), Trucks: Sandvik TH663i (21 units), Charge-up Units: Charmec MC605 VE Smart Drive / Charmec LC605 Emulsion Unit (5 units). The processing plant includes underground crushers and a conveyor system.

A significant expansion is underway to transition the lower half of the mine from a sub-level cave to a block cave. This Block Cave Expansion project is progressing, with the access decline being developed below the existing sub-level cave. The expansion is expected to increase throughput to up to 12 Mtpa, with a ramp-up from FY29. BHP is also investing in increasing the processing plant capacity to enable an uplift in throughput to 7 Mt/y of mined ore. An expansion project is expected to extend the mine life beyond the existing sub-level cave.

approximately 875 full-time equivalent employees and contractors

The Boggabri mine is an open pit operation in New South Wales, Australia, producing low-ash thermal coal, PCI coal, and semi-soft metallurgical (coking) coal, with a mix of approximately 80% thermal and 20% coking/PCI coal. It has an approved capacity of up to 7 Mtpa of saleable coal. The mine life has been extended to 2036, with a proposed further extension to 2040. It supports a workforce of approximately 875 employees and contractors.

Production overview - 2023: coal 6600000 t.

Mined coal is processed through a coal handling and preparation plant (CHPP) which includes a three-stage ROM crushing system. Processed coal is transported by rail to the Port of Newcastle for export.

Conventional truck and shovel open-cut mining methods, large hydraulic excavators, ultra-class haul trucks. Acquired 38 major mobile mining assets from Golding Contractors in July 2021. Golding provides maintenance services for this equipment and approximately 50 other major mining assets on site.

Mine life extended to end of 2036, allowing extraction of an additional 28.1 million tonnes of run-of-mine coal. Modification 10 under assessment to extend mine life to 2040 and extract an additional 30 million tonnes of coal. Installation of a 5MW solar farm commenced operation in September 2025, followed by a 12.6 MWh vanadium flow battery scheduled for completion in the second half of 2026.

2024: 337 employees, 537 contractors; 2023: 314 employees, 473 contractors

Agnew Gold Mine, operated by Gold Fields Limited in Western Australia. Primarily underground mining (long-hole and sub-level stoping)

Production overview - 2023: gold 872000 oz; 2022: gold 239200 oz.

The Agnew processing plant has a capacity of 1.35 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) and consists of a tertiary crushing circuit followed by a two-stage ball milling circuit with gravity recovery and a conventional carbon-in-pulp (CIP) circuit. A new Sandvik modular crushing and screening plant was installed, which has increased throughput to a potential of 2 million tonnes per annum. The gravity circuit includes two Knelson concentrators and an InLine Leach Reactor.

The underground operations use methods such as long-hole open stoping and sub-level stoping, which typically utilise equipment such as long-hole drilling rigs, load-haul-dump (LHD) vehicles, underground trucks, and jumbos for drilling. The new crushing plant includes Sandvik crushers and a Schenck screen.

A key development is the expansion of the Redeemer complex. Perenti's subsidiary, Barminco, secured a new contract in May 2025 for underground mining services valued at approximately A$500 million for a three-year term with a one-year extension option.

approximately 1,500

Caval Ridge Mine is a large open-cut metallurgical coal mine in the Bowen Basin, located approximately 5 kilometres south-west of Moranbah. It consists of two main pits, Horse Pit and Heyford Pit. The mine processes its own coal as well as coal from the adjacent Peak Downs mine, which is transported via an overland conveyor.

Production overview - 2023: coal 9.36 Mt.

The extracted coal is processed at an on-site Coal Handling and Preparation Plant (CHPP). The processing method involves a single-stage process with dense medium cyclones, spirals, and flotation circuits to produce hard coking coal.

The mine utilises a range of modern mining equipment, including: Draglines, Electric and hydraulic rope shovels, Large haul trucks, including autonomous haulage systems (AHS) introduced in 2018, Rotary blast hole drill rigs, Explosives loading trucks, Portable remote control (PRC) dozer technology, Drones for surveying and aerial imagery, Contractors at the site have utilised Liebherr 996B (600 tonne) and 9800 (800 tonne) excavators, supported by Caterpillar 793 and 797 trucks.

The Caval Ridge Mine Horse Pit Extension project has been approved, which will extend the life of the mine to 2056. This extension involves expanding the existing Horse Pit. In December 2020, the mine set a world record for the largest electronic blast in coal mining history.

More than 1,500 people work at the mine. More than 1,200 Queenslanders are employed at the Carmichael mine in full-time operational roles.

Carmichael is Bravus Mining & Resources’ thermal coal operation in Queensland’s Galilee Basin and forms part of an integrated pit to port supply chain linked with the company’s rail and terminal infrastructure. Bravus states the mine currently produces in the order of 10 million tonnes of coal each year. The company also announced a capital program intended to lift production capacity to around 16 million tonnes per annum over four years. Located north west of Clermont, Carmichael is one of Australia’s largest export coal operations and remains central to Bravus’ broader energy, logistics and regional employment strategy in central Queensland. Mine Type: Open‑cut thermal coal mine, xport‑grade thermal coal (~10 Mtpa output). Mining Method: Conventional open‑cut with truck and shovel fleet; coal is railed via the Carmichael Rail Network to export facilities at North Queensland Export Terminal.

Production overview - 2024: coal 11.2 Mt; 2023: coal 7.7 Mt.

The mine produces high-quality thermal coal for export to international markets.

Heavy duty haul trucks and loaders, Earthmoving rigs, coal crushing, screening, stockpiling and train load‑out systems

Bravus is investing $50 million over the next two years into expansion works at the mine. This initial commitment is intended to support the expansion of production by around one third over the next few years, which would involve an additional $500 million in capital investment and create 600 new jobs during construction, subject to approvals. The expansion plans include an expanded workers village, a new water dam, a rail network maintenance hub, and additional mine site infrastructure.

approximately 500 Agnico Eagle personnel and 600 contractors. Another source states the mine provides jobs for about 500 employees and about 500 employees of partner companies. Over 90% of the employees are from Lapland, with more than half from the municipality of Kittilä.

The Kittilä mine is a primary gold producer located in the Lapland region of northern Finland, approximately 900 kilometres north of Helsinki and 150 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. It is owned and operated by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. The mine is the largest primary gold producer in Europe. The operation is an underground mine, with mining having transitioned fully from open-pit operations in November 2012. The underground mining method is open stoping followed by delayed backfill.

In 2023, the Kittilä mine processed an average of 5,353 tonnes of ore per day. The 2024 gold production is forecast to be 218,860 ounces from approximately 2 million tonnes of ore. The 2025 production was 217,379 ounces of gold. The mine's annual gold production is approximately 7,500 kg.

The processing plant has a capacity of 2 million tonnes of ore per year. The processing method for the refractory ore involves crushing, grinding, flotation, pressure oxidation in an autoclave, and a carbon-in-leach (CIL) circuit. Gold is recovered from the solution using electrowinning and then smelted into doré bars.

Production hoist with a 2.5 MW motor and a personnel hoist with a 1.2 MW motor, both supplied by ABB. The underground fleet includes battery electric vehicles (BEVs). A Sandvik TH663i truck has been trialled at the mine. For development drilling, the mine uses four TeleRemote-operated machines. The operation is also implementing a 5G network for underground communication and to support autonomous and TeleRemote operations.

Contractors, including Hancon Mining Division Inc. and Dumas Mining, are utilised for specific mining activities such as ramp and lateral drift development, underground construction, and maintenance.

The Bell Creek Mine and Mill form the Bell Creek Complex, an integrated operation within Pan American Silver Corp.'s Timmins operation in Ontario, Canada. The Timmins operation includes the active underground Bell Creek Mine and Timmins West Mine, both supplying ore to the central Bell Creek Mill for processing.

The Timmins operation produced 132,900 ounces of gold and 16,000 ounces of silver in 2023. In 2024, production was 123,700 ounces of gold and 15,000 ounces of silver.

Ore from both the Bell Creek and Timmins West mines is processed at the Bell Creek Mill, which has a throughput capacity of approximately 4,400 tonnes per day. The conventional gold processing circuit involves single-stage crushing and grinding, gravity recovery, pre-oxidation, and cyanidation with carbon-in-leach (CIL) and carbon-in-pulp (CIP) recovery.

The mine features a 1,080-metre-deep production shaft and a paste backfill plant. The mill infrastructure includes a truck dump, a crusher building, a 6,000-tonne ore storage dome, and a Semi-Autogenous Grinding (SAG) mill.

Future developments for the Timmins operation include a planned expansion of the tailings storage facility and studies for a potential extension of the Bell Creek shaft. The company is also exploring satellite deposits, such as the Vogel Project, located near the Bell Creek Mine. The Bell Creek Mill has an arrangement to process material from Galleon Gold's nearby West Cache Gold Project on a tolling basis.

The workforce is accommodated in an on-site camp and utilises a fly-in/fly-out work rotation.

Keno Hill is an underground silver, lead, and zinc mine in Canada's Yukon Territory, located 350 kilometres north of Whitehorse. Hecla Mining Company has 100% ownership of the project. The mine is situated within the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun. In the first quarter of 2025, Keno Hill achieved its first profitable quarter under Hecla's ownership, delivering $1.0 million in gross profit. The company is advancing work to achieve commercial production status. In February 2025, the Yukon Government determined the total financial security required for the project to be $14,216,711. As of that time, a revised Reclamation and Closure Plan submitted in November 2023 had not yet been approved by the government, which had further information requests. In 2024, the mine had a local economic impact of more than $179 million, which included $23 million in wages and $137 million in purchases from vendors.

Production overview - 2025: silver 93.93 t, lead 3630 t, zinc 2240 t; 2024: silver 2800000 oz, lead 2930 t, zinc 1507 t.

The mine's infrastructure includes a mill with a permitted capacity of 400 tonnes per day. The company is working towards a permitted throughput of 440 tons per day over the next couple of years. In the first quarter of 2025, the mill throughput was 305 tonnes per day.

Two Caterpillar R1300 6.8-tonne payload LHDs (Load-Haul-Dump) Two Cat AD22 20-tonne class haul trucks Two Epiroc 282 twin boom jumbos Two MacLean SSB bolters

At the end of 2024, Keno Hill's silver reserves had increased by 17% to 64.3 million ounces. A March 2024 technical report noted silver proven and probable reserves of 55 million ounces. Measured and indicated resources were 34 million silver ounces, with inferred resources of 32 million ounces. Management anticipates an additional 50 million ounces of silver potential at Keno Hill. The 2026 exploration focus includes testing a high-potential vein intersection northeast of the Deep Bermingham ore body and continuing resource conversion and expansion in the Bermingham Bear Zone.

~300

North America’s only producing graphite mine; updated technical report supports long-term operations.

Ongoing graphite concentrate production

Crushing, grinding, flotation, graphite concentration

Caterpillar 6015B excavator (1); Komatsu WA600 loaders (3); Komatsu HD605 haul trucks (6); Liebherr PR 776 dozer (1); Ford F-350 mining pickup trucks (4); Dewatering pumps (6); Light plants (5).

9-year mining period (2021–2029) with closure (2030–2039).

Mobile fleet (as modelled/listed): 30 t truck (2); LHD (2); single-boom jumbo (1); boom truck (1); Toyota Jeep (1); Toyota Prado (1); Nissan truck (1). Planned additions noted: +1 haul truck; +3 LHD.

Mineral Resource Estimate update report (no mine plan). Located in Eeyou Istchee James Bay region.

plan (MRE only).

Not specified (MRE update; no process plant design in provided excerpts).

Not disclosed (no fleet tables in MRE update report).