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The Rock Creek project, acquired by Hecla Mining Company in June 2015, is currently on hold with no activities beyond care and maintenance planned as of June 2022. Development plans are halted due to invalidated federal authorisations following successful litigation, which found violations of the Endangered Species Act. The project faces environmental concerns regarding grizzly bears, bull trout, and water quality.

The Rackla project is an advanced-stage exploration property acquired by Hecla Mining Company through its acquisition of ATAC Resources Ltd. in 2023. The project consists of two primary deposits: the Osiris deposit, a Carlin-type system, and the Tiger deposit, a Carbonate Replacement deposit. For 2025, a desktop review of the project is planned, which will be followed by a comprehensive exploration program in 2026.

Production overview - 2022: gold 32.4718 t; 2020: gold 14.4358 t.

A 2020 Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Tiger Deposit proposed a processing plant using conventional crushing, grinding, and cyanidation by carbon-in-pulp to produce gold doré. Metallurgical testing for the Osiris deposit has confirmed viable processing paths with flotation, pre-treatment by either pressure oxidation or roasting, and cyanide leaching, with gold recoveries over 80%.

Hecla Mining is planning a desktop review of the Rackla project in 2025, to be followed by a comprehensive exploration program in 2026. In February 2026, the company announced it would spend $55 million on exploration and pre-development activities across its projects, nearly doubling its investment from the previous year.

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The Lucky Friday mine is a deep underground silver, lead, and zinc operation in Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Mining District.

Production overview - 2025: silver 5300000 oz, lead 34280 t, zinc 14920 t.

The mine's processing facility is a concentrator with a current operating rate of 1,000 short tons per day. Metallurgical recovery rates in 2025 were 94.5% for silver, 94.3% for lead, and 85.1% for zinc. Hecla has pioneered and patented the Underhand Closed Bench (UCB) mining method, which accounted for 88% of mined tonnage in 2025, with the remainder from underhand cut and fill methods.

rubber-tired equipment

The #4 Shaft project, an internal shaft reaching 9,600 feet below the surface, provides access to higher-grade ore in the Gold Hunter/Lucky Friday Expansion Area and is expected to support an additional 20-30 years of operations. Planned capital expenditure for 2026 includes underground development, construction of a new tailings facility, and a surface cooling project anticipated to be finished by mid-2026.

approximately 1,000 employees

The Yilgarn Hub is an iron ore project located in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia, Australia. It is not a single mine but a collection of several open-pit mining operations spread over 220 kilometres. The main operations within the hub included Koolyanobbing, as well as the Parker Range and Carina mines.

Production overview - 2024: iron ore 2.3 Mt.

conventional dry crushing and screening to produce lump and fines products

five digger fleets, 28 trucks, 25 pieces of ancillary gear, primary jaw crusher

The hub was significantly expanded with the acquisition of the Koolyanobbing iron ore assets from Cleveland-Cliffs in July/August 2018.

The FIFO camp accommodation can house up to 500 people.

Production overview - 2024: lithium 19.3 Mt; 2016: lithium 77.8 Mt, iron ore 77.8 Mt.

The processing plant uses a Dense Media Separation (DMS) circuit after crushing. The DMS plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 600,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate and produces three product streams. To improve product recovery, construction on a flotation plant is underway.

An underground exploration decline development commenced in 2024, but was placed into care and maintenance in December 2024 due to market conditions. A full underground study was targeted for completion by mid-2024.

The Mohave project is located in Mohave County, Arizona. It is considered an exploration-stage, drill-ready project. The last drilling at the site occurred in 2011. The project has potential for porphyry copper-molybdenum-silver mineralisation.

The Zafranal project, operated by Compañía Minera Zafranal S.A.C., is a copper-gold porphyry deposit located in the Arequipa region of southern Peru. The project is a joint venture between Teck Resources Limited, which holds an 80% interest, and Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, with the remaining 20%. As of early 2026, the project's status is under development, but it is being transitioned to "asset preservation". A decision on construction has been postponed, and early work activities were scheduled to cease in the first quarter of 2026. The project has received regulatory approval for its Environmental Impact Assessment from SENACE, Peru's National Service of Environmental Certification for Sustainable Investments. The proposed mining method is a conventional open-pit truck and shovel operation. The project plans include two pits, Zafranal and Victoria.

Production overview - 2018: copper 1674660 t, gold 30.849 t; 2016: copper 1604000 t, gold 28.07 t.

Ore will be processed at a concentrator plant with a capacity of up to 80,000 tonnes per day. The processing will involve crushing, grinding, flotation, thickening, and filtering to produce copper-gold concentrates.

truck and shovel

5,000 direct and indirect jobs

Currently in permitting and engineering stage. Environmental Impact Assessment and Change of Land Use permit applications submitted in January 2024. Updated feasibility study expected in early 2024. Final investment decision anticipated in H2 2025.

First production is expected in 2026. The project is expected to produce an average of 63,000 tonnes of copper and 147,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate per year over its first five years.

conventional flotation plant to produce copper and zinc concentrates, with a processing capacity of up to 20,000 tonnes per day.

trucks and shovels

In 2023, approximately 1,000 NANA shareholders were employed at the mine, earning about $62 million in annual wages. The operation supports over 500 regular full-time positions and 100 seasonal jobs related to mine and port operations.

Production overview - 2023: zinc 644000 t; 2022: zinc 553100 t, lead 79500 t.

The mineral processing facilities use conventional grinding and sulphide flotation methods to produce zinc and lead concentrates. The process involves three stages of grinding and froth flotation to recover sphalerite and galena. A pre-flotation circuit is used to remove elemental sulphur and naturally occurring organic material. Concentrates are then trucked to a port facility on the Chukchi Sea for shipping.

The mining method is a conventional open-pit truck-and-loader operation, utilizing drill and blast techniques. A 2017 presentation outlined the mobile production equipment fleet, which included: 10 Haul Trucks (777D/F 100 Ton), 5 Loaders (993K), 4 Excavators (various sizes), 4 Dozers (D9/D10), 2 Graders, 3 DML Drills

Teck is actively advancing studies to extend the mine's operational life by exploring the nearby Anarraaq and Aktigiruq deposits. Construction of an all-season access road to these deposits has commenced to facilitate more efficient drilling. A decision on the economic and environmental viability of these deposits is anticipated to take approximately six years after the necessary permits are received and exploratory work begins. The growth capital expenditure for zinc in 2025 primarily relates to the construction of the all-season access road for the mine life extension project. Teck is also proposing the construction of an 8.8-megawatt solar farm at Red Dog to supplement the mine's power supply, which is currently reliant on diesel. This project aims to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The company plans to spend between $150 million and $180 million on the extension project in the current year.

The Star Mine, also referred to as the Silver Valley / Star project and the Hecla Star Complex, is owned by Hecla Mining Company and is situated in Burke, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. Historically, the Star Mine was a significant producer of silver, lead, and zinc and was known as one of the deepest mines in North America, reaching a depth of 8,100 feet. The mine was an underground operation. It is currently inactive and part of the Bunker Hill Mining & Metallurgical Complex Superfund Site, with environmental cleanup investigations ongoing in the area.

flotation plant

Orezone Gold Corporation had a total of 890 employees as of 2025.

The Casa Berardi operation is a gold mine located in Quebec, Canada. It consists of both underground and open-pit mining operations. A strategic decision was made to transition Casa Berardi to an open-pit-only operation. As part of this transition, the East Mine underground operations were closed in July 2023, with subsequent underground mining limited to the higher-margin stopes of the west underground mine until their exhaustion. The open-pit mining utilises conventional methods including drilling, blasting, and truck/shovel operations across four pits: the F160, WMCP, Principal, and F134 pits.

Production overview - 2023: gold 90363 oz; 2021: gold 201327 oz.

The processing facility includes a mill with a capacity of 3,730 tonnes per day, with the potential to process up to 4,400 tonnes per day. The processing method is a carbon-in-leach (CIL) process to recover gold. Ore is transported to a crusher dump pocket, processed through a primary jaw crusher, and then conveyed to a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill.

hydraulic excavators, front-end loaders, rigid-frame trucks, articulated trucks, dozers, graders, primary jaw crusher, semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill

Transition to an open-pit-only operation; East Mine underground operations closed in July 2023, with subsequent underground mining limited to higher-margin stopes of the west underground mine until their exhaustion.

Over 800 team members

The operation is a 50-50 joint venture between Mineral Resources (MinRes) and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium. MinRes operates the mine under a life-of-mine, build-own-operate mining services contract. In November 2025, MinRes announced it would sell a 30% stake in a new joint venture, which includes its 50% ownership of Mt Marion, to POSCO Holdings, giving POSCO an indirect 15% interest in the mine. The underground development was placed into care and maintenance in December 2024 in response to market conditions. Pending approvals, MinRes is targeting first development ore in mid-2025 and first production ore by the end of 2025.

Production overview - 2024: lithium 235460 t; 2023: mineral sands 149000 t.

The mine has a crushing and processing plant that uses a Dense Media Separation (DMS) concentrator. The plant has an annual production capacity of approximately 600,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate at two different grades, typically 5% and 3.5% Li2O.

Construction on a flotation plant is underway to further optimise product recovery. In 2023, a major exploration campaign confirmed a significant underground resource. In early 2024, underground development contractor Develop Global commenced work on an exploration decline. The first underground development firing occurred in June 2024. In June 2025, MinRes and Ganfeng would each invest $150 million into the project to support daily operations, mine development, and processing plant upgrades amid weak market conditions.

The Utah Point Hub is a bulk handling and export facility at Port Hedland used by Mineral Resources. It is not a mine but serves the company's Pilbara Hub operations. The facility is a common user facility, and the Western Australian government has moved to ensure it remains publicly owned to support smaller mining operators. Ore from Mineral Resources' mines is transported to Utah Point for export.

Production overview - 2025: iron ore 9.7 Mt; 2023: iron ore 9.8 Mt.

Approximately 1,000 employees were impacted by the initial closure under Mineral Resources, with the company redeploying more than 780 people to its other projects. Upon recommencing operations, Yilgarn Iron is expected to support up to 15 new roles at the Port of Esperance.

Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes) ceased its iron ore shipments from the Yilgarn Hub at the end of the 2024 calendar year, after the operations were deemed not financially viable. The hub was subsequently transitioned to care and maintenance in early 2025. On 30 June 2025, Mineral Resources completed the sale of the Yilgarn Hub to Yilgarn Iron Investments Pty Ltd (YII). YII recommenced operations, with the first train of iron ore running in November 2025 and the first shipment of 176,000 tonnes departing the Port of Esperance in December 2025. The Yilgarn Hub consists of several mining operations, including Koolyanobbing, Carina, Parker Range, Windarling, and Deception.

Yilgarn Iron is targeting an annual export rate of more than four million tonnes.

The hub includes a central processing facility that performs conventional dry crushing and screening to produce lump and fines products. The ore is transported by road from the various mine sites to the processing plant and then hauled by rail to the Port of Esperance for export.

The South West Creek project is an integrated pit-to-port iron ore infrastructure solution centred on the development of a new export facility at the Port of Port Hedland. Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes) has entered into a Port and Rail agreement with Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill to jointly investigate and develop the facility at Stanley Point Berth 3 (SP3). The Western Australian Government announced the new capacity allocation at SP3 for the joint venture in February 2022. Under the agreement, Roy Hill is slated to provide rail haulage and port services for the project's development and operation. The project is intended to unlock stranded iron ore deposits in the Pilbara region. Production for the South West Creek export facility is proposed to be sourced from the Marillana iron ore project, which is a 50:50 joint venture between MinRes and Brockman Mining Limited. The project remains subject to further approvals, relevant agreements, and a positive final investment decision (FID). As of early 2026, the joint venture partners continue to progress studies and approvals for the proposed infrastructure. An FID is anticipated once key access agreements and approvals are finalised.

The project is designed to have an export capacity of at least 20 million tonnes of iron ore per annum for Mineral Resources.

piggy-back conveyor system, prefabricated wharf jackets

The project involves the allocation of a new berth, Stanley Point Berth 3, in the South West Creek area of Port Hedland.

870 personnel (projected for Phase 2 Hope Bay Project, including Madrid and Boston deposits)

The Madrid project, part of the Hope Bay property, is operated by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, Canada. It consists of Madrid North and Madrid South deposits and is currently under active exploration with two exploration ramps being developed. Agnico Eagle holds 100% ownership.

Ore from the Madrid North and South sites is planned to be transported to the processing facility at the nearby Doris mine.

processing plant, diesel power plant

A construction decision for the redevelopment of the Hope Bay property, including the Madrid deposit, is anticipated in May 2026, with a target for potential production to commence in the third quarter of 2030.

The Doris mine, part of the Hope Bay Project, is located in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, Canada. It is 100% owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and is currently in care and maintenance. The mine is an underground operation, with gold mineralization in steeply dipping quartz veins.

Production overview - 2020: gold 32290 oz.

regrind, cyanidation (SO2/Air Process), resin gold recovery facilities

enclosed processing plant building, tailings impoundment area, gravel airstrip, diesel power plant, expanded office-accommodations complex, all-weather road network, port at Roberts Bay, laydown facility, fuel storage

exploration activities to expand the Doris and Madrid deposits, technical evaluation for broader Hope Bay project considering larger production scenario

100-105 people

The Akasaba West gold-copper open-pit mine is operated by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, which holds a 100 per cent ownership interest in the project. The project is located within the municipal limits of Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada, approximately 15 kilometres east of the city's downtown core. Development involved the construction of the pit, a hauling road, and waste rock and ore piles. Commercial production was achieved in the first quarter of 2024.

Production overview - 2024: gold 0.1 Moz; 2021: gold 147000 oz.

On-site gyratory crushing, then trucked to Goldex mine concentrator for processing, and then to LaRonde complex for final processing.

Gyratory crusher, administrative buildings, site trailers, machinery maintenance facility.

617 people (334 Agnico Eagle personnel and 283 contractors in February 2017)

The Goldex gold mine is an underground operation located in Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada. It is 100% owned and operated by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited. The mine is currently active. The mine is part of the Goldex complex, which also includes the Akasaba West gold-copper open-pit mine, located less than 30 kilometres from Goldex. Ore from Akasaba West is processed at the Goldex facility.

Production overview - 2019: gold 140884 oz; 2016: gold 120704 oz.

two-stage crushing process with a primary jaw crusher located underground and a secondary cone crusher, followed by a two-stage grinding circuit consisting of a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill and a ball mill. Gold is recovered through a gravity circuit and smelted on-site into doré bars, and remaining gold is recovered through flotation to produce a gold-bearing pyrite concentrate.

long-hole stoping mining method, Rail-Veyor®, primary jaw crusher, secondary cone crusher, semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill, ball mill, three 48-inch Knelson batch concentrators, three Gemini GT1000 shaking tables

processing plant capacity increased from 8,000 to 8,800 tonnes per day in 2018

approximately 5,000 direct and indirect jobs across its various phases.

The San Nicolás Project is currently in the permitting and engineering stage. An Environmental Impact Statement and a Change of Land Use application were submitted to the Mexican environmental ministry in January 2024. The joint venture expects to receive these authorisations by the end of the second quarter of 2026, which would lead to a final investment decision in the third quarter of the same year. An updated feasibility study is being prepared by the joint venture partners.

First production is anticipated in 2026, pending a final investment decision. Over the first five years, the mine is expected to produce 63,000 tonnes of copper and 147,000 tonnes of zinc in concentrate annually.

The project will utilise a conventional flotation plant with a processing capacity of up to 20,000 tonnes per day to produce copper and zinc concentrates.

The mine will be a modern truck-and-shovel open-pit operation.

In 2018, the mine was recognized as the "Safest Mine in Mexico" in the open pit category for 500 or fewer employees.

The La India mine, wholly owned by Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., is an open pit operation located in Sonora, Mexico. Commercial production commenced in February 2014. Mining operations ceased in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the mine has since transitioned to residual leaching and pre-closure activities. As of early 2026, operations were concentrated on these pre-closure activities and the recovery of remaining gold from the heap leach pads.

Production overview - 2023: gold 4539 oz; 2021: gold 38869 oz.

The mine utilises a heap leach process.

Approximately 1,000, which includes around 500 direct employees and 500 to 600 employees of partner companies.

Production overview - 2024: gold 218860 oz; 2020: gold 6473 kg.

The mine treats refractory ore through a process of grinding, flotation, pressure oxidation using an autoclave, and a carbon-in-leach circuit. The ore processing capacity is 2 million tonnes per year. An extensive investment program completed in 2023 increased the concentrator's capacity to this level.

The mine utilises battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in its underground fleet. It is also implementing remote-controlled and autonomous technologies, including TeleRemote drilling and autonomous hauling with Sandvik TH663i trucks, supported by a 5G network covering over 140km of underground tunnels. A major development was the commissioning of a hoisting shaft extending to a depth of over 1,000 metres; as of December 2023, 100% of the ore is hoisted through this shaft.

An investment program that ran from 2018 to 2023 included the mill expansion, the new hoisting shaft, and a new water treatment plant. In early 2023, the company signed an agreement for 100% of the electricity consumed at the mine to be produced by wind or nuclear power.