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Carolina

New South Wales, Australia · Underground

Feasibility
CopperGold
Overview
The Carolina project is a copper-gold deposit located in the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales, Australia, near the town of Tottenham. It is situated within a geological setting known for Volcanic Hosted Massive Sulphide (VHMS) mineralisation. It was a resource-level exploration project under Mincor's management.
Expansion
In 2017, Bacchus Resources Pty Ltd entered into an earn-in and joint venture agreement with Mincor for the Tottenham Project. Subsequently, on 20 April 2021, Mincor Resources executed a tenement sale agreement to sell its 70% interest in the Tottenham Project, which includes the Carolina deposit, to Locksley Resources Limited.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Tottenham Copper-Gold Project

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Feasibility
CopperGold
Overview
The Tottenham Copper-Gold Project is an exploration-stage project located in the Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales, Australia. Mincor Resources defined it as a copper and gold project and spent over $6 million on exploration activities, leading to mineral resource estimates. It was considered a non-core asset for Mincor.
Processing
heap leaching and solvent extraction/electrowinning
Expansion
In 2017, Mincor entered into an earn-in and joint venture agreement with Bacchus Resources Pty Ltd. In April 2021, Mincor Resources sold its interest in the project to Locksley Resources Limited.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Bluebush Line

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Under Development
Nickel
Overview
Includes Stockwell and Cameron nickel resources.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Cassini North

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Under Development
Nickel
Overview
Cassini North is a nickel prospect located in the Kambalda region of Western Australia, approximately 700 metres north of the main Cassini deposit. It is part of Mincor Resources' broader Kambalda Nickel Operations. The commodity of interest at Cassini North is high-grade nickel sulphide. The project is at an exploration and resource definition stage and is not an operational mine.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Miitel Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Under Development
NickelCobalt
Overview
Miitel Mine, operated by Mincor Resources, is an underground nickel mine located in the Kambalda District of Western Australia, Australia. The mine is situated on the eastern side of the Widgiemooltha Dome, approximately 55 kilometres by road southwest of Kambalda.
Production
From March 2001 to June 2004, the mine produced 697,000 tonnes of ore at a grade of 3.95% nickel. By 2010, the mine had produced nearly 55,000 tonnes of nickel-in-ore since it began production in 2001. In 2015, concentrate produced from the Miitel and Mariners mines contained 96 tonnes of cobalt.
Processing
no specific on-site processing plant at Miitel. The extracted ore is hauled to BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator for processing under an Ore Tolling and Concentrate Purchase Agreement.
Expansion
A 2020 Definitive Feasibility Study for Mincor's Kambalda Nickel Operations outlined a plan to restart the Miitel mine, contributing in the back half of a five-year project life. This plan involved dewatering and rehabilitating the mine for the extraction of the South Miitel and Burnett deposits.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Golden Mile (LN04a)

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
Opened
2023-01-01
Overview
The Golden Mile is an underground nickel project located in the Kambalda district of Western Australia, Australia. It is situated within Mincor's Northern Operations, which form part of the broader Kambalda Nickel Operations (KNO). The Golden Mile itself is a 1.1km zone between the historical Long and Durkin North mines. The specific mining area within the Golden Mile is designated as the LN04a surface.
Processing
Ore mined from the Kambalda Nickel Operations is hauled to BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator for processing under an Ore Tolling and Concentrate Purchase Agreement.
Equipment
underground diamond drill rigs and jumbo development drills
Expansion
new mining front for the Northern Operations; development access works planned to commence within fiscal year 2023, with first ore development expected during the fourth quarter of FY2023 and first stopes targeted for late calendar year 2023
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Long Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
Nickel
Opened
2021-01-01
End year
2025
Mine life
5 years
Workforce
Approximately 300 employees across Kambalda sites (including Long Mine). Mining undertaken by contractor Pit N Portal.
Overview
Underground nickel sulphide mine in Western Australia, acquired by Mincor Resources in 2019. Placed on care and maintenance in May 2024 due to nickel price decline. Ore processed off-site at BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator.
Production
March 2023 quarter: 103,309 tonnes of ore mined. FYTD March 2023: 3,323 tonnes nickel-in-concentrate. DFS (March 2020) forecast: 63,000 tonnes nickel-in-concentrate over five years.
Processing
Mined ore is hauled to BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator for processing under an Ore Tolling and Concentrate Purchase Agreement.
Equipment
Conventional diesel underground fleet, electric over hydraulic development and production drills. Trialling Safescape battery-electric Bortana EV. Mining by contractor Pit N Portal.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Durkin North Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Underground

Care And Maintenance
NickelCopper
Mine life
5 years
Workforce
more than 200 jobs during operations
Overview
The Durkin North Mine is an underground nickel and copper mine located in the Kambalda district of Western Australia, Australia. It is part of the Kambalda Nickel Operations (KNO), which also include the Long North mine, collectively referred to as the Northern Operations. The mine is situated approximately 60 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie.
Processing
Ore transported to BHP's Kambalda Nickel Concentrator for processing under an Ore Tolling and Concentrate Purchase Agreement.
Equipment
production drill rig
Expansion
The Durkin North Mineral Resources are considered open to the east towards the Long mine, with potential to extend the mine life.
Companies & ownership
  • Mincor Resources NL
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Mitrabara Adiperdana Mining Project (BDMA)

North Kalimantan, Indonesia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2008-01-01
Overview
The Mitrabara Adiperdana Mining Project (BDMA) is an open-cut coal operation located in Desa Laban Nyarit, Malinau Selatan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is supported by a 64-kilometre hauling road to the port and a coal handling facility at Muara Bengalun.
Production
2023 production target of approximately 2.3 million tonnes of coal. As of Q1 2023, production reached about 25% of this annual target.
Processing
Crushing, with crushers located at both the Loreh and Bengalun facilities.
Equipment
One unit of a Caterpillar 329 D Excavator Backhoe and ten units of Hino FM 260 JD Dump Trucks for coal stripping. Supported by a 64-kilometre hauling road, a stockpile at Loreh, and a coal handling facility at Muara Bengalun with a 1,250 tonnes per hour barge loading conveyor and three jetties with a combined loading capacity of 2,250 tonnes per hour.
Companies & ownership
  • PT MITRABARA ADIPERDANA TBK
    ASX:MBAP
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PT Baradinamika Mudasukses Mine

North Kalimantan, Indonesia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2008-01-01
Overview
The PT Baradinamika Mudasukses (BDMS) mine is an operational coal mine located in Desa Loreh, Malinau Selatan District, Malinau Regency, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is a subsidiary of PT Mitrabara Adiperdana Tbk, which holds a 99.999% ownership stake. The commodity produced is bituminous thermal coal, noted for its high energy, low ash, and low sulphur content, which is primarily for export markets.
Processing
Coal crushing at Crusher Loreh and Crusher Bengalun, followed by transport to Muara Bengalun port and loading onto barges via conveyor belt.
Equipment
Crusher Loreh, Crusher Bengalun, conveyor belt, mining equipment
Companies & ownership
  • PT MITRABARA ADIPERDANA TBK
    ASX:MBAP
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PT Mitrabara Adiperdana Tbk Mine

North Kalimantan, Indonesia · Open Pit

Operating
Coal
Opened
2008-01-01
Companies & ownership
  • PT MITRABARA ADIPERDANA TBK
    ASX:MBAP
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Wynyard Plant

Saskatchewan, Canada · Processing Facility

Closed
Potassium
Opened
1984-01-01
End year
2026
Overview
The facility is officially known as Compass Minerals Wynyard Inc., and is also referred to as the Wynyard (Big Quill) plant. It is located at #2 Big Quill Road, Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada. The plant's primary commodity is sulphate of potash (SOP). It operates as a mechanical evaporation plant.
Production
approximately 40,000 short tons annual capacity
Processing
ion exchange, glaserite, crystallisation system, combines naturally occurring sulphate from Big Quill Lake brine with purchased potassium chloride
Equipment
additional pump and piping, crystallisation system, five tanks with cooling coils
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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Ogden Plant

Utah, United States · Processing Facility

Operating
PotassiumSalt
Opened
1968-01-01
Workforce
approximately 370 local jobs
Overview
The Ogden facility is a production-stage solar evaporation operation. It utilises a large complex of solar evaporation ponds to extract and separate minerals from the brine of the Great Salt Lake.
Production
Up to 320,000-325,000 short tons of SOP annually; approximately 1.5 million short tons of sodium chloride annually; 700,000-750,000 short tons of magnesium chloride annually. Plant Nutrition sales volumes were 273 thousand tons in fiscal year 2024.
Processing
Solar evaporation is the primary processing method. Mineral-rich brine is drawn from the Great Salt Lake and directed into a series of large, shallow evaporation ponds. Over a period of three years, the sun evaporates the water, leaving behind crystallized minerals. The process involves a 55,000-acre solar evaporation pond complex. After evaporation, precipitated minerals are harvested. SOP feedstock is crushed and mixed with brine to form a slurry, then agitated, cooled, crystallized, thickened, and filtered to produce schoenite. Schoenite is re-slurried with a different brine, heated, crystallized as SOP, filtered, and dried. The final product is compacted and screened into various grades.
Equipment
Two Apron Feeders, Individual Sizers, Air pollution control equipment including an improved duct system and upgraded fabric filters
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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Amherst Plant

Nova Scotia, Canada · Processing Facility

Operating
Salt
Opened
1947-01-01
Workforce
unionized employees
Overview
The Amherst plant produces and packages a variety of salt products. Almost 50% of the salt manufactured at the plant is food-grade salt for commercial food production. Other products include salt for water conditioning, agriculture, fishery, deicing, and pool salt.
Production
130,000 tons of evaporated salt annual capacity
Processing
mechanical evaporation, Vapour Recompression Evaporation Process (VREP), high-efficiency vacuum processes
Equipment
Vapour Recompression Evaporation Process (VREP) Department, natural gas boiler, pumps, conveyors, heat exchangers, dryers, compacting and crushing equipment, 300-kilowatt on-site solar field
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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Unity Plant

Saskatchewan, Canada · Processing Facility

Operating
Salt
Opened
1949-01-01
Workforce
52 employees (June 2024)
Overview
A mechanical evaporation salt plant situated on the largest salt deposit in North America. It processes and packages salt into various products including food-grade, water conditioning, agricultural, bulk, and highway de-icing salt. It produces Sifto brand kosher and pickling salt for the Canadian market and table salt for all of Western Canada.
Production
approximately 160,000 tons of evaporated salt (annual capacity)
Processing
mechanical evaporation
Equipment
bulk salt shipments hauled by trucks, automated systems
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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San Antonio Project

Baja California Sur, Mexico · Open Pit

Feasibility
GoldSilver
Processing
heap leach
Companies & ownership
  • Argonaut Gold Inc.
    TSX:AR
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Lyons Plant

Kansas, United States · Solution

Operating
Salt
Opened
1911-01-01
Workforce
Nearly 130 people as of 2017
Overview
The Lyons Plant is a salt production facility operated by Compass Minerals International, located in Lyons, Kansas, United States. The facility's address is 1662 Avenue N, Lyons, KS 67552. The primary commodity produced is salt (sodium chloride). The plant manufactures a variety of salt products, including bulk food-grade salt, salt for agricultural uses, and compacted salt for water conditioning products.
Production
Annual production capacity of 450,000 tons of mechanically-evaporated salt.
Processing
Mechanical evaporation facility. Process involves pumping pressurised freshwater underground to dissolve salt deposits, creating a brine which is then brought to the surface for treatment. The brine is processed using high-efficiency vacuum processes to produce high-purity salt.
Equipment
manual bagging machines, levers, brooms, shovels; facility infrastructure includes a power and process building, a mill, and a brinefield
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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Cerro del Gallo Project

Guanajuato, Mexico · Open Pit

Under Development
GoldSilverCopper
Mine life
15.3 years
Workforce
around 400 direct jobs during its operational life
Overview
The Cerro del Gallo Project is an advanced development stage gold and silver project located in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Production
earlier 2019 PFS by Argonaut Gold projected an annual production of 60,000 to 70,000 ounces of gold and 1.2 million ounces of silver.
Processing
heap leaching circuit, three-stage crushing plant, a heap leach pad, waste dump, solution ponds, a Sulphidization, Acidification, Recycling, and Thickening (SART) plant, and an Adsorption, Desorption, and Recovery (ADR) plant. The SART plant is designed to recover copper and silver from the solution, which also allows for the recycling of cyanide.
Equipment
fleet of 91-tonne haul trucks and 13 cubic metre front-end loaders
Companies & ownership
  • Argonaut Gold Inc.
    TSX:AR
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Winsford Mine

Cheshire, United Kingdom · Room And Pillar

Operating
Salt
Opened
1844-01-01
End year
2047
Overview
The largest and oldest rock salt mine in the UK, operating at approximately 150 metres depth with over 260 kilometres of tunnels.
Production
annual production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of rock salt; 2.2 million tonnes in 2020
Processing
continuous mining, crushing and milling
Equipment
modern mining machinery, including a Cat 988 wheeled loader; vertical shaft lift systems, milling and crushing facilities, and maintenance and repair shops
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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El Castillo Mine

Durango, Mexico · Open Pit

Closed
Gold
Opened
2008-01-01
End year
2022
Mine life
14 years
Workforce
over 400 people as of August 2022
Overview
The mine is part of the El Castillo Complex, which also includes the nearby San Agustin mine. Argonaut Gold holds 100% ownership of the mine through its subsidiary, Minera Real del Oro, S.A. de C.V.
Production
46,182 gold equivalent ounces in 2020; 8,554 gold ounces in Q3 2022; 14,758 equivalent ounces of gold in Q2 2019
Processing
crushing facility, cyanide heap-leach pad, carbon gold recovery plant
Equipment
crushing facility, cyanide heap-leach pad, carbon gold recovery plant, waste dump, truck shop, warehouse, laboratory facilities
Companies & ownership
  • Argonaut Gold Inc.
    TSX:AR
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Cote Blanche Mine

Louisiana, United States · Room And Pillar

Operating
Salt
Opened
1961-01-01
Workforce
more than 180 employees
Overview
The Cote Blanche Mine is an underground salt mine located on Cote Blanche Island in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The mine was originally operated by Carey Salt, with excavation beginning in 1961, and became part of the Compass Minerals family in 1990.
Production
The mine produces more than three million tons of rock salt annually and has a stated production capacity of 3,400,000 tons per year as of 2010.
Processing
The processing method involves hoisting the blasted salt to the surface where it is crushed, screened, and sorted to the required sizes. The salt is then loaded onto barges for shipment. The processing facilities, including milling and crushing, were constructed in 2001.
Equipment
The mining process at Cote Blanche involves the use of explosives to break the salt into smaller pieces. The broken salt is then handled by front-end loaders and haul trucks. A 1995 MSHA report mentioned the use of 35-ton haul trucks and a Caterpillar 988-B front-end loader. The mine is equipped with vertical shaft lift systems, milling and crushing facilities, maintenance shops, and raw material handling systems. The infrastructure also includes a barge loading dock.
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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Goderich Mine

Ontario, Canada · Underground

Operating
Salt
Opened
1959-01-01
End year
2101
Mine life
80 years
Workforce
approximately 520 people
Overview
The Goderich Mine, owned and operated by Compass Minerals International Inc. and its subsidiary Sifto Canada Corp., is the world's largest underground salt mine. It is located in Goderich, Ontario, Canada, approximately 120 miles west of Toronto, on a man-made peninsula at the mouth of the Maitland River on the shore of Lake Huron.
Production
nameplate production capacity of about 8 million tons per year, with the ability to increase to 9 million tons
Processing
Underground, the salt is crushed and screened at a milling operation to separate it into chemical and highway salt products. The salt is then hoisted to the surface in 30-ton skips via one of three shafts and conveyed to storage domes. A nearby plant uses a mechanical evaporation process on brine from active wells to produce high-purity, fine- and coarse-grained salt for commercial, agricultural, and industrial uses, and also packages rock salt from the mine.
Equipment
two Joy 12HM46 and five Joy 12HM36 continuous miners from Komatsu, haulage trucks with a capacity of 40 tons, loaders, and specialised utility vehicles
Expansion
a five-year capital expenditure forecast through 2026 of $189,691,000, which includes $78,499,000 for the maintenance, replacement, and rebuilding of the continuous miner fleet and $44,687,000 for the construction of a new mill
Companies & ownership
  • Compass Minerals International, Inc.
    NYSE:CMP
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San Agustin Mine

Durango, Mexico · Open Pit

Operating
GoldSilver
End year
2027
Mine life
1.2 years
Workforce
largest local employer
Overview
The San Agustin Mine is situated in the northern San Lucas de Ocampo Mining District, approximately 100 kilometres from the city of Durango. The mine is owned and operated by Minera Real del Oro, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Argonaut Gold Inc. Argonaut Gold holds a 100% interest in the mining concessions. The mine, together with the El Castillo mine, forms the El Castillo Complex.
Production
total of approximately 384,000 ounces of gold and 1,900,000 ounces of silver between 2017 and March 2024. An updated technical report in May 2024 projected gold production of 89,000 ounces from April 2024 through 2026.
Processing
heap leaching
Equipment
two crushing plants with a combined capacity of 30,000 tonnes per day, conveyors, multi-lift leach pads, a carbon absorption circuit (CIC), and a Merrill-Crowe plant
Companies & ownership
  • Argonaut Gold Inc.
    TSX:AR
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Florida Canyon Mine

Nevada, United States · Open Pit

Operating
GoldSilver
Opened
1986-01-01
End year
2031
Mine life
7 years
Workforce
51 to 200 employees
Overview
The Florida Canyon Mine is an active open-pit gold mine in Pershing County, Nevada, United States, approximately 45 miles southwest of Winnemucca. It has been in continuous operation since mid-2016.
Production
For the full year of 2024, the Florida Canyon Mine produced a record 72,229 ounces of gold. A 2024 NI 43-101 technical report outlined an average annual production of approximately 70,000 gold equivalent ounces. The production guidance for 2026 is between 70,000 and 75,000 ounces of gold.
Processing
heap leaching, utilising two-stage crushing and run-of-mine (ROM) ore, Carbon-in-Column facility
Equipment
conventional truck and shovel/loader open-pit operation, excavator, loader, eight new haul trucks
Expansion
In 2024, a new Carbon-in-Column facility was constructed to ramp up solution flow.
Companies & ownership
  • Argonaut Gold Inc.
    TSX:AR
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