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Antamina zinc ore |
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Peru
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Ancash |
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PRODUCTION
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Surface |
140 km² / 34,594 acres |
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Risk and valuation analysis of the Antamina zinc ore Project |
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Title(s) of the Antamina zinc ore Project |
| BHP Billiton Interest: 33.75% |
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| Xstrata plc Interest: 33.75% |
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| Teck Resources Limited Interest: 22.5% |
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Location of the Antamina zinc ore Project |
The deposit is located at an average elevation of 4,200 metres, 385 kilometres by road and 270 kilometres by air north of Lima, Peru. Antamina lies on the eastern side of the Western Cordillera in the upper part of the Rio Marañon basin, a tributary of the Amazon River.
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History of the Antamina zinc ore Project |
The mine is an open-pit truck-and-shovel operation. The ore is crushed at the rim of the pit and conveyed through a 2.7 kilometer tunnel to a coarse ore stockpile at the mill. It is then processed utilizing a SAG mill, ball mills and flotation to pro more...
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Geology of the Antamina zinc ore Project |
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The Antamina polymetallic deposit is skarn hosted. It is unusual in its persistent mineralization and predictable zonation, and has a SW-SE strike length of more than 2,500 metres and a width of up to 1,000 metres. The deposit is located mainly bet more...
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