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Prominent Hill
| Location | Located 650 kilometres north-west of Adelaide and 130 kilometres south-east of the town of Coober Pedy in the Gawler Craton of South Australia. |
| Product | Copper-gold concentrate |
| Mining method | Open pit |
| Processing method | Conventional crushing, grinding and flotation |
| 2010 Production | 112,171 tonnes copper and 196,400 ounces gold |
| Reserves* | 75Mt @ 1.21% Cu, 0.67g/t Au (905kt Cu, 1.6Moz Au) |
| Resources* | 285Mt @ 0.90% Cu, 0.8g/t Au (2,542kt Cu, 7.2Moz of Au) |
| Sales | Prominent Hill concentrates directly reach our customers in Europe and Asia via the Adelaide to Darwin railway followed by shipping from the Port of Darwin. Concentrates are also transported by road to local customers. In 2010, some trial shipments were conducted through the Port of Adelaide. |
*As at 9 November 2010. (See OZ Minerals ASX Release 09/11/2010 for full statement of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.)
