OZ Minerals Limited owns 100% of the Prominent Hill copper-gold project located in South Australia. Commissioning of the new copper-gold mine occurred in February 2009 with first sales of Prominent Hill concentrate occuring in April 2009.
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Name |
Prominent Hill
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Location |
Located 650 kilometres north west of Adelaide, 130 kilometres north west of BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam and 130 kilometres south east of the town of Coober Pedy in the Gawler Craton of South Australia.
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Product |
Copper-gold concentrate
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Reserves * |
0.95Mt copper, 1.4Moz gold
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Resources ** |
2.5Mt copper, 7.4Moz gold
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Employees |
Approximately 580
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Mining Method |
Open pit
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Processing Method |
Conventional crushing, grinding and flotation
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Pre Production Capital |
A$1.15bn
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First Production |
February 2009
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* as at
30 June 2008
** as at 18 May 2009