Prominent Hill Minerals Resources & Reserves as at 30 June 2009
RESOURCES*
Table 1. Copper-gold Mineral Resource Summary**
|
Category |
Tonnes (Mt) |
Cu (%) |
Au (g/t) |
Contained Cu (kt) |
Contained Au (Moz) |
| Total |
Measured |
36.6 |
1.65 |
0.5 |
604 |
0.6 |
| Indicated |
70.2 |
1.30 |
0.5 |
910 |
1.2 |
| Inferred |
83.0 |
1.18 |
0.4 |
982 |
1.1 |
| Total |
189.7 |
1.32 |
0.5 |
2,496 |
2.9 |
Table 2. Gold only Mineral Resource Summary***
|
Category |
Tonnes (Mt) |
Cu (%) |
Au (g/t) |
Contained Cu (kt) |
Contained Au (Moz) |
| Total |
Measured |
8.4 |
0.10 |
1.1 |
8 |
0.3 |
| Indicated |
19.0 |
0.06 |
1.3 |
11 |
0.8 |
| Inferred |
51.4 |
0.06 |
1.4 |
31 |
2.4 |
| Total |
78.8 |
0.06 |
1.4 |
51 |
3.4 |
RESERVES****
Table 3. Prominent Hill Ore Reserves Summary
| Classification |
Tonnes (Mt) |
Cu (%) |
Au (g/t) |
Contained Cu (kt) |
Contained Au (koz) |
| Proved |
46.1 |
1.29 |
0.57 |
597 |
845 |
| Probable |
29.6 |
1.04 |
0.61 |
307 |
581 |
| Total |
75.7 |
1.19 |
0.59 |
904 |
1,426 |
* Resources are inclusive of Reserves.
** Cut off grade is 0.3% Cu above 9730m RL and 0.8% Cu below 9,730m RL.
*** Cut off grade is 0.5g/t Au above 9,730m RL and 1.0g/t Au below 9,730m RL (exclusive of copper-gold Mineral Resource).
**** Based on US$210/lb Cu, US$800/oz Au, US$12.50/oz Ag and FX rate of A$1.00:US$0.78.
Prominent Hill Minerals Resources & Reserves as at 30 June 2009
OZ Minerals released the Prominent Hill Mineral Resource and Ore Reserves statement on 30 November. Read a copy of this announcement. (PDF, 832.35kb)
Explanatory notes
Download the OZ Minerals Limited Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves Explanatory Notes as at 30 June 2009. (PDF, 1.44Mb)
Previous statements
Prominent Hill Western Copper Resource Statement as at 30 April 2009
Executive Summary (PDF, 400kb)
Mineral Resources Explanatory Notes (PDF, 481kb)
OZ Minerals Resources and Reserves as at 30 June 2008
Ore Reserves Explanatory Notes (PDF, 158kb)
Mineral Resources Explanatory Notes (PDF, 210kb)
Prominent Hill Resource Statement: 30 June 2008 (PDF, 214 kb)