Major minerals:
Copper, gold, silver
Associated minerals:
Molybdenum, rhenium, tellurium, selenium
The annual ore output of the open pit is planned to be 3.0 mln. tons of ore . The operational life of the mine is 39 years.
The enrichment of oxidized ore by acid leaching is subject to further development. Preliminary throughput recovery of copper to saleable metal is 64%.
Forecast Resources (P1 category) to a depth of 600m: 57.7 Mt ore, 200 Kt Cu.
Sulphide copper ores were tested by flotation method. Copper concentrate of KM5 grade with copper content of 20.12 %, recovery to concentrate is 85.05%. The internal rate of return is 16.6 % with a payback period of 7.3 years.