The project aims to adapt the current leaching operation at Spence, thereby extending the life of this process until 2039 and introducing modifications such as: updating the mining plan, extending and deepening the existing pit, optimizing the crushing plant and the leaching piles, and optimizing solution management and solvent extraction.
Industria Proyecto: Mining
Operational Continuity District Pleito Phase III
The purpose of this Project is to utilize new mineral reserves, which involves updating its previous Mining Plan. This modification requires expanding the previously approved surface area of the Pleito Sur and Bronce Sur open pits, as well as the Bronce Sur, Pleito Sur Norte, and Pleito Sur Este waste dumps, along with the tailings dump from the processing plants. This will enable the continuation of iron ore extraction at the Pleito Mining District, extending the operational phase until 2029, with a maximum processing rate of approximately 240 kt/month, ensuring compliance with the Mining Plan presented in this EIA, which considers the extraction of a total volume of 56,261 kt of ore and waste.
Increase in Mining Movements DGM
The objective of this project is to increase the open-pit mine’s extraction rate from 76 million tons per year to a maximum average of 91.1 million tons per year, without increasing the approved ore processing rate of an average of 46 million tons per year for the period from 2020 to 2028, while maintaining the maximum copper cathode production rate of 150,000 tons per year.