WEST COAST OF TASMANIA – TIER 1 MININING AREA
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Rosebery – Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Au – Opreration since 1935 producing 1 MT ore per annum. Yearly concentrate excluding gold (2015)
2,937 tonnes of copper in copper concentrate 92,104 tonnes of zinc in zinc concentrate 21,312 lead in lead concentrate
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Williamsford – Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Au – Operated from 1894-1986 Massive, pyrite-rich sulphide ore)
Total Resource (Pre Mining) 31/12/2005
2570000 Tonnes
0.42% Cu
5.2% Pb
16.7% Zn
160g/t Ag
2.7/t Au -
Hently – Au – Mining commenced 1996 and has historically produced over 8M ounces of gold. Currently operating with a resource of 2.Mt at 4.3g/t containing 334000 oz of gold.
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Mt Lyell – 1883- Cu, Au – current Australia’s oldest continually operating mine field producing more than $4 billion worth of metal.
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Nobel Metals – Exploration Licence EL7/2019
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Avebury – Ni, Co – Discovered 1997, Operated 2006-2009 and reopened 2022. 29.3 million tonnes of ore for 264000 tonnes of contained Ni and 7000 tonnes of contained Co.
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Renison – Sn, Cu – Operation since 1890 Currently producing 1 MT ore per annum. Over 18 million tonnes of ore still on reserve containing 291,600 tonnes of contained tin metal