Magellan Metals

• Operations
• Lead Carbonate

• Mining

• Transport Process
• Transport Route
• Markets

Mining

Magellan's mining operations are relatively straightforward due to the shallow nature of the orebody. This also results in a low strip ratio over the mine life estimated at approximately 3:1.

Excavators are used to load ore and waste rock into 85 tonne haulage trucks. Apart from some blasting required for the removal of silcretised overburden, very little of the ore requires drilling and blasting. The ore is mined concurrently from a number of faces to provide a homogeneous blend to the concentrator. It is then stockpiled and further blended on the ROM pad.

Concentrating

Recovery of concentrate from the clean oxidised lead ore is also straightforward. Ore is processed on-site through conventional crushing, milling and flotation concentration. There are none of the complications of a sulphide orebody. When operations at the site recommence the material will be packed direct into bags and must have a moisture content of no less than 7.5%.