The Candelaria mine is a large open pit and underground copper-gold mine located in northern Chile in the Atacama Region. Candelaria has Proven and Probable Reserves of 676 million tonnes of ore grading 0.53% copper, 0.13 g/t gold, and 1.79 g/t silver; containing 3.58 million tonnes of copper, 3.0 million oz of gold and 39 million oz of silver.[1] The mine project incorporates a reverse osmosis plant at the port of Caldera, commissioned in 2013, with a capacity to produce 500 litres per second of desalinated industrial water, piping it 115 km from the Pacific Ocean to the minesite.[2][3]
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Candelaria mine | |
| Location | Tierra Amarilla, Atacama |
| Region | Atacama Region |
| Country | Chile |
| Coordinates | 27°27′53″S 70°16′31″W / 27.4646°S 70.2752°W |
| Production | |
| Products | Copper, gold, silver as concentrate |
| Production | 151,719 tonnes copper 91,000 ounces gold |
| Financial year | 2021 |
| History | |
| Discovered | 1987 (Phelps Dodge) |
| Opened | 1995 |
| Owner | |
| Company | Lundin Mining (80%) Sumitomo Group (20%) |
The project was operated since discovery in 1987 by Phelps Dodge Corporation, which was taken over by Freeport-McMoRan in 2007. Lundin Mining bought out Freeport's 80% stake in 2014.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Prospectus" (PDF). Toronto, Ontario: Lundin Mining Corporation. 24 March 2022. p. 70. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Seawater Reverse Osmosis Services". Digiscend.com. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ^ "Candelaria Mining Complex Site Visit" (PDF). Toronto, Ontario: Lundin Mining Corporation. 12 September 2018. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Prospectus" (PDF). Toronto, Ontario: Lundin Mining Corporation. 24 March 2022. p. 75. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Lundin buys stake in Chilean mine for $1.8B US - CBC". CBC. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
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