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Angas Zinc Mine

 

Resource:

Zinc (Zn), Lead (Pb), Silver (Ag), Gold (Au)

Company:

Terramin Australia Ltd 
www.terramin.com.au

Status: Operating
 Map of SA showing location of Angas Mine

Documents and reports

Recently added:

Quarterly Environment Reports (QERs) outlining the results of the monitoring program

Water quality monitoring

Topsoil monitoring

Dust monitoring

Compliance and Surveillance Reports

Mining and Rehabilitation Compliance Reports(MARCR)

Tailing Storage Facility (TSF) Management and Surveillance Reports

Approved Mining and rehabilitation program (MARP) - now Program for environment protection and rehabilitation (PEPR)
Note: Following amendments to the Mining Act 1971 which came into force on 1 July 2011, MARPs will be replaced by PEPRs. Previously approved MARPs will be deemed to be PEPRs.

Angas Zinc Project MARP Main Report (.pdf 19.3Mb)

Angas Zinc Project MARP Appendices A to T (.pdf 40Mb) 

Angas Zinc Project MARP Appendices U to AT (.pdf 83Mb)

Lease conditions

More information about the Mining Lease Proposal Assessment

Other publicly available documents and reports can be accessed via the South Australian Resources Information Geoserver (SARIG).
Open the application, go to Databases (top left grey navigation bar), then select Publications and Reports from the drop-down list.

For a copy of reports in an alternative format contact Customer Services:
Phone: +61 8 8463 3000
Email: resources.customerservices@sa.gov.au

Community engagement

The assessment of the mining lease application for the Angas Zinc Mine involved the establishment of a Community Consultative Committee (CCC).

The committee provides a forum for effective communication between all stakeholders and community consultation and feedback on issues relating to the mining operations in the area.

Minutes and presentations of the Strathalbyn Community Consultative Committee (SCCC)

About the Angas zinc project

The Angas zinc project is located 2km outside the rural town of Strathalbyn, 60km south east of Adelaide.

The zinc and silver-lead deposit was discovered in 1991 by Aberfoyle Resources Limited, but on its analysis of the regional geology, was not deemed large enough to warrant further exploration and possible development. Terramin acquired the licences in 1997 and commenced an intensive drilling program to further define the mineral reserves.

In April 2007 PIRSA (now part of DMITRE) approved Terramin’s mining and rehabilitation plan (MARP) (now deemed to be a PEPR) allowing construction to begin on the $64m Angas Mine.

Mining Reserves of 2.41 Mt at 7.00% zinc (Zn), 2.72% lead (Pb), 31.00 g/t silver (Ag) and 0.48 g/t gold (Au) have been defined for an initial seven-year operation.

There will also be a high level of precious metal entitlements (gold and silver) net to Terramin as a by-product of the concentrates once processed through a smelter.

Production commenced in the third quarter of 2008 with the first lead-precious metal concentrate trucked to Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter in July and the first shipment of 5400 tonnes of zinc concentrate leaving Port Adelaide for South Korea in September.

Terramin has a whole-of-mine offtake agreement with Sempra Metals and Concentrates Corp. for all of the Angas Mine concentrates.

The mine is set to inject $30m a year into the regional economy and directly employs 63 people.