Project Overview
The Fenix Gold project is located in Atacama Region, in the Copiapo Province - Chile, specifically in the Maricunga Mineral Belt, approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Copiapo.
Fenix is classified as Low Sulphidation style deposit with gold oxide mineralization being sub vertical and disseminated. Mineralization is controlled by NW-SE faulting and the gold occurs in black banded quartz veins, hosted in complex breccias and bound by fault structures. Gold is usually fine and occurs in both native form and as submicroscopic gold in iron oxides.
Fenix consists of an open pit mine which will be developed using conventional drill and blast techniques, with a truck and excavator configuration. The mineral processing rate is 20,000 tpd Run of Mine (ROM) ore to heap leach pad. High grade ROM ore will be mined and transported directly to the heap leach by trucks. Lime will be added to the trucks en route to the leach pad. Lower grade material is stockpiled for processing at the end of the Project’s life. Processing operations will treat the solutions from the heap leach facility operating in an ARD plant capable of treating 20,000 tpd of ore to produce doré bars. The plant layout is designed to be upgradeable to 40,000 tpd and 80,000 tpd, respectively.
Fenix will have access to water via a contract signed with Nueva Atacama, the major water supplier in Copiapó. The contract will supply up to 20 l/s of treated wastewater from its Piedra Colgada treatment facility located to the north of Copiapó. Water will be transported by 30 m3 water tankers to the project site.
Sectorial permit applications are currently in process at The Fenix Gold Project.
Stream Details
| Date of Contract |
15-Nov-21 |
| Term |
Life of Mine |
| Stream |
6% of gold until 90 koz, 4% of gold until 140 koz, 3.5% of gold thereafter |
| Upfront Consideration |
$50M |
| Per Unit Production Payment |
18% of spot |
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