• Proyecto Riotinto 

    Copper production at full capacity at legendary Riotinto Mine

Proyecto Riotinto Highlights

Atalaya Mining owns 100% of Proyecto Riotinto in Andalucía, Spain via its wholly-owned Spanish subsidiary:
-   Open-pit copper mine in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, 65 km northwest of Seville
-   Historical peak plant throughput of 9Mtpa reached in 1998
-   Excellent infrastructure with access to power and water
-   Located 75 km from smelter and major seaport

Atalaya Mining declared commercial production as of 1 February 2016 at an initial processing rate of 5Mtpa.  The Expansion Project increased processing capacity to current 9.5Mtpa. Currently there are over 350 employees and some 200 contractors permanently working on site.

Declared commercial production as from 1 February 2016

-  Expansion Phase: 9.5Mtpa
-  Nameplate capacity from January 2017
-  Expansion to 15Mtp ongoing

9.5Mtpa Expanded processing rate
100% owned Riotinto mine
153mt Ore Reserves
75km from smelter & major seaport
350 employees
200+ contractors
Reserves and Resources

Recently updated Statement estimates Proven and Probable Ore Reserves total 153 million tonnes at 0.45% copper (0.68 million tonnes of contained copper), at a cut-off grade of 0.20% copper. Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources total 193 million tonnes at 0.43% copper, at a cut-off grade of 0.20% copper.

 

Reserves mt Cu%  
Proven 78 0.45  
Probable 74 0.44  
Total Ore Reserves 153 0.45  
Resources mt Cu%  
Measured 90 0.43  
Indicated 103 0.42  
Total Measured & Indicated Resources 193 0.43  
Inferred 23 0.48  
Organic Growth Potential

Near-mine exploration activities are on-going with resource/reserve drilling update recently released. Extensive in-fill and deep-hole drilling with more than 43,400 metres of reverse circulation and diamond drilling have been completed.
Efforts have been concentrated on drilling on a closer pattern and testing extensional mineralised targets.
Grass-root regional exploration is also under way with specific attention to gravimetric anomalies identified in the Company’s exploration licences.