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Prominent Hill mine

Prominent Hill Mine
Prominent Hill open pit from September 2008 to September 2010
Location
Prominent Hill Mine is located in Australia
Prominent Hill Mine
Prominent Hill Mine
Location in Australia
LocationCoober Pedy
StateSouth Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates29°43′10″S 135°35′00″E / 29.71944°S 135.58333°E / -29.71944; 135.58333
Production
ProductsCopper
Gold
Silver
ProductionCopper: 60,145 tonnes
Gold: 90,821 ounces
Silver: 361,767 ounces
Financial year2009-10 [1]
History
Opened2009
Owner
CompanyBHP
Website[1]
Year of acquisition2009

The Prominent Hill Mine is a major copper, silver, and gold mine in north west South Australia, 130 km south-east of Coober Pedy, which was developed by Oxiana Limited, later to become OZ Minerals, and now owned by BHP. The deposit is an iron oxide copper gold style mineralisation.

The mine, which cost A$1.15 billion to develop,[2] was projected to produce 100,000 tonnes of copper and 115,000 ounces of gold in concentrates per year. As of 2018, the mine life was expected to extend to 2030.[3]: 18 

  1. ^ Quarterly Report Presentation - June 2010 OZ Minerals ASX announcement, 16 July 2010. Accessed 31 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Construction costs rise for Australian miner". International Herald Tribune. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2018Investor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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