Kyzylcheku

Tajikistan

Kyzylcheku, Tajikistan

The Kyzylcheku deposit occurs within a fault-bounded block of Palaeozoic carbonate and volcanic rocks intruded by granitoid bodies, with widespread alteration including silicification, sericitisation and pyritisation.

Two principal styles of mineralisation are recognised. The first comprises gold-bearing quartz-carbonate veins forming the Main Mineralised Zone. The second consists of skarn-hosted, polymetallic sulphide bodies enriched in both gold and silver. This dual-style mineralisation provides a combination of vein-hosted and replacement-style targets within the same structural corridor.

Kyzylcheku has historically been exploited by open pit methods, and modelling indicates multiple mineralised zones of variable thickness and strike length.

The presence of both vein and skarn-hosted mineralisation offers scope for further delineation and potential resource expansion. Future programmes will prioritise data validation, improved geological modelling and targeted drilling to test extensions and better define grade continuity within both mineralisation styles.

Status

Care and maintenance / development

Beneficial interest

100%

Royalty rate and type

Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 3.6Mt grading 0.93% Cu, 0.29% Pb, 0.63% Zn, 0.23g/t Au and 24.9g/t Ag
Tajikistan Map

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COMMODITY CURRENT PRODUCTION

Gold

40,458t at 1.16g/t

Silver

40,458t at 9.30g/t

Status

Producing

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

460kt-750kt at 1.4-1.7 g/t Au and 97.8-110.0g/t Ag for 20,000-40,000oz Au and 1,439,000-2,645,000oz Ag

COMMODITY CURRENT PRODUCTION

Gold

40,774t at 1.40g/t

Silver

40,774t at 19.23g/t

Status

Producing

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

200kt-3.12Mt at 2.7-3.0g/t Au and 32.0-40.9g/t Ag for 17,000-301,000oz Au and 203,000oz-4,100,000Moz Ag

COMMODITY CURRENT PRODUCTION

Gold (open pit)

27,782t at 1.24g/t

Gold (underground)

40,248t at 1.37g/t

Silver (open pit)

27,782t at 18.96g/t

Silver (underground)

40,248t at 19.14g/t

Status

Producing

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

150kt-210kt at 3.9-5.6g/t Au and 17.3-70.0g/t Ag for 19,000-38,000oz Au and 84,000oz-474,000oz Ag

COMMODITY CURRENT PRODUCTION

Gold

22,328t at 1.20g/t

Silver

22,328t at 9.80g/t

Status

Producing

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

60kt-400kt at 9.0-11.4 g/t Au and 18.0-23.0g/t Ag for 16,000-148,000oz Au and 32,000-299,000oz Ag

COMMODITY CURRENT PRODUCTION

Gold

352,307t at 0.65g/t

Silver

352,307t at 20.36g/t

Status

Producing

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

690kt-5.86Mt at 0.4-0.6 g/t Au and 16.3-18.0g/t Ag for 9,000-106,000oz Au and 363,000-3,395,000oz Ag

Status

Near term production

Beneficial interest

49%

Resources

2.72Mt-3.36Mt at 1.1-1.4 g/t Au and 304.4-376.0g/t Ag for 98,000-149,000oz Au and 26,618,000-40,618,000oz Ag