Location: Baie Verte Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Ownership: Rambler Metals and mining
Production: Scheduled Second half of 2011
Reserves: Proven: 0.6mt; Probable:0.5mt; Measured and indicated resource:ten.6mt; Inferred resources:1.8mt
Mineralisation Sort: Volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation, and stringer style sulphide mineralisation
Mining Technique: Longhole mining method
The Ming copper and gold mine is located on the Baie Verte Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The mine is also referred to as the Ming property or the Rambler property. It hosts the former Ming and Ming west copper-gold mines that operated until 1982 and 1996 respectively. Mining in the property ceased soon after workings reached an adjacent property's boundary. Rambler Metals and Mining that owns the property, acquired it in 2005 following the property was consolidated successfully.
The mine is quickly altering into a newly created operation from a historic exploration target. Rambler Metals and Mining received the final construction approval for the project on in March 2011. Production is expected to start by the second half of 2011.
Copper Mine Reserves in Canada
The Ming mine hosts 0.6mt of verified reserves grading at 2.25% Cu, 3.24g/t Au, 16.44g/t Ag and 0.75% Zn. Probable reserves are 0.5mt grading at 1.67% Cu, 2.61g/t Au, 9.90g/t Ag and 0.43% Zn. The mine additionally contains ten.6mt of combined measured and indicated resources at a grade of 1.77% Cu, 0.61g/t Au, three.88g/t Ag and 0.15% Zn. Inferred resources stand at 1.8mt grading at 1.91% Cu, 1.83g/t Au, 8.82g/t Ag and 0.66% Zn.