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OTRAS OPERACIONES MINERAS |
OTHERS MINING OPERATIONS
ALPAMARCA
Diseo del tajo abierto Alpamarca | Alpamarca open pit desingn
TAJO ALPAMARCA: trabajo de desbroce | Alpamarca Open pit: Stripping work
Don Pablo
Fortuna
Anita
Capilla
Nito
Nueva Fortuna
Juanita
DON PABLO
- FORTUNA
ANITA NUEVA
FORTUNA
JUANITA
CAPILLA
ACCESOS
NITO
TOPOGRAFIA
ACCESOS
NITO
CAPILLA
DON PABLO
- FORTUNA
NUEVA FORTUNA -
ANITA - JUANITA
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Alpamarca, campamento en nevada | Alpamarca, camp with snow
MINA ALPAMARCA
Alpamarca se ubica en la meseta Intracordillerana de
Junn Cerro de Pasco, a una altitud de 4,770 metros
sobre el nivel del mar, distrito de Santa Brbara de
Carhuacayn, Provincia de Yauli, Departamento de
Junn. Se localiza en la comunidad Campesina de
San Jos de Baos.
Alpamarca es una gran falla Andina de rumbo NW,
con mineral de plomo, zinc, plata y relativo cobre.
La mina Alpamarca tuvo operaciones, en varias
etapas, entre los aos 1950 y 1983. Inicialmente la
explotacin fue subterrnea y al nal con pequeos
tajos abiertos (Nito y Don Pablo).
Durante el 2008 se inici una operacin a tajo abierto
y la preparacin de la mina subterrnea. Tiene 1.5m
de toneladas de reservas con leyes de 0.16% Cu,
1.29% Pb, 2.52% Zn y 4.00 oz.Ag/t y recursos en
profundidad de 2.4m con leyes de 0.16% Cu, 1.30%
Pb, 2.5% Zn y 5 oz.Ag/t.
La produccin actual es de 350 tpd y el mineral
extrado es transportado desde los stock piles
directamente a la planta Animn en la mina Chungar
(42 km) con camiones de 40 TM de capacidad.
En la medida que la produccin se incrementar
a 2,000 tpd, la capacidad de la planta Animn
sera insuciente por lo que se est diseando y
programando la construccin de una planta en
Alpamarca para operar en el 2011.
MINA ALPAMARCA
Alpamarca is located in the intermountain plateau
of Junin - Cerro de Pasco, at an altitude of 4,770 mls
above sea level, in the district of Santa Barbara of
Carhuacayn, Province of Yauli and Department of
Junin. It is located in the rural community of San Jos
de Baos.
Alpamarca comprises a large Andean fault trending
NW and carrying lead, zinc, silver and copper mineral.
Past operations at Alpamarca were carried out in
several stages, between the years 1950 and 1983.
Initially exploitation was from underground, but
towards the end small open pits were started (Nito and
Don Pablo).
During 2008, open pit operations were restarted and
the underground mine is being prepared. It has 1.5 m.
of tonnes of reserves with grades of 0.16 Cu, 1.29% Pb,
2.52% Zn and 4.0 oz.Ag/t and resources going deeper
of 2.4 m. with grades of 0.16% Cu, 1.30% Pb, 2.5% Zn
and 5 oz.Ag/t.
Current production is 350 tpd. The extracted mineral
is transported from stockpiles directly to the Animn
plant at Chungar (42 Km.) with trucks of 40 MT
capacity.
Considering that the production will increase up to
2,000 tpd., the capacity of Animn plant would not
be enough; therefore, the construction of a plant in
Alpamarca is being designed and programmed to
operate in 2011.
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La operacin est conectada a travs de la lnea de
transmisin de 22.9 KV del sistema de Centrales
Hidroelctricas de la cuenca de Baos.
Alpamarca tiene programado incrementar su
produccin en el largo plazo hasta 720,000 TMS de
mineral en los siguientes aos.
Para la explotacin supercial a tajo abierto se realiz
el modelamiento del yacimiento lograndose denir
el diseo nal del Tajo Alpamarca, que inicialmente
consta de 4 tajos que al nal se integrarn y
constituirn en uno solo.
Para lograr esto el siguiente plan ser desarrollado:
Explotacin de mineral mediante una operacin a
tajo abierto.
Produccin de 15,000 TMS por mes (180,000 TMS
anuales) del tajo abierto durante el ao 2009 y del
tajo y mina subterrnea durante el ao 2010. Este
mineral ser transportado hacia Chungar y tratado
en la planta Concentradora.
Preparacin de una operacin subterrnea para
inicio de operaciones a partir del ao 2010.
Construccin de una planta concentradora
independiente en Alpamarca, as como la
construccin del depsito de relaves en el 2010.
Ejecucin de pruebas y puesta en marcha de la
planta en el ao 2011.
Produccin TM | Production TM 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Mineral Tratado | Processed mineral 270,000 540,000 720,000 720,000 720,000
Concentrado Zn | Concentrate Zn 7,208 15,156 21,046 22,180 22,180
Concentrado Pb| Concentrate Pb 5,933 12,122 16,454 16,843 16,843
Concentrado Cu | Concentrate Cu 538 1,105 1,505 1,553 1,553
Onzas Ag | Ounces Ag 815,184 1841,875 2695,542 3019,853 3019,853
PLAN DE PRODUCCION 2009 - 2013| PRODUCTION PLAN 2009 - 2013
The operation is connected through a 22.9kv
transmission line from the Central Hydroelectric Power
Plant system of the Baos basin.
Alpamarca is programmed to increase its production in
the long term to 720,000 MT in the following years.
For surface exploitation by open pit, an orebody model
was made from which was determined a nal design
for the Alpamarca open pit which formerly had 4 open
pits that in the end will be merged into one.
In order to achieve this, the following plan will be
developed:
Mineral exploitation by means of an open pit
operation.
Production of 15,000MT per month (180,000 MT
annual), which will come from the open pit during the
year 2009 and from the open pit and underground mine
from the year 2010. The mineral will be transported to
Chungar to be processed in the concentrator plant.
Preparation of an underground operation in order to
start mining activities in 2010.
Construction of an independent concentrator plant
in Alpamarca as well as the construction of a tailings
deposit in 2010.
Execute testwork and commission the plant in 2011.

TM % Cu % Pb % Zn oz Ag
Mineral Tratado 104,000 0.18 1.51 2.65 4.00
Cc Zn 3,740
Cc Pb 2,100
Cc Cu 129
Oz Ag 264,410
PRODUCCION 2008| PRODUCTION 2008
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MINA TORUNA
La Mina TORUNA se ubica en el distrito de Ulcumayo,
provincia y departamento de Junn a una altura de
4,200 msnm. Desde Huachn hasta Paucartambo
existen operaciones mineras aurferas informales,
que se benecian de esta actividad desde muchas
dcadas atrs, trabajando las partes altas y oxidadas
del sistema de vetas, que evidencian la presencia de
oro. Metalogenticamente, pertenece a la franja de
depsitos aurferos, alojados en rocas paleozoicas,
similar que los yacimientos aurferos ubicados al
Norte del Per como Poderosa, Consorcio y Marsa.
VOLCAN adquiere el 80% de Minera Aurfera Toruna
S.A.C. en el ao 2007, titular de 500 hectreas
de derechos mineros, iniciando una etapa de
exploracin avanzada con desarrollo de tneles
y perforacin diamantina. Actualmente Volcan
cuenta con 13,300 hectreas de derechos mineros
en la franja aurfera de Huachn y Paucartambo.
En Toruna se ha reconocido siete vetas de cuarzo
con sulfuros, principalmente pirita aurfera, en
aoramientos que varan de 350 a 1,700 m de
longitud, de formas lenticulares, ensanchamientos
y adelgazamientos tipo rosario, ramales y lazos
cimoides. Las principales vetas exploradas son
Proveedora, Abastecedora, Luciana, veta D y
veta C, y presentan un ancho entre 0.3 y 3 m. La
mineralizacin se distribuye en forma de clavos
aurferos dentro de las vetas, con ley insitu
superiores a 8 gr.Au/t.
TORUNA MINE
TORUNA mine is located in the district of Ulcumayo,
Province and Department of Junn at an altitude of 4,200
m. From Huachn to Paucartambo there are several
informal auriferous mining operations which have
been obtaining benets from such activities for several
decades, working in the highly oxidized vein systems,
in which there is evidence of gold. From a metallogenic
point of view it belongs to the fringe of auriferous deposits
located within Paleozoic rocks that bear similarity with
those located to the North of Peru such as Poderosa,
Consorcio and Marsa.
VOLCAN acquired 80% of Minera Aurfera Toruna S.A.C.
in 2007. It is titleholder of 500 hectares of mining rights
and has started an advanced exploration stage with
the development of galleries and diamond-drilling.
Currently, Volcan has claimed 13,300 hectares of mining
rights along the auriferous fringe of Huachn and
Paucartambo.
In Toruna, seven veins of quartz with sulphides are
known, mainly auriferous pyrite, in surface outcrops that
vary from 350 to 1,700 m. in length, in the form of lenses,
with swelling and pinching (rosary-type), branching
and sigmoidal formations. The main explored veins are:
Proveedora, Abastecedora, Luciana, vein D and vein
C, which show variable widths between 0.30 and 3.0
meters. The mineralization is distributed in the way of
auriferous ore shoots within the veins, with insitu grades
up to 8 gr. Au/t.
Vetas Toruna, seccin transversal | Toruna veins, cross section.
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Se han identicado 3 zonas por su mineralizacin:
xidos con ley promedio de 8.5g.Au/t y 4oz.Ag/t,
sulfuros con ley promedio de 9g.Au/t y sulfuros
diseminados (lazo cimoide) con ley promedio de
3.5g.Au/t.
De acuerdo a la distribucin de las vetas, se ha
diseado un programa de desarrollos de cruceros
para interceptar las vetas, galeras y chimeneas a lo
largo de las vetas y estocadas de reconocimiento.
A la fecha se ha desarrollado 6.2 km de laboreo
minero en 8 niveles de exploracin y preparacin.
Adicionalmente se ha practicado 8,500 m de
perforacin diamantina en profundidad que
evidencian un aumento en la ley de oro.
El desarrollo de Toruna est considerado en 2 etapas,
la primera de extraccin y tratamiento de mineral
oxidado del sector sur, y la segunda de explotacin,
extraccin y tratamiento de mineral de sulfuros.
Se estn realizando pruebas metalrgicas a nivel
piloto para la viabilidad del proyecto. Asimismo se
est elaborando el expediente para la obtencin
de permisos necesarios para la instalacin de una
Planta de Tratamiento.
En los alrededores de Toruna existen varias
concesiones mineras a favor de Volcan que estn
siendo exploradas con gran inters, colindantes al
proyecto as como otras distribuidas en el corredor
aurfero Huachn Paucartambo. Con los datos de
perforacin diamantina y laboreo subterrneo se
ha estimado un potencial minero en el orden de un
milln de onzas de oro.
Three mineralization zones have been identied: oxides
with an average grade of 8.5g.Au/t and 4 oz.Ag/t,
sulphides with an average grade of 9g.Au/t. and
disseminated sulphides (sigmoid formation) with an
average grade of 3.5g.Au/t.
According to the distribution of veins, a development
program of crosscuts to intersect the veins was designed,
galleries and raises along the veins and exploration drifts.
To date 6.2 Km. of mine workings have been developed
on 8 exploration and preparation levels. In addition,
8,500 m. of diamond-drilling was carried out to test the
structures, which indicates an increase in the gold grade
with depth.
The development of Toruna is considered in 2 stages: the
rst one for the extraction and processing of oxidized
minerals in the Southern sector and, the second one for
the exploitation, extraction and processing of sulphide
ores. Metallurgical tests are being carried out to test
the feasibility of the project. Likewise, the process of
preparing the way to obtain the necessary permits to
install a processing plant.
Surrounding Toruna there are a number of mining
concessions claimed by Volcan, which are being explored
with a great interest, close to the project and distributed
along the Huachn Paucartambo auriferous corridor.
With the diamond-drilling and underground data a
mining potential of around one million ounces of gold
has been estimated.
Mina Toruna, vetas principales | Toruna mine, main veins.
Veta Proveedora
Techo
Veta Proveedora
Piso
Lazo Cimoide
Veta Toruna
Abastecedora
Veta
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MINA ISLAY
La mina ISLAY forma parte del distrito minero
Animn-Huarn, se ubica en el anco oriental de
los Andes Peruanos, distrito de Huayllay, provincia
de Pasco, departamento de Cerro de Pasco, 5 km al
oeste de nuestra operacin Animn, sobre los 4,600
metros de altura. Fue operada en varios periodos
entre los aos 40s y 1998, a pequea escala, por la
familia Espritu.
ISLAY pertenece a Compaa Minera Huarn quien
mantiene un contrato de cesin por explotacin,
a favor de Empresa Administradora Chungar,
subsidiaria de VOLCAN, por el periodo de 10 aos,
con vencimiento en el 2014, renovables.
La mineralizacin en ISLAY es del tipo relleno de
sura de naturaleza brechosa, principalmente
argentfera con ocurrencia subordinada de plomo
y zinc, en asociacin con calcita, rodocrosita, slice
y rodonita.
VOLCAN dise dos programas de perforacin
diamantina, el primero de 23 taladros con un total
de 3,100 m, y el segundo con 4,500 m. Ambos
programas conrmaron la presencia de la veta con
ancho de 5 m y ley promedio de 5.7 oz.Ag/t.
En el ao 2008 se desarroll la construccin
de accesos, talleres, ocinas, polvorn auxiliar y
cancha de acopio de mineral y desmonte, as
como infraestructura y servicios en interior mina.
El mineral producido por la mina ISLAY es tratado
en nuestra Planta Animn.
De los trabajos de laboreo subterrneo se conrman
las leyes reportadas de los taladros, pero adems
se han encontrado zonas donde las leyes de plata
aumentan hasta 15 oz.Ag/t.
Con todos los trabajos realizados se ha calculado
reservas de 256 mil toneladas de mineral con leyes
de 0.6% Pb, 1% Zn y 8 oz.Ag/t, y recursos mas de
300 mil toneladas.
La mina se explotar por Corte y Relleno Ascendente
Mecanizado, el desarrollo y profundizacin de
la mina es a travs de la Rampa Islay de seccin
4.5x4m.
ISLAY MINE
Islay mine is part of the mining district of Animn-Huarn,
located in the eastern margin of the Peruvian Highlands,
district of Huayllay, Province of Pasco, Department of
Cerro de Pasco, 5 Km West of the Animn operations at
an altitude of 4,600 meters. Islay mine was operated on a
small scale by the Espiritu family during various periods
between the 1940s and 1998.
ISLAY belongs to Compaa Minera Huarn, which holds
an exploitation assignment agreement in favour of
Empresa Administradora Chungar, VOLCANs subsidiary.
The agreement has a term of 10 years that ends in 2014
but could be periodically extended.
The mineralization in ISLAY comprises a breccia-type
ssure ll, mainly with silver mineralization, with
subordinated lead and zinc, in associated with calcite,
rhodocrosite, silica and rhodonite.
VOLCAN designed two diamond-drilling programs, the
rst one of 23 drillholes totaling 3,100 m. and the second
one, 4,500 m. Both programs conrmed the existence of
the vein with a width of 5 m. and an average grade of 5.7
oz.Ag/t.
In 2008, development started with the construction
of accesses, workshops, ofces, an auxiliary explosives
magazine and, a stockpile of mineral and waste, as
well as infrastructure and services inside the mine. The
mineral producel by the ISLAY mine is processed in our
Animn plant.
The underground workings have not only conrmed the
reported drillhole grades, but have as well encountered
areas where the silver grades increase up to 15 oz.Ag/t.
With all of the works completed to date, reserves of 256
thousand tonnes with grades of 0.6% Pb, 1% Zn and 8 oz.
Ag/t and resources of more than 300 thousand tonnes
have been estimated.
The mine is being worked with Mechanized Ascendant
Cut-and-ll, and the development and deepening of the
mine with the Rampa Islay with a section of 4.5m x 4m
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SHALCA
Est ubicada en el distrito de Vichaycocha,
provincia de Huaral, departamento de Lima. Tiene
una concesin (Claudia 1) de 1,000 hectreas. En
los alrededores se explora regionalmente 9,360
hectreas adicionales, tituladas a favor de Compaa
Minera Vichaycocha subsidiaria de VOLCAN.
La veta Infalible se aloja en un intrusivo subvolcnico
andestico emplazado en el eje de un anticlinal de
rumbo andino, y que es la prolongacin al Norte
de la veta de Santa Rosa. La mineralizacin es
polimetlica (zinc, plomo y plata), la ley de zinc
es alta, promedio 15%, existiendo puntualmente
leyes superiores a 30% de zinc.
En el 2008 VOLCAN ha iniciado trabajos de
exploracin y de preparacin de la mina, por lo
que se han rehabilitado 4 niveles subterrneos
antiguos donde se ha reconocido la estructura y se
est programando realizar nuevos desarrollos de
labores subterrneas para explorar la continuidad
de la veta tanto en longitud como en profundidad.
Con la rehabilitacin de labores y toma de
muestras sistemticas, se ha cubicado reservas de
34 mil toneladas con 2.2% Pb, 15%Zn y 3.5oz. Ag/t
y ms de 100 mil toneladas de mineral de recursos.
Shalca ms la mina Santa Rosa, integradas, podran
sostener una operacin minera con altas leyes
en zinc y podran sumar inicialmente un recurso
posiblemente superior al milln de toneladas.
Mina Shalca, vista de la veta Infalible | Shalca mine, view from the Infalible vein
SHALCA
located in the district of Vichaycocha, Province of Huaral,
Department of Lima. It has one concession (Claudia
1) of 1,000 hectares. In the surrounding areas 9,360 of
additional hectares are being regionally explored in
favour of Compaa Minera Vichaycocha, VOLCANs
subsidiary.
The Infallible vein is hosted within an andesitic sub-
volcanic intrusive located within the axis of an anticline
with an Andean strike and extending North of the Santa
Rosa vein. The mineralization is polymetallic (zinc, lead
and silver), the zinc grade is high, averaging 15%, with
occasional grades in excess of 30% of zinc.
In 2008 VOLCAN started exploration and mining
preparation works, rehabilitating 4 old underground
levels, where the structure was identied and, is now
being programmed to carry out new underground
development galleries to explore the continuity of the
vein in length and depth as well.
Rehabilitation works and systematic sampling have
estimated 34 thousand tonnes of reserves with 2.2% Pb,
15% Zn and 3.5 oz.Agt and over 100 thousand tonnes of
mineral resources. Shalca and Santa Rosa are integrated;
therefore, they could support mining operations with
high grades in zinc and add an initial resource that
possibly exceeds a million tonnes.