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Yakabindie

Prospect in Western Australia, Australia with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159064
MAS/MILS ID 6020550024
Record type Site
Current site name Yakabindie
Alternate or previous names Serp Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: 120.54925, -27.49624 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) 120.54925, -27.49624
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1969
Mining method Combined Methods
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name West Australia

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dominion Mining Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Australia
    Year 1994
    First year 1994

Comments on the production information

  • ASSUMING A RECOVERY OF 85 PCT AND A CONCENTRATE OF APPROXIMATELY 26 % NI,LOW IN MG. 7-11-92 NICKEL NEWS STATES THAT PRODUCT WOULD BE A A ROASTED CALCINED NICKEL OXIDE ASSAYING 22.5 PCT NI AND 0.5 PCT SULFUR.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 90000000mt ore
    Total resources 90000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.54 wt-pct Nickel Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 94600000mt ore
    Total resources 94600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.504 wt-pct Nickel Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Demonstrated 139000000mt ore
    Total resources 139000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.58 wt-pct Nickel Major 1991
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 134500000mt ore
    Total resources 134500000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.52 wt-pct Nickel Major 1992
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Demonstrated 181000000mt ore
    Total resources 181000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.59 wt-pct Nickel Major 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1995
    Inferred 270000000mt ore
    Total resources 270000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Nickel Ni 0.53 wt-pct Nickel Major 1995

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED COST FOR PROJECT MINE THROUGH METAL IS $420M AUSTRALIAN PLANS IN MID-95 CALL FOR PRODUCTION OF 22,000 MT NI/ANNUM MNE PLAN IS FOR OPEN PIT AT 6M TPY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS
  • IDENTIFIED RESOURCES FOR COMBINED SIX MILE AND GOLIATH NORTH DEPOSITS ARE 139 MMT AT .58% NICKEL WITH CUT-OFF GRADE OF .35% NICKEL. REUTERS, 5/27/94 A350 MILLION DOLLARS ESTIMATED FOR DEVELOPMENT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 20000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1991
  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity 20000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1992

Comments on other economic factors

  • DEVELOPMENT AND CONCENTRATOR LOGIC ARE BASED ON VALUES PUBLISHED IN THE NOV. 1991 "NICKEL NEWS". COBALT FEED GRADE IS CALCULATED FROM NICKEL FEED, YIELD GRADE AND INPUT/OUTPUT TONNAGE. PROPOSED MINING PRODUCTION WILL BE 20 KMT/D (6 MMT/YR) FROM FEEDS OF NI .35%, CO .008%, OUTPUT TONNAGE WILL BE NI 70 MT AND CO 1.67 MT METAL CONTAINED/DAY. THIS ALSO ASSUMES 100% RECOVERY. ACCORDING TO NICKEL NEWS (7-11-92) DEVELOPMENT EWILL COST A470 MILLION FOR 21,000 MT/YR NI..
  • RECORD 2 FEED GRADE ESTIMATED AT 0.5 FROM GOLIATH NORTH PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    NICKEL NEWS. SEPT. 28, 1991. P.1.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NICKEL NEWS. NOV. 23, 1991. P.4.

  • Reserve-Resource

    "NORTH PULLS OUT OF YAKABINDIE NI PROJECT", METAL BULLETIN,

  • Reserve-Resource

    12/14/95.

  • Deposit

    NICKEL NEWS, SHERRITT METALS MARKETING CO. SEPT. 28, 1991;P1

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL. "FORMAL GO-AHEAD FOR YAKABINDIE".

  • Deposit

    V. 317, NO. 8139; SEPT. 13, 1991.

  • Deposit

    CRU - QUARTERLY MARKET SERVICE. NICKEL. APRIL, 1991.

  • Deposit

    TABLE 2.2.

  • Deposit

    NICKEL NEWS. ISSUE 8/52, 2-22-97, P.1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DOMINION MINING LTD. PLANS FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DEFINITION DRILLNG, FOLLOWING RECENT DECISION TO DEVELOP YAKABINDIE. DOMINION WILL DECIDE ON START DATE IN 1992. START DATE PREDICTED TO BE 1994.(MINING JOURNAL) COST OF FEASIBILITY STUDY IS AUS.$11 MILLION.(NOV.91 NI NEWS). DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAD BEEN DELAYED UNTIL RECENTLY DUE TO ABORIGINAL CLAIMS THAT MINING WOULD DISTURB SACRED SITES. RESERVES ARE DEMONSTRATED AT 90 MMT ORE OF .54% NICKEL. WITH A .35% NI CUTOFF GRADE. PLAN IS OPEN CAST MINING TO DEPTH OF 350 METERS. 6 MMT/YR ORE PRODUCTION. PRODUCT WILL BE CONCENTRATE OF 20% NI, .5% CO. 20 KMT/YR CONTAINED NICKEL PRODUCTION. DRILLING AT GOLIATH NORTH DEPOSIT INDICATES POSSIBLE EXTENSION TO 20 YEARS.(NICKEL NEWS) 7-17-92 NICKEL NEWS HAS DELAYED DEVELOPMENT TILL AT LEAST 1993 START UP IS EXPECTED IN DEC. 1997 AT THE NEAR-SURFACE SERP HILL LATERITE DEPOSIT, MARKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE DEVEL. OF THE LARGER BUT LOWER GRADE YAKABINDIE PROJECT. THE SERP HILL DEPOSIT WILL PRODUCE AROUND 3000 TPY NICKEL CATHODE AND 63 TPY COBALT. YAKABINDIE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 32000 TPY NICKEL AND 900 TPY COBALT FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS (190 MT-.15%)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-97 Bleiwas, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

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