South32 ea Australia (ASX, LON, JSE: S32) e na lee ile ea fumana hoo e ka bang halofo ea morafo o moholo oa koporo oa Sierra Gordakarolong e ka leboea ea Chile, boholo e le ea moepong oa Poland KGHM (WSE: KGH) ka $1.55 bilione.
Sumitomo Metal Mining le Sumitomo Corp ea Japane, eo ka kopanelo e tšoereng karolo ea 45%, e bile leho boletse selemong se fetilenghore ba ne ba nahana ho tsoa ts'ebetsong ka mor'a lilemo tsa tahlehelo.
Sumitomo Metal e boletse hore theko ea thekiso e tla kenyelletsa phetisetso ea lidolara tse limilione tse likete tse 1.2 le litefo tse amanang le theko ea koporo tse fihlang ho $350 milione.
"Ho fumana thepa ea koporo ea boholo bona e rekisoang ha ho bonolo, empa South32 e e entse," mohlahlobi oa BMO Metals le Mining David Gagliano o ngotse ka Labone.
Tumellano ena e tšoaea ho kena ha mosebetsi oa morafong oa Perth naheng e kholo ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng e hlahisang koporo pele ho keketseho e lebelletsoeng ea tlhokahalo ea tšepe.
Sierra Gorda e sebakeng sa meepo e mengata ea Antofagasta naheng ea Chile, ho boletse Gagliano, 'me e na le matla a tlhahiso a lithane tse ka bang 150,000 tsa koporo le lithane tse 7,000 tsa molybdenum.
"Ke thepa ea nako e telele, e nang le mehloli ea sulfide ea 1.5Bt ho 0.4% koporo (e nang le ~ 5.9Mt koporo) le monyetla oa ho atolosa nakong e tlang," mohlahlobi o itse.
KGHM e tšehelitsoeng ke 'Muso Polska Miedz SA, e nang le karolo ea 55% ea ts'ebetso ea Sierra Gorda, e bile teng.nyatsoa bakeng sa matsete a moepa a fanoengho nts'etsapele morafo oa Chile (liranta tse limilione tse likete tse 5.2 le ho bala).
Sierra Gorda, eoe qalile tlhahiso ka 2014, e 'nile ea hlōleha kamehla ho finyella litebello ka lebaka la ts'ebetso ea tšepe e thata le mathata a ho sebelisa metsi a leoatle bakeng sa ho sebetsa.
Mosebetsi oa morafo oa Poland, e lengho batla ho rekisa merafo ea kantle ho nahale ho khutlisetsa chelete e kenang ts'ebetsong ea eona ea lehae, e boletse hore ha e na merero ea ho beha Sierra Gorda setulong sa ho rema.Leha ho le joalo, KGHM e na lee ile ea tlosa monyetla ooho nka borui ka botlalo.
Morafo o bulehileng o sebakeng se bophahamo ba limithara tse 1 700 ’me o na le tšepe e lekaneng ho tšehetsa bonyane lilemo tse 20 tsa merafo.South32 e lebeletse hore e tla hlahisa lithane tse 180,000 tsa copper concentrate le lithane tse 5,000 tsa molybdenum selemong sena.
Ho reka ha mosebetsi oa morafo oa Australia Sierra Gorda ke konteraka ea bobeli e kholo ka ho fetisisa eo e e entseng ho tloha ha e thathamisoa ka 2015, kamoraho tsoa BHP.
South32 e lefile $ 1.3 bilione ka 2018 bakeng sa 83% ea Arizona Mining, eoe bile le projeke ea zinki, lead le silevera Amerika.
Tsela e thata
KGHM e nkile taolo ea morero oa koporo le molybdenum ka 2012, kamoraho phethela ho fumana mohanyetsi oa Canada Quadra FNX, ho seo e neng e le theko e kholo ka ho fetisisa e kileng ea rekoa kantle ho naha ke k'hamphani ea Poland.
Mosebetsi oa morafong o ne a rerile ho holisa Sierra Gorda pejana, empa tloaelo ea 2015-2016 ea litheko tsa thepa e ile ea qobella k'hamphani hobeha morero holim'a mokokotlo.
Lilemo tse peli hamorao, KGHMtumello ea tikoloho e sirelelitsoengbakeng sa aKatoloso le ntlafatso ea $ 2 bilioneea morafo ho lelefatsa bophelo ba eona ba tlhahiso ka lilemo tse 21.
Likhetho tsa ho holisa tlhahiso li kenyelletsa ho aha potoloho ea oxide le ho habeli phepelo ea semela sa sulphide.Tlhahiso e reriloeng ho la Sierra Gorda e ne e ka ba lithane tse 140,000 tsa ore ka letsatsi, empa letlotlo le fane ka lithane tse 112,000 feela selemong sa eona se setle sa ts'ebetso ho fihlela joale.
Katoloso ea oxide e ka eketsa lithane tse 40,000 tsa ore ka letsatsi ka lilemo tse robeli, 'me katoloso ea sulfide e 'ngoe e 116,000, likhakanyo tsa BMO Metals.
Le ha Sierra Gorda e le depositi ea maemo a tlase, e 'ngoe ea lintho tse khahlang haholo ke ho ba le "boemo ba boemo bo holimo haholo," bo lebelletsoeng ho lula bo le 0.34% bakeng sa bokamoso bo lebelletsoeng.Sena, bahlahlobisisi ba BMO ba boletse nakong e fetileng, se ka khona ho tlosa morafo ho tloha boemong ba bone ho ea ho letlotlo la bobeli ka nako.
Hang ha selekane se phethiloe, Sierra Gorda e ka eketsa pakeng tsa lithane tse 70,000 le 80,000 tsa koporo ho portfolio ea South32.
Nako ea poso: Oct-18-2021