Technical operating cost summary | |||||
Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Phase 3 | Phase 4 years 4 thru 20 |
Average | |
Copper production mt | 23 592 | 66 510 | 114 590 | 114 906 | |
Cobalt production mt | 890 | 2 757 | 6 725 | 6 057 | |
Underground Mining k$ | 29 106 | 37 542 | 55 362 | 42 125 | |
Open Pit Mining k$ | 20 747 | 70 591 | 73 734 | 49 522 | |
Kamoto Dima Concentrator k$ | 8 415 | 13 696 | 22 752 | 25 047 | |
Luilu metallurgical plant k$ | 22 762 | 30 524 | 50 801 | 49 235 | |
G&A costs k$ | 19 596 | 15 579 | 17 392 | 11 913 | |
total costs | 100 626 | 167 932 | 220 041 | 177 841 | |
Cost per lb (US$/lb Cu) | 1.93 | 1.15 | 0.87 | 0.70 | 0.95 |
Co credit @base price US$/lb Co k$ | 19 621 | 60 781 | 148 259 | 133 526 | |
total costs after deducting Co credit | 81 005 | 107 151 | 71 782 | 44 315 | |
Cost per lb Cu (after Co credit)[1] | 1.56 | 0.72 | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.52 |
Cost per mt (US$/mt Cu) | 4 265 | 2 525 | 1 920 | 1 548 | 2 269 |
Cost per mt (US$/mt Cu with Co credit) | 3 434 | 1 586 | 617 | 380 | 1 663 |
G&A costs k$ as % of technical costs | 24.2% | 10.2% | 8.6% | 7.2% |