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JANUARY 2016 • E&MJ; 23 www.e-mj.com P R O J E C T S U R V E Y 2 0 1 6 Major Mining Projects Worldwide, Year-end 2015* Project Name Location Status Type Products Owner Project Cost (US$M) Gold Donlin Creek USA Feasibility OP Au Barrick, NovaGold Resources 6,700 Cerro Casale Chile Prefeasibility OP Au, Ag Barrick, Kinross Gold 6,000 KSM Canada Prefeasability OP Au, Cu Seabridge Gold 5,312 Galore Creek Canada Prefeasibility OP Au, Ag NovaGold Resources, Teck 5,208 Metates Mexico Prefeasibility UG Au, Ag Chesapeake Gold 4,360 Dome Mountain Canada Susp, restart/feasib UG Au Metal Mountain 4,187 Olimpiada Russia Operating, exp/plans OP Au PolyusGold International 2,500 Rosia Montana Romania Feasibility OP Au, Ag Gabriel Resources 2,500 Caspiche Chile Prefeasibility OP Au, Ag Exeter Resource Corp. 1,967 Courageous Lake Canada Prefeasibility OP Au Seabridge 1,520 Konevinskoye Russia Operating, exp/plans UG Au Vertex, Rusfinansgrup 1,400 Hycroft USA Operating, exp/feasib OP Au, Ag Allied Nevada 1,322 South Deep South Africa Operating, exp/plans UG Au Gold Fields 1,156 Bakyrchik Kazakhstan Susp, restart/feasib OP, UG Au Polymetal 1,124 Bystrinskoye Russia Feasibility OP Au, Cu Norilsk Nickel 1,100 Bloemhoek South Africa Feasibility UG Au Sibanye Gold 1,000 Stibnite USA Prefeasibility OP Au Midas Gold 1, 970 Meliadine Canada Prefeasibility OP, UG Au Agnico-Eagle 1, 911 New Prosperity Canada Feasibility OP Au, Cu Taseko 1, 807 Spanish Mountain Canada Prefeasibility OP Au, Ag Spanish Mountain 1, 756 Jiama China Operating, exp/feasib OP, UG Au, Cu China Gold Intl Resources 1, 716 Fruta del Norte Ecuador Prefeasibility OP Au, Ag Lundin Gold 1, 700 Lobo-Marte Chile Prefeasibility OP Au Kinross Gold 1, 700 Kiaka Burkina Faso Feasibility OP Au B2Gold 1, 610 Angostura Colombia Prefeasibility UG Au, Ag Eco Oro 1, 529 Morelos (Media Luna) Mexico Prefeasibility OP Au Torex Gold 1, 482 Tasiast Mauritania Operating, exp/feasib OP Au Kinross Gold 1, 290 Copper Andina Chile Operating, exp/constr OP, UG Cu, Mo Codelco 0 7,500 Resolution USA Prefeasibility UG Cu, Mo Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton 0 6,000 Collahuasi Chile Operating, exp/susp OP Cu Anglo American, Glencore, Mitsui, JX Nippon Mining 0 6,500 Cobre Panamá Panama Construction OP Cu, Au First Quantum 0 5,950 Tampakan Philippines Feasibility OP Cu, Au Indophil Resources 0 5,900 Quebrada Blanca Chile Operating, exp/constr OP Cu Teck 0 5,600 El Teniente Chile Operating, exp/constr UG Cu, Mo Codelco 0 5,400 Oyu Tolgoi Mongolia Operating, exp/feasib OP Cu, Au Rio Tinto, State of Mongolia 0 4,900 Wafi-Golpu Papua New Guinea Feasibility UG Cu, Au Harmony, Newcrest 0 4,845 Udokan Russia Prefeasibility OP Cu, Ag Metalloinvest 0 4,800 Pebble USA Prefeasibility OP Cu, Au Northern Dynasty 0 4,500 Chuquicamata Chile Operating, exp/feasib OP Cu, Mo Codelco 0 4,200 Cerro Verde Peru Operating, exp/plans OP Cu FMCG, SMM, Buenaventura 0 4,000 Los Azules Argentina Prefeasibility OP Cu, Au McEwen 0 3,900 Escondida Chile Operating, exp/constr OP Cu, Au BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi, 0 3,800 JX Nippon Mining, Mitsubishi Materials Corridor Chile Feasibility OP Cu, Au Goldcorp, Teck 0 3,500 Quellaveco Peru Feasibility OP Cu, Mo Anglo American, Mitsubishi 0 3,300 Grasberg Indonesia Operating, exp/plans OP, UG Cu, Au FMCG 0 3,175 Schaft Creek Canada Feasibility OP Cu, Au Copper Fox, Teck 0 2,892 Mes Aynak Afghanistan Closed, reopen/feasib OP Cu MCC, Jiangxi Copper 0 2,890 CuMo USA Prefeasibility OP Cu, Mo American CuMo 0 2,800 La Granja Peru Prefeasibility OP Cu Rio Tinto 0 2,500 Galeno Peru Prefeasibility/susp OP Cu, Au Minmetals, Jiangxi Copper 0 2,500 Aktogay Kazakhstan Feasibility OP Cu, Au KAZ Minerals 0 2,300 Agua Rica Argentina Feasibility OP Cu, Au Yamana 0 2,200 Casino Canada Feasibility OP Cu, Au Casino Mining 0 2,150 El Pachón Argentina Feasibility OP Cu, Mo Glencore 0 1,900 Frieda River Papua New Guinea Feasibility OP Cu, Au PanAust, Highlands Pacific 0 1,700 Santo Domingo Chile Feasibility OP Cu, Fe Capstone, KORES 0 1,700 Kamoa D R Congo Feasibility OP Cu Ivanhoe Mines 0 1,400 Rosemont USA Feasibility OP Cu Hudbay 0 1,200 Iron Ore Simandou Guinea Feasibility OP Fe Rio Tinto, Chinalco, IFC, Govt. 20,000 Vale (S11D) Brazil Operating, exp/constr OP Fe Vale 20,000 Lac Otelnuk Canada Feasibility OP Fe WISCO, Adriana 12,909 KeMag/LabMag Canada Feasibility OP Fe New Millennium, Tata Steel 0 7,800 Tonkolili Sierra Leone Operating, exp/plans OP Fe Shandong Iron and Steel 0 5,000 Mbalam-Nabeba Cameroon/Congo (B) Feasibility OP Fe Sundance Resources 0 4,686 Kalia Guinea Feasibility OP Fe Bellzone 0 4,300 Balmoral Australia Feasibility OP Fe Mineralogy, Australasian Resources 0 3,968 Jack Hills Australia Operating, exp OP Fe Mitsubishi 0 3,809 Extension Hill Australia Feasibility OP Fe Asia Iron Australia 0 3,053 Southdown Australia Feasibility OP Fe Grange Resources, Sojitz Corp 0 2,936 Hawsons Australia Prefeasibility OP Fe Carpentaria, BMG 0 2,900 Mount Stuart Australia Feasibility/susp OP Fe AMCI, Baosteel, Cullen 0 2,813 Zanaga Congo (B) Feasibility OP Fe Glencore, Zanaga Iron 0 2,200 Silvergrass Australia Construction/exp OP Fe Rio Tinto 0 1,000 Askaf Mauritania Feasibility/susp OP Fe Glencore 00, 900