Tacmin Madini - a preferred openpit mine development and operating specialist

FEATURED MINING COMPANY

KATANGA MINING LIMITED

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KONGO

The KOV Mine: is the largest high-grade copper resource in the world.

It comprises four ore bodies – Kamoto East, Oliveira, Virgule and FNSR – accessed via two pits, Kamoto East and KOV.

The Kamoto East pit was operational from 1960 to 1985 and the adjacent KOV pit from 1983 onwards, both under the auspices of the DRC’s state-owned mining company Gécamines.

The Musonoie-T17 open-pit Mine: is the initial oxide source for the mine complex. It is a new site, with no significant production history to date. Pre-stripping began in May 2007 and the first blast was fired at the end of September 2007.

Mashamba East open-pit Mine: Operated from 1985-1988, producing a total of 9.8 million tonnes of ore at an average grade of 4.96% copper and 0.35% cobalt. By 1998, the pit was allowed to flood due to a lack of funds. Mashamba East will form part of Katanga’s oxide production during later years; a dewatering schedule will be developed accordingly.

Mine operating contracts

Design, plan, mine and beneficiate

Mine Operating Contracts are offered to customers of operating mines and can either be a follow-up on the mining selection made during the Engineering Design phase (owner or contractor) and or else preceded by a mine optimisation study.

Mine Operating Contract:

A mine operating contract as offered by Tacmin Madini consists of a mine planning contract coupled with the responsibility for production and ore grade in accordance with the budget forecast.

Tacmin Madini during a Mine operating contract will provide:


OWNER OPERATOR:			CONTRACT MINING:
Mine planning All technical information associated with the mine planning contract Operation management Operation management personnel responsible for production- and ore grade targets Equipment maintenance Implementation and management of the mining equipment maintenance program			Mine planning All technical information associated with the mine planning contract Operation management Operation management personnel responsible for production- and ore grade targets Contract management Management and administration of the mining contract

Tacmin Madini offers two types of Mine Operating Contracts:

Design, plan and mine contract

Mine plan, design, mine and rehabilitate

Design, plan and beneficiate contract

Mine plan, design, mine, rehabilitate and beneficiate