Operations

Brazil - C1 Santa Luz | Brazil (100%-Yamana owned)

The C1 Santa Luz gold project in Bahia State is being prepared for production start-up in 2012. The 2.5 million tonnes per year open pit operation will treat ore by flotation and carbon-in-leach processing. The deposit is 60 kilometres north of the Fazenda Brasileiro mine and 160 kilometres east of the Jacobina mine, and lies within Yamana’s 180,000-hectare property in the Rio Itapicuru greenstone belt.

Annual Production (E)
100,000 oz. gold (130,000 oz. in first two years)
Cash cost (E) $460-$500 per oz.
Gold mineral reserves
1.2 million oz. proven & probable
Gold mineral resources
1.2 million oz. measured & indicated

Strategic Mine Life (years): 10

* Please refer to www.yamana.com/Operations/ReservesAndResources for complete information relating to mineral reserves and mineral resources indicating tonnage and grade for the various mines and projects.

Development Stage:
Construction decision made

Estimated production start:
Late-2012

Planned Mining Method:
Open-pit