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