Jaguar Operation
The Jaguar Project, located 60km north of Leonora in Western Australia, consists of the Jaguar underground mine (Jaguar) which has been in production for the past three years; the recently announced Bentley underground mine (Bentley) which will commence ore production in approximately one year; and the historic Teutonic Bore open pit and underground mine (Teutonic Bore) which is inactive. Ore is processed on site at the Jaguar concentrator to produce a copper concentrate and a zinc concentrate. The copper concentrate also contains significant silver credits and a small amount of gold. The concentrate is trucked 720km from the Jaguar site to the Port of Geraldton where it is held in inventory until loaded onto ships and transported by sea to smelters located in Asia.