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Background
The Jaguar Operation, located 60km north of Leonora in Western Australia (Figure
14), was acquired by IGO in 2011. The Jaguar Operation has significant exploration
potential along 50km of prospective tenure.
The Jaguar Operation originally comprised the Jaguar and Bentley zinc-copper-silver-
gold underground mines and processing facility. The Jaguar deposit was discovered
in 2002 approximately 4km south of the historic Teutonic Bore open cut and was
brought into production as an underground zinc-copper-silver mine in 2007. Bentley
was discovered in 2008 and brought into production in 2011. Ore is processed at the
Jaguar concentrator which produces a copper concentrate and a zinc concentrate.
The copper concentrate also contains significant silver and gold credits. The
concentrates are trucked to the port of Geraldton where they are shipped to our
customers.
During FY2014, the Jaguar underground mine was closed and all mining for FY2015
was sourced from the Bentley underground mine.
485,302
tonnes of ore was
mined during FY2015
45,000
tonnes of zinc in
concentrate and
7,380
tonnes of copper in
concentrate produced
during FY2015
6,840,000mN
6,860,000mN
6,840,000mN
6,860,000mN
320,000mE
320,000mE
300,000mE
300,000mE
Approx 16km
untested strike length
Approx 6km
untested strike length
Teutonic Bore
Triumph
Daimler
Jaguar
Bentley
(incl Flying Spur)
Charlie Chicks
South Possie
Well
Kent Bore
Wilson Creek
Felsic Volcanic
Granitic Gneiss
Monzonite
Mafic/Intermediate package
Ultramafic/mafic package
Ultramafic
Mine / prospect
Tenement Outline
Prospective Stratigraphy
0 500
kilometres
Perth
Geraldton
WA
Jaguar
Kalgoorlie
Location Map
N
0
5
kilometres
MGA Zone 51 (GDA94)
Figure 14: Jaguar Operation tenure, mines and prospects