Acquisition:
2016 / 01 / 19
Agreement:
Stream, Royalty
Stream Terms:
20% Au @ 50% of spot until 405 kozs are delivered; then
12% Au @ 60% of spot
Royalty Terms:
2.0% NSR
The Hod Maden project is located in northeastern Türkiye within the Eastern Pontides metallogenic belt. Gold-copper mineralization in the Main Zone at Hod Maden occurs as semi-massive to massive sulphides and multi-phase quartz-sulfide breccia-hosted mineralization. The project has a Proven + Probable Mineral Reserve of 8.7 million tonnes at an average grade of 8.8 g/t gold and 1.5% copper for 2.45 million ounces of gold and 287 million pounds of copper based on a breakeven NSR cut-off value of $82/tonne with incremental NSR cut-off values of $63/tonne for stopes and $40/tonne for development (July 2020). The Southern Zone was discovered in 2016 and is located approximately 300 metres south of the Main Zone. The Southern Zone gold-copper mineralization is hosted in dacitic volcanic rocks and breccias. Pyrite is the dominant sulphide phase with relatively minor chalcopyrite.
A Feasibility Study was released in 2021 which considered an underground mine with a processing rate of 800,000 tonnes per annum. The base case has a mine life of 13 years with average annual production of 195,000 ounces of AuEq per year at an average head grade of 11.1 g/t AuEq. The average recovery is expected to be 85% for gold and 93% for copper.
Based on the 2021 Feasibility Study, the all-in sustaining costs are estimated to be $334 per ounce gold on a by-product basis and $595 per ounce gold on a co-product basis. The pre-tax NPV, using a 5% discount rate, is $1.3 billion with an internal rate of return of 41%.
Site preparation activities and engineering studies at the Hod Maden project continued in the second half of 2024 with SSR Mining investing approximately $42 million in 2024.
