Specifications - Hajar Metal Mine, Morocco

Key Data
Producer of	Base metals
Location	35km south of Marrakesh, Morocco
Ownership	Compagnie Minière des Guemassa: Omnium Nord Africain (ONA) - 70%; Bureau des Recherches et des Participations Minières (BRPM) - 30%
Geological setting	Polymetallic sulphide orebody formed by hydrothermal alteration at boundary of volcano-sedimentary and carbonate sedimentary sequences
Mineral type	Banded pyrrhotite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite
Reserve base/grades	About 19.3Mt total reserves and resources, averaging 7% zinc, 2% lead and 0.5% copper (2002)
Annual production	Rated output of 265,000t/y of base-metal concentrates
Mining method	Cut-and-fill with some sub-level caving
Recovery method	Underground primary crushing followed by further crushing, grinding and flotation to yield three separate concentrates
Employment	260
Key Equipment
Underground	Atlas Copco hydraulic drilling fleet
	Tamrock Toro and Atlas Copco Wagner LHDs
	Getman utility vehicles
	Siemag Transplan hoisting
	Nordberg (Bergeaud) crushers
Concentrator	Svedala Allis and Kumera mills
	Dorr-Oliver and Outokumpu flotation cells
	Eimco thickeners
	Vernay and Larox filters
	Bailey process control system
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