Atacocha
Mine
Zinc, Lead, Silver and Gold
Type
Open Pit and Underground Mine
Plant Capacity
4.4 ktpd
Ownership
83.48% (1)
Location
Peru
¹The ownership percentage is attributable to Nexa Resources.
Atacocha is a polymetallic underground and open pit polymetallic mine, wholly owned by Nexa Resources Atacocha S.A.A. (formerly Compañía Minera Atacocha), located in the district of San Francisco de Asís de Yarusyacán, in the province of Pasco, Peru.
Operations began in 1938 and, in 2023, the Atacocha mine produced approximately 8.2 thousand tonnes of zinc contained in concentrates, 11.1 thousand tonnes of lead contained in concentrates, 1,399.7 thousand ounces of silver contained in concentrates and 7.6 thousand ounces of gold contained in concentrates. The ore is treated at a concentrate plant that has a processing capacity of 4.4 thousand tonnes of ore per day.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treated ore | kt | 1,394 | 1,354 | 1,271 |
| Grade | ||||
| Zinc | % | 0.77 | 0.89 | 0.88 |
| Copper | % | – | – | – |
| Lead | % | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.82 |
| Silver | oz/t | 1.21 | 1.05 | 1.01 |
| Gold | oz/t | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Production | metal contained | ||||
| Zinc | kt | 8.2 | 9.6 | 8.5 |
| Copper | kt | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lead | kt | 11.1 | 11.2 | 8.7 |
| Silver | MMoz | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Gold | koz | 7.6 | 13.6 | 11.9 |
| Cash Cost, net of by-product credits | US$/t | (959.7) | (1,566.2) | (557.7) |
| Cash Cost, net of by-product credits | US$/lb | (0.44) | (0.71) | (0.25) |
| CAPEX | US$ mm | 16.2 | 4.5 | 11.6 |
In 2023, we spent approximately US$0.2 million on the Atacocha brownfield program for exploration maintenance. In 2023, we had no drilling activities at Atacocha. We have budgeted US$0.4 million for the program during 2024 for maintenance and data interpretations, including 3.0 km of the drilling campaign in the Integration target.
