AURA MINERALS INC .
CANADA block model . The Company ’ s Sao Vincente mine ( located 50 kilometres northwest of the Sao Francisco mine ) ceased operations in November 2013 however there was sufficient feed material to keep the plant area operating during Q1 2014 . Located in the north eastern region of the State of Zacatecas , Mexico , the Aranzazu mine , consists of both open-pit and underground operations and produced approximately 13.6M pounds of copper in 2013 with 18 to 19 M pounds of copper expected to be produced in 2014 . The Aranzazu mine utilizes a process plant that consists of a three-stage crushing circuit feeding three ball mills with current capacity of 2,600 tons a day with a sulphide flotation circuit to produce a copper-gold-silver concentrate . In July 2013 the Company released the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment for Aranzazu prepared by AMC Mining Consultants which evaluated a feed rate expansion at Aranzazu from 2,600 tpd to 4,000 tpd . Basic engineering now fixes the feed rate expansion to 4,500 tpd .
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Plans for growth As noted above , one of the biggest objectives for Aura Minerals is the growth of their Aranzazu mine to address scale , efficiency and profitability . The Company is taking steps to expand the project and increase production to 4,500 tons per day which is expected to produce 30M pounds of copper a year once completed . The expansion includes mine development , plant expansion and
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