Saucito
Including the Saucito II expansion, Saucito is one of the Group’s most important assets, critical to achieving the 2018 production target of 65 moz silver. Saucito contributed 36% to total Silver production in 2017 and generated 22.6% of total adjusted revenue.
| Ownership: | 100% Fresnillo plc |
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| Location: | Zacatecas 8km SW of the Fresnillo mine |
| Commodity: | Silver, Gold |
| Operational since: | 2011 |
| Facilities: | Underground mine and flotation plant |
| Workforce: | 763 employees, 1,824 contractors |
| Milling Capacity : | 7,800 tpd/2,600,000 tpy |
| Average ore grade in reserves: | 261 g/t Silver, 1.39 g/t Gold |
| Mine Life: | 5.8 (2016: 5.9) |
Quarterly Production
|
4Q18 |
4Q17 |
% change |
3Q18 |
|
|
Ore processed (t) |
693,608 |
722,237 |
-4.0 |
713,441 |
|
Production |
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|
Silver (koz) |
4,890 |
5,378 |
-9.1 |
4,897 |
|
Gold (oz) |
22,932 |
17,599 |
30.3 |
23,558 |
|
Lead (t) |
8,362 |
3,903 |
114.2 |
5,791 |
|
Zinc (t) |
10,132 |
4,930 |
105.5 |
7,909 |
|
Ore grades |
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|
Silver (g/t) |
260 |
271 |
-4.0 |
250 |
|
Gold (g/t) |
1.30 |
1.08 |
20.1 |
1.34 |
|
Lead % |
1.36 |
0.66 |
105.1 |
0.95 |
|
Zinc % |
2.21 |
1.06 |
108.9 |
1.61 |
Annual Silver Production
