Sepon provides Lao employees with training and career advancement opportunities and support. Millions of dollars has been invested in tertiary scholarships for Lao employees to study in Australia and Thailand, in apprentice programs, coaching, formal and on …
The Sepon mining project was commissioned as a multi-stage development: A gold mining project, Sepon Gold, began operation in 2002. This formed the first phase of the project as gold processing is technically simpler, the infrastructure required can be developed more quickly at a lower cost and ultimately the project could be used to generate cash flow for the secondary, major component of the ...
The mine is owned and operated by Lane Xang Minerals Limited, one of the largest gold producers in Laos. Since operations commenced in 2003, Sepon has produced 1.2 million ounces of gold doré and more than one million tonnes of copper cathode. In 2020, Sepon produced more than 39,730 tonnes of copper and 64,809 ounces of gold doré. The mine ...
Sepon's current copper operation has a projected mine life to around 2020; however, the mine life has the potential to be extended as a primary gold operation. Accordingly, MMG initiated a strategic process in relation to its interest in Sepon in October 2017, with a view to transferring the mine to a gold focussed company better suited to ...
This study documents the geology, mineralogy, geochronology and geochemistry of the Sepon Mineral District (SMD) gold and copper deposits. The SMD is located in the Sepon Basin along the Truong Son Fold Belt on the NE margins of the Indochina Terrane in south-eastern Laos. The geology of the SMD is dominated by Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian-aged continental fluvial and shallow to deep ...
Chifeng Jilong bought a 90% stake in the mine's operator, Lane Xang Minerals, from MMG in 2018 for $275 million. The Chinese firm plans to produce 1-1.6 tonnes of gold from Sepon …
The Sepon copper operation produces approximately 80,000 tonnes of copper cathode (copper sheets) per year from the nearby Khanong and Thengkham ore bodies. Crushing and milling Run-of-mine (ROM) ore is crushed and then milled, which reduces the diameter of the pieces of rock from about 500mm to about 0.106mm (106 microns).
Outside China, Chifeng already operates the Sepon gold and copper mine in Laos and in September agreed to invest A$2 million ($1.5 million) in Australia's Metalstech.
16 It operates five mining assets, including the world-class Sepon gold mine in Laos. In 2018, Chifeng acquired Sepon before undertaking significant capital expenditures to redevelop the gold ...
ROCHE Mining is to become the second mining contractor at Oxiana's Sepon gold project in Laos. ROCHE Mining is to become the second mining contractor at Oxiana's Sepon gold project in Laos. ... 25 October 2004 comments; share. Exploration Manager. ... Strategic process for MMG's Sepon copper-mine in Laos has culminated in the sale of the ...
The 13 th International Conference on Mining, Materials and Petroleum Engineering (CMM P2019) June 13-14, 2019, Krabi, Thailand. Trends of gold mining industry in Lao PDR. Sengpasith Houngaloune 1 ...
2009 – 2013 Project Officer, Lao PDR Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank; 2005 – 2009 Senior Civil Engineer, Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project, Electrical De France; 2003 – 2004 Mine Design & Planning Engineer, Sepon Gold & Copper Mine Industry, Lane Xang Minerals Limited.
Phonsinuan Village, P.O. Box 4486, Vientiane, Lao PDR Tel: +856 21 268 200. Lane Xang Minerals Limited (LXML) operates the Sepon Mine, an open-pit copper mine, in Savannakhet Province, Southern Laos. Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (Chifeng) owns 90% of LXML, and the Lao Government owns 10%. Sepon produces LME Grade A copper cathode using ...
LXML Sepon produced its first oxide gold in 2003, commencing large scale copper operations in 2005 and to date has produced over 900,000 tonnes of copper and over 1.2 million ounces of gold. The Sepon mine operation has contributed over US$1.4 billion in direct revenue to the Lao Government and hundreds of millions of dollars in local ...
Sepon is an open-pit Gold and Copper mine in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. Lane Xang Minerals Limited (LXML) is the registered name of the company which owns and operates Sepon. Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co., Ltd owns 90 per cent of LXML. In 2020, Sepon produced over 39,730 tonnes of copper and 64,809 ounces of gold doré.
Australian miner MMG will halt gold operations at its Sepon mine in Laos, and concentrate on copper production, effective December 2013, the Hong Kong-listed producer said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, citing exhausting ore reserves and reduced margins.
• 2 types of copper mineralization: porphyry gold copper deposit forming quartz stockwork in granitic rocks and copper skarn deposit formed around country rocks. • Khanong copper deposit at Sepon mine skarn type, Cu resources of 1.68 million tons copper. • Phu Kham copper deposit at Phu Bia mine: porphyry type related to Late
LXML Sepon produced its first oxide gold in 2003, commencing large scale copper operations in 2005 and to date has produced over 900,000 tonnes of copper and over 1.2 million ounces of gold. The Sepon mine operation has contributed over US$1.4 billion in direct revenue to the Lao Government and hundreds of millions of dollars in local ...
Posted on Apr 15, 2002. Included in Bulletin 57. On 28 February 2002, the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank, approved a US$30 million loan to develop a gold mine at Sepon in Savannakhet province in Laos. The mine, which will be the largest mining operation in Laos, is 80 per cent owned by Oxiana ...
Sepon mine is located in Southern Laos (Savannakhet Province) near Lao-Vietnamese border. It's about 600 km from Vientiane Capital. It has more than 3500 people working in the mine site. It is a multicultural mine. The majority of employees is Lao and the rest is Australians, Thais, Philippinos, Indonesians, New Zealanders, Americans, and so on.
Sepon is an open-pit copper mine in the Savannakhet Province, southern Laos Energy and Mines Minister Khammany Inthilath, in his address to the National Assembly, stated that since 1990, the Lao Government has had an open policy to attract domestic and international investors to invest in mining operations.
Sepon is an open-pit gold and copper mine located in Savannakhet Province in Southern Laos. The mine is owned and operated by Lane Xang Minerals Ltd, one of the largest gold producers in Laos. Since operations commenced in 2003, Sepon has produced 1.2 million oz of gold doré and more than 1 million t of copper cathode. In 2020, Sepon produced ...
Lane Xang Minerals Limited, the operator of the gold and copper mineral resources located in the Southeast Asian country's Sepon province, is a joint venture of target company MMG Laos and the country's government. MMG Laos holds a 90 percent stake. MMG Laos has originally planned to cease copper production from the mine in 2020.
including the Sepon gold and copper mine in Laos, which is the subject of this case study. The Sepon mine accounts for a significant percentage of Laos' total GDP and exports, and has raised over US$1 billion in revenue through taxes and royalties since it commenced production. It has also contributed to
Key Words: copper, exploration, feasibility study, gold, Laos, mine Introduction The Sepon project comprises a 1947 square kilometre contract area located approximately 40 kilometers north of the town of Sepon, in Savannakhet province of south-central Laos (Figure 1).
Sepon's current copper operation has a projected mine life to around 2020; however, the mine life has the potential to be extended as a primary gold operation. Accordingly, MMG initiated a strategic process in relation to its interest in Sepon in October 2017, with a view to transferring the mine to a gold focussed company better suited to ...
Although the Lao economy remains dominated by subsistence agriculture, mining of metals including gold, copper and tin has made a significant contribution to government revenue over the past 15 years. MMG LXML Sepon . Sepon is an open-pit copper mining operation in Savannakhet province, southern Lao PDR. The name of the company in Lao PDR is ...
Sepon Gold and Copper Mine, Savannakhet province, Laos ... May 2005 - Oct 2012 7 years 6 months. Sepon Gold and Copper mine, Savannakhet province, Laos • Translating standard operating procedures (SOP) to maintain Gold and Copper plants • Translating machinery manuals that we use in the work shop and in the plants
expansion. LotusHall Mining has held contracts at Sepon since its beginning. At present the production of ore and waste is up to 1.6 million tonnes per month. In 2005-2007 LotusHall Mining was the main mining contractor at Phubia Gold & Copper Mine Project for Pan Australian which was the second mine developed in Lao and located in the ...
Strategic process for MMG's Sepon copper-mine in Laos has culminated in the sale of the operation Strategic process for MMG's Sepon copper-mine in Laos has culminated in the sale of the operation ... The buyer is Shanghai-listed Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. ... 27 OCT …
MMG sells Laotian Sepon Mine to Chinese gold miner for $275mln. Australian-Chinese miner MMG will sell its Sepon copper mining asset in Laos to a Chinese gold miner for $275 million, the company said on Thursday. MMG will offload its 90% stake in Lane Xang Minerals, owner of the Sepon mine, to Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining, according to the statement.
Laos's largest mine, the Sepon gold and copper operation in Savannakhet, will cease gold production in December owing to depleting ore reserves and lower margins. The announcement comes just weeks after the government resumed granting mining concessions, despite having declared a four-year moratorium on new mines in mid-2012.
MMG Halts Gold Production In Laos. Metals miner MMG will cease gold operations at its Sepon mine, in Laos, in December, owing to the depletion of ore reserves and lower margins. Singapore-listed MMG said on Monday that it would place its gold plant on care and maintenance, while the Sepon operation would focus solely on copper production.
