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Capital Cost
Capital cost for the mine infrastructure, process plant and open pit development has been developed to provide an estimate suitable for the Construction Phase including cost to design, construct and commission the facilities. Mining costs include pre-stripping of the open pit in preparation for production.
Volta Grande Capital Cost Estimate
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Value without Value with Taxes TaxesArea Description (USDx1000) (USDx1000) % of CAPEX----------------------------------------------------------------------------General (Assemblies) 52,573 57,551 7.68%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mine 121,528 126,127 16.84%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Plant - General 91,471 101,508 13.55%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Crushing 11,412 12,186 1.63%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Storage/Ore transference 5,087 5,537 0.74%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Grinding 70,178 75,724 10.11%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Leaching/Adsorption 30,037 33,057 4.41%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Elution 5,763 6,564 0.88%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Electrowinning 1,119 1,279 0.17%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Gold room 1,527 1,674 0.22%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Carbon regeneration 970 1,081 0.14%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tailings treatment 3,186 3,877 0.52%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Lime preparation 1,491 1,698 0.23%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tailings dam 10,788 12,641 1.69%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ancillary facilities 48,507 55,493 7.41%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Water distribution system 2,868 3,512 0.47%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Compressed air system 1,111 1,189 0.16%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Reagents delivery, store and distribution 7,308 8,249 1.10%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Infrastructure 29,378 32,946 4.40%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Environment 1,018 1,174 0.16%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Engineering and Procurement (EP) 23,787 26,039 3.48%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Construction management (CM) 31,716 34,719 4.63%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Owner's Costs 21,819 21,819 2.91%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Freight 8,223 8,223 1.10%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Erection supervision (Vendor Representation) 3,721 4,340 0.58%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Spare parts 1,052 1,132 0.15%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Firts Fills 1,817 1,954 0.26%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Pre-Commissioning and training 3,721 4,340 0.58%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Engineering insurance 5,998 6,561 0.88%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Contingency 96,919 96,919 12.94%----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 696,094 749,114 100%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
