The Wetar Copper Project (Finders Resources ~72%) is a fully permitted and operational mine and SXEW production facility located on Wetar Island, part of the Maluku Barat Daya Regency (MBD), in the Maluku Province of the Republic of Indonesia. Finders Resources Ltd (Finders) interest in the Wetar
Finders is the operator of the Wetar Copper Project (72% interest) located in Maluku Barat Daya, Indonesia. The Wetar Copper Project comprises the development, open pit mining and processing of the highgrade sulphide deposits at Kali Kuning and Lerokis located within 3 kilometres of the coast on Wetar Island. The project benefits
The Wetar Project is situated on a remote, mountainous island in West Timor and these geographic features added to the challenge of commissioning a heap leach, copper SXEW plant pilot plant back in 2009 but paved the way to expand Wetar into a 25,000tpa producer that is currently under construction, PPMG has been engaged again for the commissioning of this project upgrade.
The Lerokis and Kali Kuning deposits are 3.5 km apart, at 1267'E, 073'S and 1260'E, 072'S, respectively, on the north coast of the island of Wetar (Fig. 1 ), which is about 100 km north of Dili in East Timor and 500 km south of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. The island is about 90 km long and 30 km wide.
Opportunities for minelife extension include the nearby Meron deposit and other identified VMS copper and gold targets on Wetar Island. Finders Resources is an Australian company headquartered in West Perth, Western Australia. In addition to the Wetar Island copper project, the company is developing its 72% owned Ojolali goldsilver project on
Finders is the operator of the Wetar Copper Project (72% interest) and the Ojolali GoldSilver Project (72% interest) both located in Indonesia. The Wetar Copper Project comprises the development, open pit mining and processing of the highgrade sulphide deposits at Kali Kuning and Lerokis located within 3 kilometres of the coast on Wetar Island.
Mine life is estimated at 10.5 years. Finders is 72% owner and operator of the Wetar copper project. The project is based on openpit mining and heap leaching of the Kali Kuning and Lerokis highgrade sulphide deposits located within 3 km of the coast of Wetar Island.
This paper describes the case history of a successful exploration programme for gold in Indonesia, initiated by CSR Minerals in 1984 and continued by Billiton Companies in Indonesia since 1988. Gold mineralization on Wetar island, Maluku, was first detected in 1986 as a stream sediment bulk leach extractable gold response of 10 ppb.
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Wetar Island Copper Project. Scope of Work. GR Engineering was engaged by PT BTR to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) of an upgrade to the SXEW copper plant at the Wetar Copper Project, located on Wetar Island in Maluku province, Republic of Indonesia. Deflector Copper Gold Project. Cosmic Boy
Merdeka Copper Golds (JKMDKA) major assets are the Tujuh Bukit Heap Leach Gold Mine and the undeveloped Tujuh Bukit Porphyry Copper Gold deposit located in East Java, Indonesia. Merdeka has also recently acquired control (97%) of Finders Resources Limited (ASXFND) the operator of the Wetar Island Copper Project.
The Wetar copper project has open pit mining and processing of high grade sulphide deposits at Kali Kuning and Lerokis, located within 3km of the coast on Wetar Island. There is already a wharf, camp and roads in place along with partially prestripped copper ore bodies from a previous gold mining era.
The Lerokis, Kali Kuning and Meron deposits, located on the north central coast of Wetar Island, Indonesia, comprise precious metalrich volcanogenic massive base metal sulphide and barite deposits, which are hosted by Neogene volcanic rocks and minor oceanic sediments and lie within part of the Inner Banda Arc.These deposits have produced approximately 17 tonnes of gold.
Plus, Oklos hunt for a golden elephant, finding Xanadu in Mongolia and Centaurus chasing Brazilian gold. Its no Bali, but Indonesias Wetar Island in the Banda Sea north of Timor Leste is proving to be a happy stomping ground for the often overlooked copper producer Finders Resources (FND).
This winning combination ensures that the mine will remain liquid throughout its life. The technical mining potential in Indonesia is huge, Moorhead comments. It has some of the biggest gold and copper deposits in the world. What we aim to do is create an internationally respected, high standard and high integrity mining company.
The ASXlisted company is also planning the development of other targets on Wetar Island, including Karkopang, Kali Basar and Baru Manu with the aim of increasing mine life. Funds will also be used to conduct a feasibility assessment of an acid plant, and gold and silver production in the baryte sands and in massive sulphide ore.
The stratovolcano Gunungapi Wetar forms an isolated island to the north of Wetar. There are a number of gold mines on Wetar, which have been poorly managed and constitute an environmental concern. Along with other nearby islands, it formed part of Wallacea, the area of deep water separated from both the Asian and Australian continental shelves
The Prima Lirang Wetar Island Gold Prospect is near Jakarta, Indonesia. Preliminary development has taken place such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping. Enough data has been gathered to estimate grade and tonnage.
There is a gold mine on the nearby island of Wetar and I think that Billiton is associated with BHP so they may be able to help. GOLD MINE IN WETAR ISLAND COMES STARTS FULL OPERATION The gold mine in the island of Wetar has started full operation with a production capacity of 2 tons of gold/year, beginning this month.