Equinox Minerals Limited is an international mining company. The Company is currently focused on operating its 100% owned large scale Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, one of the largest new copper mines to be developed globally over the last decade.
Equinox acquired the Lumwana project in 1999 and following nearly 10 years of feasibility, financing and construction, commissioned the mine, plant and infrastructure in December 2008.
Situated 220 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt, Lumwana is now a major open-cut copper mine which positions Equinox as one of the world’s top 20 copper producing companies.
At initial design capacity, Lumwana is processing about 20 million tonnes of ore per year, mined at an average life of mine strip ratio of 4.2:1. Lumwana ore, which is predominantly sulphide, is treated through a large, yet conventional plant, producing a copper concentrate for sale to local and international offtakers.
In addition, Equinox is looking at opportunities to grow the Company. Internally, organic growth opportunities include phased expansions of the Lumwana copper mine and plant to increase process throughput rates to 24 Mtpa, and then up to 35 Mtpa, maximizing the benefit of the large scale Lumwana copper resource. Externally, the Company is investigating international acquisition opportunities to grow the Company. Equinox is approaching the assessment of these internal and external growth opportunities with rigor and discipline to ensure that any investments are accretive.
Stock Symbol: EQXMF
Website: http://www.equinoxminerals.com
Perth Office
Equinox Minerals Ltd.
Ground Floor, 50 Kings Park Road
West Perth WA 6005
