Koksay ( kk, Көксай, ''Kóksaı'') is a copper deposit located in south eastern

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around 230 km from

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

. The deposit is

KAZ Minerals KAZ Minerals plc is a British copper company focused on large scale, low cost open pit mining in Kazakhstan. The Group is listed in London and Kazakhstan stock exchanges. The company operates 3 underground mines and 2 concentrators in the East Reg ...

Group’s third major growth project and was acquired in June 2014 for $260 million.Annual Report 2014 flipbook
page 7.

General

The project is at scoping stage. It has an estimated production life of over 20 years with a measured and indicated mineral resource of 701 MT with copper grade of 0.44%. The estimated annual production is 85 kt of copper in concentrate along with gold, silver and

molybdenum Molybdenum is a chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42 which is located in period 5 and group 6. The name is from Neo-Latin ''molybdaenum'', which is based on Ancient Greek ', meaning lead, since its ores were confused with lea ...

by-products.Annual Report 2014 flipbook
page 43.

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* {{Official website, http://www.kazminerals.com, KAZ Minerals official website
Koksay Project page
Copper mines in Kazakhstan Kazakhmys

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