Broken Hill Mines Limited (ASX: BHM) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Broken Hill Mines Limited is a mineral exploration and mining company focused on the extraction and development of silver, lead, and zinc assets in New South Wales, Australia.
Broken Hill Mines Limited
Broken Hill Mines Limited is a mineral exploration and mining company focused on the extraction and development of silver, lead, and zinc assets in New South Wales, Australia. The company operates the underground Rasp Mine, situated on the historic Line of Lode in Broken Hill, which features an operating processing plant with a capacity of 750,000 tonnes per annum. Additionally, Broken Hill Mines holds the nearby Pinnacles Mine, a shallow, high-grade deposit located south-west of Broken Hill. The company produces lead and zinc concentrates for global markets while conducting exploration and development activities to expand its resource base.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Broken Hill Mines Limited
- Zinc Concentrate Production: Commercial extraction and processing of zinc-bearing sulfide ores into high-grade zinc concentrates using selective flotation methods at an onsite processing plant with an annual treatment capacity of 750,000 tonnes for export and domestic smelting.
- Lead and Silver Concentrate Production: Mining and beneficiation of lead-galena and silver mineralisation into marketable lead-silver concentrates, which are thickened, filtered, and transported via integrated sealed road and rail transport networks to regional shipping terminals.
- Underground Mining Operations: Primary underground mineral extraction utilizing sub-level open stoping and up-hole stoping methods within metamorphosed volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits, supported by grid power transmission infrastructure and localized operational equipment.
- Mineral Processing Infrastructure: Operation and maintenance of an integrated processing facility comprising comminution circuits, grinding mills, differential flotation cells, thickening tanks, and pressure filtration units capable of processing up to 750,000 tonnes of run-of-mine ore annually.
- Shallow High-Grade Resource Development: Exploration and underground planning targeting shallow, high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineral deposits located fifteen kilometers southwest of central mining operations to establish secondary ore feed sources and extend overall operational longevity.
- Regional Mineral Exploration: Near-mine underground drilling and regional surface exploration targeting metamorphosed base metal sulfide lodes across historic mining leases in New South Wales to delineate additional mineral resource estimates and expand long-term production potential.
Broken Hill Mines Limited executive team
- Mr. Patrick Christopher Andrew Walta BEng (Hons), BSci, GAICD, MBA, MSci(Min.Eco.Executive Chairman
- Mr. Michael WorcesterChief Financial Officer
- Mr. Brent WalshIndependent Non-Executive Director
- Mr. Alan David Stephen Armstrong C.A.Company Secretary