Source: Kazakh Invest
- Indicator Results
- Investment amount, thousand US dollars 70 942
- NPV of the Project thousand, US dollars 173 323
- IRR, % 32,7%
- IBITDA yield, % 49%
- Payback period, years 5,4
- Discounted payback period, years - - 6,7
Project Description:
Extraction and processing of rare metal ores from the Yuzhny Zhaur deposit in the Karaganda region (the “Project”).
Commercial products:
- 57% tungsten trioxide concentrate
- 50% molybdenum concentrate
Production process:
- open-pit mining is
- a sulfide-scheelite flotation, which includes grinding in one stage, sulfide flotation and scheelite flotation.
Maximum processing capacity:
4000 thousand tons of commercial ore per year
Project implementation period:
35 years old
Market prerequisites:
Availability of raw materials – Kazakhstan is in the first place in the world in terms of tungsten reserves (2 million tons or 63% of world reserves). The presence of significant reserves of molybdenum (160 thousand tons) on the territory of Kazakhstan opens up the potential for reviving the production of this metal in the future.
The increase in metal prices – The lack of easily accessible financing and the low metal content in the ores of the deposits are the reasons for the limited supply of metal on the market, which in the future may serve as an incentive for further growth in prices for tungsten and molybdenum.
Growing demand – Over the next 10 years, global demand for tungsten is projected to increase from 72,552 tons to 121,679 tons (5.3% CAGR). The development of the steel industry affects the growing demand for molybdenum. In the long term, until 2024, it is expected that the growth rate of demand for this metal will be 3.6% per year.
Reserves of the Southern Zhaur field (JORC)
| Name | Balance sheet reserves for category C2 | |
| Quantity, tons | Content, % | |
| Ore | 122 189 700 | |
| Tungsten Trioxide | 198 953 | 0,163 |
| Molybdenum | 13 062 | 0,010 |
| Bismuth | 6 408 | 0,005 |