Mining

Syrymbet
The world's largest undeveloped tin deposit
123.3 million tons of ore
Total mineral resources in the field as a whole
до 2028 г.
Контракт на разведку и добычу руды

The mining company JSC Syrymbet was established in 1998. In mid-2017, the company was renamed Tin One Mining JSC. The main asset of the company is the Syrymbet deposit. Within the framework of the project, it is planned to develop the Syrymbet tin deposit and build a mining and metallurgical complex in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The general contractor for the implementation of the feasibility Study (Definitive Feasibility Study — DFS), one of the leading engineering and design companies, has been involved;
The development of a bank feasibility study according to international standards, including the calculation of reserves and technology validation and improvement of the project economy, will significantly reduce the cost of financing by (1) attracting a strategic and/or financial investor, as well as (2) attracting debt financing at significantly lower rates.

История разведки

In 1985, industrial tin mineralization (primary ores) was established by wells in the area of ​​the Syrymbet ore field (Semenkov, 1989). When conducting exploration work for tin in the Syrymbet ore field (Kuzovenko, 1990), the presence of tin-bearing weathering crusts, which are a new industrial type of tin-containing raw materials, was established in the Syrymbet area.

The Syrymbetskoye ore field is located in the northwestern part of the Kokchetavsky median massif, within the Volodarsky ore district.

Structurally, the ore field of the Syrymbet deposit is confined to the Shok-Karagay synclinorium, composed of siliceous-carbonaceous deposits of the Upper Riphean Sharyk Formation, intruded by two stocks (Syrymbet and Sarybulak) of granite porphyries of the Middle-Late Devonian (Orlinogorsk) intrusive complex. Industrial tin mineralization is confined to the rocks of the northwestern exocontact of the Syrymbet massif, localized mainly among metasomatically altered rocks of the Sharyk Formation: mudstones, siltstones, limestones, marls and weathering crusts along them. To a lesser extent, tin mineralization is observed in granitoids.

The complex of metasomatically altered rocks of the Sharyk formation in relation to tin mineralization is ore-containing. The granitoids of the Syrymbet and Sarybulak massifs are ore-generating and partially ore-containing in relation to tin mineralization. The ore-containing and ore-generating formation for tantalum-niobates are granitoids. They can be traced in the form of ridge-shaped dike-like bodies of the northeastern strike.

Within the part of the Syrymbet ore field, which is part of the geological allotment of Tin One Mining JSC, there are: the Syrymbet tin ore deposit consisting of three sections: South-Western, Central, and North-Eastern, as well as the Sarybulak tantalum site -niobates. This report presents estimates of tin ore reserves in the South-Western, Central and North-Eastern areas.

Description of the deposit
  • Industrial mineralization within the Syrymbet ore field is represented by oxide and sulfide ores;
  • In addition to the main industrial mineral tin, over 70 minerals have been found in primary ores;
  • The Syrymbet deposit is a complex rare metal-polymetallic object (Sn, W, Ta, Nb, Mo, Be, Bi, Cu, F, S) with the manifestation of high concentrations of lead and zinc, antimony and precious metals in favorable lithological and structural areas;
Description of the deposit
  • Industrial mineralization within the Syrymbet ore field is represented by oxide and sulfide ores;
  • In addition to the main industrial mineral tin, over 70 minerals have been found in primary ores;
  • The Syrymbet deposit is a complex rare metal-polymetallic object (Sn, W, Ta, Nb, Mo, Be, Bi, Cu, F, S) with the manifestation of high concentrations of lead and zinc, antimony and precious metals in favorable lithological and structural areas;