Barksdale is sitting on a worldclass project ! Arizona mining ( Taylor project ) was bought for 2,1 Billion Candollar 2018 ( at much lower zinc and silver price ! The only question is how big is the extension of the taylor project ( sunnyside ).
drilling permit for the worldclass project sunnyside -extension of the worldclass project Taylor ( south 32 ) should come soon . 100 m away from Taylor .
The project is estimated to see a single stage ramp-up to nameplate production of up to 4.3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa). Its annual average production from the Taylor deposit has been estimated to be around 111kt zinc, 138kt lead, and 7.3Moz silver. The deposit’s mineral resource estimate is 138Mt, averaging 3.82% zinc, 4.25% lead, and 81 g/t silver.
South32 Chief Executive Officer, Graham Kerr said: “Our all cash offer for Arizona Mining will allow us to optimise the design and development of one of the most exciting base metal projects in the industry.