Screening read from the public record

How many of the documented conditions for locked metal does Quellaveco show?

Moderate

Some documented conditions are present. This is a question worth testing, not a finding. Only a sample result can turn it into an answer.

What drives this read2 sourced factors · same inputs, same score, every time

+14Deposit type. Described as Porphyry copper-molybdenum. Porphyry systems are documented as carrying Mo, Au, Ag, Re and Te as by-product or unrecovered constituents. source
+8By-product not carried in the resource. Named as by-product or co-product: Molybdenum, silver. The resource statement located carries no grade or contained-metal figure for it. source

This is a count of documented conditions in the public filings, not a probability and not a claim that metal is present. It moves only on what a cited source already states. A DETECT™ characterisation is what turns it into a measured answer.

Step 1 · what the public record shows

Quellaveco

Anglo American ORMR 2023

Compiled from public filings. Every figure below links to its source; where the public record is silent, that is stated, not inferred. Figures are machine-extracted and not yet independently verified by a qualified person — confirm against the linked filing before relying on them.

Identity and ownershipAnglo American (Anglo American Quellaveco S.A.) · Peru · Copper

Operator: Anglo American (Anglo American Quellaveco S.A.)highMining-Technology — as of 2022
Jurisdiction: Peru — Moquegua RegionhighMining-Technology — as of 2022
Primary commodity: CopperhighAnglo American ORMR 2023 — as of 2023-12-31
Deposit type: Porphyry copper-molybdenumhighMining-Technology — as of 2022
First production: 2022highAnglo American / Mining-Technology — as of 2022
Years in operation: 4derived from first production year

Disclosed interests

Interest 1: Anglo American plc — 60%highAnglo American ORMR 2023 — as of 2023-12-31
Interest 2: Mitsubishi Corporation — 40%highMitsubishi Corporation — Anglo American Quellaveco project page

Byproduct and co-product commodities

Byproduct 1: Molybdenum, silvermoderateMining-Technology (porphyry Cu-Mo) — as of 2022

Reported production1 reported figure

Metal	Quantity	Basis	Period	Source
Copper	306000 t	total	CY2024 (100% basis)	Mitsubishi Corporation portfolio slide 3high

Public technical reportingJORC, 2024

JORC (primary) — Anglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2023, 2024, filed by Anglo American plc (LSE) on ASXhighAnglo American Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources Report 2023

Australia / Asia-Pacific (ASX) · expected language: Ore Reserves / Mineral Resources

Reported mineral resource and reserveCu

Resource reported: Measured+Indicated, Inferred
Reserve reported: Proven+Probable
Grade stated, % Cu: 0.39 to 0.51, by category
Cut-off: not stated
Effective date: 2023-12-31
Resource includes reserve: not stated

Tonnage, grade and contained metal by category are set out in the filing itself: Anglo American ORMR 2023 (pp.25-27), pp.25-27.

Processing and metallurgyflotation

Process route: flotation
Reported recovery: not stated
Ore character described in the filing: none of that family used
Deleterious elements named: none stated

Sulphide flotation producing copper and molybdenum concentrates; autonomous mining fleet; operation runs on renewable energy. Copper recovery % not stated in the ORMR summary tables.

Mining-Technology / Anglo American ORMR 2023

Process route: flotation
Reported recovery: not stated
Ore character described in the filing: none of that family used
Deleterious elements named: none stated

Processing method: Open-pit (autonomous trucks and drills) with sulphide flotation; ~300 kt copper/yr average over first 10 years. Anglo announced a 2025 throughput-boost project.

Mining-Technology / International Mining

What was sought and not found5 points stated plainly

Reserve/resource effective date is 31 Dec 2023 — refresh from Anglo American ORMR 2024 when quoting.
Molybdenum and silver grades not in the ORMR summary tables; pull from the operation's own reporting if needed.
Copper recovery % not publicly stated in the summary; a gap, not a hidden number.
Figures machine-extracted, not hand-verified.
Figures are machine-extracted from the cited filings and not yet independently verified by a qualified person (verification_status = machine_extracted_unreviewed). Confirm against the cited filing before external use.

Assessment

The 2023 JORC statement (effective 31 Dec 2023) reports 1,595.2 Mt of proved and probable reserves at 0.51% Cu (8.2 Mt contained copper) at this porphyry Cu-Mo operation, with a further 1,186 Mt of inferred resource at 0.41% Cu. Public resource reporting characterises grade, tonnage and reserve life; it is not designed to resolve element deportment by mineral phase, nor where molybdenum and silver byproducts and any refractory-hosted value report across concentrate, tailings and residue at a first-decade operation of this scale. Whether recoverable value resists conventional flotation is a testable question that a DETECT characterisation is built to answer. Element deportment by mineral phase is not resolved in the public reporting located, and the figures here are machine-extracted from the cited filings and not yet independently verified.

Screening signals

Each item below is something a cited source states. Nothing here asserts that unrecovered material is present.

Byproduct without a reported grade

Molybdenum, silver is named as a byproduct or co-product commodity, and the resource statement located carries no grade or contained-metal figure for it.

Mining-Technology (porphyry Cu-Mo)

Documented deposit-type association

The deposit is described as Porphyry copper-molybdenum. Porphyry systems are documented as commonly carrying molybdenum, gold, silver, rhenium and tellurium as byproduct or unrecovered constituents.

Mining-Technology

Open technical questions

Public resource reporting characterises grade and tonnage to a code standard. It is not designed to resolve element deportment by mineral phase. These are the questions this operation’s public reporting was not built to answer.

The resource statement reports contained Copper but no deportment for the molybdenum, silver carried in the concentrate; in which mineral phase that value resides is not resolved by the assays disclosed.
Grounded in: Molybdenum, silver is named as a byproduct or co-product commodity, with no separate grade in the located resource statement. source
The deposit is described as Porphyry copper-molybdenum; public code-compliant reporting characterises grade and tonnage to a code standard but is not designed to resolve element deportment by mineral phase in this material.
Grounded in: The deposit type is reported as Porphyry copper-molybdenum. source

How those questions get answered

These are testable questions about element deportment by mineral phase, which code-compliant public reporting is not designed to resolve. A DETECT™ desk study is the instrument built to weigh them: it reads this site's public record alongside any assays, mineralogy and recovery data the holder can supply, and states how likely it is that value sits in a form the current route does not recover. It measures nothing and assumes nothing. Measurement comes later, from a RECOVER™ trial on a representative sample.

Step 2 · how likely is it?

Is the metal at Quellaveco locked in a form your process cannot see?

The read above screens the public record. It cannot see your rock. A DETECT™ desk study takes what you already hold, your assays, drill data, mineralogy, historical recovery and tailings records, and assesses how likely it is that metal at your site sits in a form conventional processing does not recover.

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