The Sepon gold and copper operations are located in Laos. The Sepon copper operation in Laos produces approximately 65,000 tonnes of copper as cathodes annually. The Government of Laos holds a 10% interest in the Sepon project with MMG owning the other 90%.
Key statistics
| Name |
Sepon Copper |
| Location |
Located approximately 40km north of the town of Sepon, in Savannakhet Province, south-central Lao PDR. |
| Product |
Copper cathodes |
| Reserves* |
792,000t copper |
| Resources* |
1.8Mt copper |
| Employees |
5,080 (Sepon Copper & Sepon Gold) |
| Mining Method |
Open pit |
| Processing Method |
Whole-of-ore leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) |
| Start Date |
2005 |
* as at 30 June 2008
MMG owns the Sepon gold and copper operations in south-central Laos. The Sepon Copper and gold plants and mining operations are located immediately adjacent to each other.
The Sepon project comprises a 1,250 square kilometres contarct area located approximately 40 kilometres north of the town of Sepon, in Savannakhet Province, south-central Laos.
The Sepon copper operation commenced production in 2005 and is the most modern and technically sophisticated plant of its kind in Asia.