Sectors · Mining
Mining & Precious Metals
Responsible extraction, refined to the highest standard.
Overview
From ore body to vault
Blanco Minerals is the group’s first industrial business and remains its cornerstone. What began in 2012 with a single concession in the Andean highlands has grown into a portfolio of three producing assets, two development projects and a precious-metals refinery in Ticino, Switzerland — giving us rare vertical integration from ore body to investment-grade bullion.
We mine for the long term. Every operation is built around a mine plan measured in decades, not quarters: rigorous resource modelling, conservative cut-off grades and closure funds established on day one. That discipline is why our all-in sustaining cost sits comfortably in the lowest quartile of the industry.
- Gold produced annually across all operations
- 412k oz
- Copper cathode output per year
- 86,000 t
- All-in sustaining cost, FY2025
- $1,040/oz
- Measured and indicated gold resources
- 14.2 Moz
Gold produced annually across all operations
Copper cathode output per year
All-in sustaining cost, FY2025
Measured and indicated gold resources
Exploration & resource development
An in-house geology team of 60 runs systematic drill campaigns across 1,900 km² of concessions in Peru, Botswana and Mongolia, adding an average of 800,000 gold-equivalent ounces to the resource base each year.
Open-pit and underground operations
Our flagship Sierra Dorada complex combines a conventional open pit with an underground sub-level cave, processing 24,000 tonnes of ore per day through a carbon-in-leach circuit commissioned in 2021.
Refining & responsible sourcing
The Ticino refinery processes doré from our own mines alongside certified third-party feed, producing 999.9 fine gold under a chain-of-custody programme audited annually against OECD due-diligence guidance.
Portfolio
Key operations
Arequipa Region, Peru
Sierra Dorada Complex
265,000 oz Au / year
Our largest asset: an integrated open-pit and underground gold-copper operation with a 14-year reserve life and a dedicated 38 MW solar plant covering a third of site power demand.
Ghanzi District, Botswana
Kalahari Ridge
86,000 t Cu / year
A sediment-hosted copper mine commissioned in 2019, producing LME Grade A cathode on site and employing over 1,100 people, 94% of them Botswanan nationals.
Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia
Altan Uul Project
Feasibility stage
A copper-gold porphyry discovery with a maiden resource of 3.1 Moz gold-equivalent. The definitive feasibility study is due in 2027, with first production targeted for 2030.
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