Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine
Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine
Miaogou/Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine
Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine

In September 2023, the Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine obtained an integrated mining license covering both its northern and southern sections. It has a processing capacity of 10,000 tonnes per day and ranks among China’s largest underground lead-zinc mines with the lowest ore grades.

Sanguikou Lead-Zinc Mine
  • Location
    Urad Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia
  • Ownership
    95%
  • Project status
    In production
  • Deposit Type
    Submarine exhalative sedimentary - hydrothermal modification
  • Mineral Resources (Inclusive of Mineral Reserves)
    Contained Zinc: 1.40Mt, Grade: 2.46%
    Lead: 335kt, Grade: 0.59%
  • Mining & Processing methods
    Underground mining + flotation
  • 2024 Production
    Zinc: 53,359 tonnes, lead: 11,849 tonnes
  • M&A

    Zijin Mining accumulated a 95% interest in the mine through multiple transactions since 2005.

ESG

The project follows a local employment strategy, with 85% of its employees being local residents. It maintains a strict approach to compliance, safety, and environmental protection, striving to build a green, eco-friendly mine. The project actively fulfills its social responsibilities by engaging in biodiversity conservation projects (including protection of wild blue sheep), preserving local grassland cultural heritage, constructing a beef cattle feedlot, and maintaining community roads. Sanguikou has been recognized as a national high-tech company in China, a “National Worker Pioneer” Entity, and a “Green Plant” in Inner Mongolia.