Polaris (Closed) zinc mine

Capital costs were $89M plus $32M working capital. Standard work schedule 11 hour shifts, six days per week, thirty-five weeks per year. Pine Point Mines purchased its 45% interest in 1988. In 1990 Cominco purchased a 50.1% interest in the assets of Pine Point Mines. In 1995 the holdings were restructured as a joint venture. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.