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| state/province = [[North Kazakhstan Province]]
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The '''Bozshakol mine''' is a large [[mining|copper mine]] located in northern [[Kazakhstan]] in [[North Kazakhstan Province]]. Bozshakol represents one of the largest copper deposits in [[Kazakhstan]] and largest single mine development in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] region by both scope and volume of production. It has estimated reserves of 1.17 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.36% copper with valuable by-products of [[gold]] and [[molybdenum]].<ref name="company website">{{cite web|url=http://www.kazminerals.com/en/operations/bozshakol|title=Bozshakol project|publisher=kazminerals.com|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref><ref name="Annual Report 2014">[http://asp-gb.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=624/3348/9925&lng=en Annual Report 2014 flipbook], page. 42.</ref><ref name="LSE KAZ Minerals 2014 Audited results">{{cite web|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/12262095.html|title=Audited Results for Year ended 31 December 2014|publisher=London Stock Exchange|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref>

== General ==

Bozshakol is a green-field project under development by [[KAZ Minerals]]. It is located in northern Kazakhstan, close to existing power, transportation and other infrastructure. The project is being developed as an open-pit mine with an onsite concentrator and a clay plant. The deposit has a mineral resource of 1,17 million tonnes at an average copper grade of 0.36% with 5,255 koz of gold and 57 kt of molybdenum as by-products.<ref name="Annual Report 2014"/>

The Bozshakol mine and concentrator will have a production life of over 40 years, with estimated annual output of 100 kt of copper cathode equivalent in the first 10 years of operations. Expected processing capacity: at the concentrator (construction under-way) – 25 million tons of ore per annum, clay plant (construction under-way) – 5 million tons of ore annually.<ref name="company website"/><ref name="LSE KAZ Minerals 2014 Audited results"/>

The project is expected to commence commissioning on Q4 2015 with pre-production mining in H2 2015.<ref name="company website"/><ref name="LSE KAZ Minerals 2014 Audited results"/>

==See also==
* [[KAZ Minerals]]
* [[Aktogay mine|Aktogay]]
* [[Koksay]]
* [[Bozymchak]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.kazminerals.com KAZ Minerals official website]: www.kazminerals.com
* [http://www.kazminerals.com/en/operations/bozshakol Bozshakol Project page]

[[Category:Copper mines in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Mining companies of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Copper mining companies]]
[[Category:Kazakhmys]]