The mine is less than a 2-hour drive to the city of Adana, Türkiye (Population of 2.2 million).
The Port of Mersin is less than 2.5 hours drive from the mine. The port connects the mine to the international zinc market of purchasers.
Sarıkaya Exploration
Buildings
The at Horzum AS reached a significant milestone with 2,200,000 fatality free shifts at the Pinargozu mine.
One of the exploration drill rigs used at Pinargozu for both surface and underground drilling. Approximately 100,000 metres of diamond core drilling have been completed since 2014.
Development
A photo of the commencement of the 4th adit at Pinargozu.
Heads of Mining, Geology, and Safety & Health Departments in Front of the 541 Adit.
Development of the 541 Adit
Underground
High-grade sphalerite mineralization (50% Zinc) at the 541 Adit.
A photo of a development adit at Pinargozu which is big enough to drive a full-size truck through.
Watch the videos below to take a first-person ride on a truck around the mine underground. Pasinex has four adits and recently completed the 4th adit that allows access to the deeper high-grade sulphides at the 541 level.
Our exploration geologists and mining engineers intersected high-grade zinc sulphides while developing our 4th adit at the 541 level.
Our mining engineers in front of the high grade (48%) zinc sulphide material.
A mine geologist taking measurements of structures.
A close-up look at the zinc sulphide product.
Core & Rocks
Mining geologists taking a closer look at the exploration drill core at Pinargozu.
Geology team and mine manager at the core yard.
A close look at the core from the 541 level. You can see the high-grade zinc sulphides right beside the white marble.
A close look at the high-grade sphalerite mineralization from the 541 adit.
Sphalerite with high-grade zinc and small inclusions of marble.
Cross Sections
High Grade Zinc Detected in Deeper Portion
Charts
Videos
In this video you’ll see:
The scenery around the Pinargozu Zinc Mine
Driving past the staff buildings at Pinargozu
Entering the mine through the 4th adit at the 541 level
A close look at the high-grade sphalerite mineralization from the 541 adit
In this video you’ll see:
The scenery around the Pinargozu zinc mine
Entering the mine through the 4th adit at the 541 level
A production ramp connecting the 4th adit to the rest of the mine
High-grade zinc sulphide at the 541 level
In this video you’ll see:
High-grade zinc sulphide at the 541 level
A mine geologist taking measurements of structures
Our mining engineers taking a photo in front of the zinc sulphide material
Underground drilling conducted at the 541 level
Core samples from the drill being collected and logged