Q4 2024 Production Report

KAZ MINERALS PRODUCTION AND SALES REPORT FOR TWELVE MONTHS AND THE FOURTH QUARTER ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024

  12m
2024
12m
2023
Q4 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2023
Copper production1 kt 379.9 403.4   92.9  96.1 102.2
Aktogay kt 228.8 252.4 56.6  58.3 60.4
Bozshakol kt 104.7 104.6 25.5  25.8 27.1
East Region & Bozymchak kt 46.4 46.4 10.8  12.0 14.7
Gold production2 koz 145.8 162.0 34.9  35.0 41.7
Silver production2 koz 3,728 4,008 978  875 1,004
Zinc in concentrate kt 42.8 51.4 11.5  8.8 15.0
Copper sales3 kt 386.8 445.4   91.8  91.9 101.2
Gold sales4 koz 150.8 178.8   30.4  36.4 38.2
Silver sales4 koz 3,836 4,107   822  1 126 916
Zinc in concentrate sales kt 44.3 52.9   8.6  10.4 11.6

1. Payable metal in concentrate and copper cathode from Aktogay oxide ore
2. Payable metal in concentrate
3. Payable metal in concentrate, toll processed metal and copper cathode from Aktogay oxide ore
4. Payable metal in concentrate and toll processed metal

Highlights

  • KAZ Minerals processed 96.5 Mt of ore in 2024, a 6% year-on-year increase and a record for the Group.
  • Copper production for the year was 380 kt (2023: 403 kt) as the increase in ore throughput was offset by an expected reduction in grades processed, as the ore bodies mature.
  • Production of gold, silver and zinc in 2024 reduced compared with the prior year as mining took place in areas with lower polymetallic content.
  • Copper sales of 387 kt were 2% higher than production, benefiting from the sale of material held in transit at the beginning of the year.

Andrew Southam, Chief Executive Officer, said: “In 2024, KAZ Minerals set a new milestone by processing 96.5 Mt of ore, a record for the Group and a 6% increase versus 2023. The concentrators at Aktogay and Bozshakol continued to perform above design capacity, highlighting the Group’s commitment to operational excellence.”

For further information please contact:

KAZ Minerals    
Maksut Zhapabayev

Gillian Little

Corporate Communications, Almaty

Company Secretary, Dubai

Tel: +7 727 244 03 53

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