Central Asia Metals
CAML · AIM · Basic Resources · mcap £261m · 153.8p
The company runs the Kounrad copper recovery operation in Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc and lead mine in North Macedonia. It also holds exploration interests in Scotland, Kazakhstan and Quebec.
| Target | Promise | Said | Status |
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| 2024 | |||
| 31 Dec 2024 | 2024 production: copper 13,000-14,000t, zinc 19,000-21,000t, lead 27,000-29,000t. | 25 Mar 2024 | ◐ Partly kept |
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Result
Copper 13,439t met; zinc 18,572t and lead 26,617t slightly below guidance. 9 Jan 2025 · 2024 Operations Update |
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| 31 Dec 2024 | Sasa 2024 output towards lower end of guidance. | 11 Jul 2024 | ◐ Partly kept |
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Result
Zinc and lead finished fractionally below the guidance ranges. 9 Jan 2025 · 2024 Operations Update |
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| 2025 | |||
| 31 Mar 2025 | Complete and operate the Sasa Dry Stack Tailings Plant, now Q1 2025. | 11 Jan 2024 | ◐ Partly kept |
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Result
Deadline slipped from H1 2024 to Q1 2025; plant was operational by April 2025 but ramping up. “at the end of the quarter, Sasa produced the first filter cake from its DST Plant”8 Apr 2025 · Q1 2025 Operations Update “Construction of the DST Plant is complete. The plant has produced its first filter cake, which has been placed in the dedicated area prepared for the commissioning process”8 Apr 2025 · Q1 2025 Operations Update |
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| Today · 11 Oct 2026 | |||
| 2026 | |||
| 31 Dec 2026 | Zero fatalities and LTIFR below 1.13. | 15 Apr 2025 | ◐ Partly on track |
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Also stated 26 Aug 2026
Status so far
LTIFR was 0.77 in 2024 and 0.39 in 2025 but 1.73 in H1 2026. “Lost-time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) target below 1.13 | 0.39 LTIFR target achieved”15 Apr 2026 · Publication of 2025 Sustainability Report “Two LTIs were recorded during the period, one each at Kounrad and Sasa, both in Q1, and the Group's LTIFR was 1.73 compared with an annual target of below 1.13.”26 Aug 2026 · Half-year Results |
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