Mawarid owns and operates the Lasail Copper concentrator located about 35 km inland from Sohar on the Buraimi-Abu Dhabi Road. The strategic geographical positioning of Sohar (Oman’s second largest port and city) allows Mawarid easy access to overseas markets.

The Lasail Copper concentrator at a glance:

• The concentrator is designed to upgrade mined ore, which averages around 2-3% copper, to a grade of between 18% and 24% copper.
   

• Currently (Sept 2011), the concentrator has a throughput of 130 tonnes/hour with 93% availability.
   

• Project work is completed to upgrade the facility to a throughput of 140 tonnes/hour.
   

• The copper concentrate is sold for further processing to the international market for export and to Oman Mining Company LLC (a government owned entity) that operates the Lasail smelter and refinery complex adjacent to the concentrator.
   

• Mawarid has constructed a modern tailings storage facility and water recovery system. It is the first of its kind in the Sultanate and is fully compliant with the Sultanate’s environmental legislation.
   

• The analytical lab located in the Lasail Concentrator is staffed by experienced chemists and has internationally accepted sample preparation and analytical equipment to analyze geochemical samples from the plant, exploration and mine.