Profil PT Batutua Tembaga Raya
Profil Perusahaan / Lembaga - PT. Batutua Tembaga Raya
Deskripsi Perusahaan / Kelembagaan:
PT Batutua Tembaga Raya merupakan salah satu perusahaan yang beroperasi di Tambang Tembaga Wetar di Maluku Barat Daya sebagai anak perusahaan Merdeka Copper Gold Group.
Tambang Tembaga Wetar merupakan satu-satunya tambang di Indonesia yang menghasilkan dan mengekspor katoda tembaga secara langsung. Tambang ini dioperasikan oleh PT Batutua Kharisma Permai (BKP), pemegang izin usaha pertambangan, dan PT Batutua Tembaga Raya (BTR), pemegang izin usaha industri untuk mengolah hasil tambang menjadi katoda tembaga.
Sejak diakuisisi oleh PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk pada 2018, tambang ini berperan penting dalam memperkuat pasokan tembaga Indonesia, sekaligus mendukung praktik pertambangan berkelanjutan dan pengembangan masyarakat setempat.
PT Batutua Tembaga Raya is an Indonesian based company of Finders Resources Limited (ASX Code: FND) an Indonesia-focused operator with Wetar Copper Project (95% interest).
The Wetar Copper Project has several stand-out characteristics including:
- JORC compliant mining reserves with ~200,000t of contained copper metal
- A 9.2 year mine life at high grade ~2.5% Cu and low strip ratio of less than 1.0
- Proven heap leaching process with a working industry-standard SX-EW plant
- LME Grade A copper cathode product sold at a premium to LME since February 2009
- A recently completed Updated Bankable Feasibility Study which forsees: Total capital costs of $167m including an accuracy provision of $17m ◦Operating cash costs of $1.07lb life of mine, 90 cents/lb at full production ◦EBITDA for the first full year of production of +$155m at $3.75/lb copper
- Local community is knowledgeable about mining and is strongly supportive of the project