Kudz Ze Kayah Project
The ABM Mine Project is the first project proposed by BMC Minerals for mine development within the Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) Project located in the northern Pelly Mountains. KZK is situated 115km south-east of Ross River in south central Yukon, Canada within the traditional territory of the Kaska Dena.
The Kudz Ze Kayah Project comprises eight mineral properties of which the most advanced are:
- The KZK Property centred on the ABM Deposit
- The Pelly Property located immediately adjacent to the now shuttered Wolverine mine
- The Kona Property centred on the Kona deposit
- The Wolf Property centred on the Wolf deposit
BMC is proposing mining, construction and mineral processing activities centred on the ABM Deposit; a polymetallic volcanic hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposit containing economic concentrations of the critical minerals zinc, silver, copper, gold and lead.
Mining is planned to be conducted utilising both open pit (~89% of ore) and underground (~11% of ore) mining methods, with ore processed to produce separate copper, zinc and high precious metal (HPM) concentrates via sequential flotation through a processing plant that is anticipated to treat an estimated average 2.0 million tonnes of ore per annum.
Tailings are proposed to be deposited in a purpose-built dry stack tailings storage facility, while unmineralized rock is proposed to be classified according to acid generation and metal leaching potential and stored in purpose-built storage facilities. No heap leaching will be conducted. Rock with strongly acid generating and/or metal leaching properties is proposed to be co-disposed with the tailings.
BMC is committed to progressing the advanced and high-quality ABM Mine Project to being fully permitted; leveraging its exploration upside and significant competitive advantages to produce gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc.
Once in production, the ABM Mine is expected to be Canada’s largest silver and zinc producer and a top 15 copper producer. The ABM Mine will also be one of five mines globally that will be both a top 25 zinc producer and a top 20 silver producer. (CIBC)
The proposed mine project has been the subject of a socioeconomic and environmental assessment completed by the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board. In April 2026 BMC received a positive Decision Document for development of the ABM Mine from the Government of Yukon, Natural Resources Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Decision Bodies). The positive Decision Document builds on previous Decision Documents, issued in 2022 and 2024, and comes after additional consultation, ordered by the Yukon Court of Appeal in December 2024, between the Decision Bodies and Kaska First Nations, on the issue of economic viability of the project.
The Decision Document allows BMC to continue the permitting process for all remaining permits and licenses for the project including the Quartz Mining License and the Type A & B Water Licenses.
Over the last 10 years, more than US$150 million has been invested into the project making it uniquely advanced. With a mine life of approximately nine years, the proposed ABM Mine Project is intended to leave a relatively small footprint on the land.
For more information and latest results, please view our ASX Announcements
“Source: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) analysis”
The Kudz Ze Kayah Project comprises eight mineral properties of which the most advanced are:
- The KZK Property centred on the ABM Deposit
- The Pelly Property located immediately adjacent to the now shuttered Wolverine mine
- The Kona Property centred on the Kona deposit
- The Wolf Property centred on the Wolf deposit
BMC is proposing mining, construction and mineral processing activities centred on the ABM Deposit; a polymetallic volcanic hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) deposit containing economic concentrations of the critical minerals zinc, silver, copper, gold and lead.
Mining is planned to be conducted utilising both open pit (~89% of ore) and underground (~11% of ore) mining methods, with ore processed to produce separate copper, zinc and high precious metal (HPM) concentrates via sequential flotation through a processing plant that is anticipated to treat an estimated average 2.0 million tonnes of ore per annum.
Tailings are proposed to be deposited in a purpose-built dry stack tailings storage facility, while unmineralized rock is proposed to be classified according to acid generation and metal leaching potential and stored in purpose-built storage facilities. No heap leaching will be conducted. Rock with strongly acid generating and/or metal leaching properties is proposed to be co-disposed with the tailings.
BMC is committed to progressing the advanced and high-quality ABM Mine Project to being fully permitted; leveraging its exploration upside and significant competitive advantages to produce gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc.
Once in production, the ABM Mine is expected to be Canada’s largest silver and zinc producer and a top 15 copper producer. The ABM Mine will also be one of five mines globally that will be both a top 25 zinc producer and a top 20 silver producer. (CIBC)
The proposed mine project has been the subject of a socioeconomic and environmental assessment completed by the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board. In April 2026 BMC received a positive Decision Document for development of the ABM Mine from the Government of Yukon, Natural Resources Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Decision Bodies). The positive Decision Document builds on previous Decision Documents, issued in 2022 and 2024, and comes after additional consultation, ordered by the Yukon Court of Appeal in December 2024, between the Decision Bodies and Kaska First Nations, on the issue of economic viability of the project.
The Decision Document allows BMC to continue the permitting process for all remaining permits and licenses for the project including the Quartz Mining License and the Type A & B Water Licenses.
Over the last 10 years, more than US$150 million has been invested into the project making it uniquely advanced. With a mine life of approximately nine years, the proposed ABM Mine Project is intended to leave a relatively small footprint on the land.
For more information and latest results, please view our ASX Announcements
“Source: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) analysis”