Century is a wholly owned zinc tailings retreatment operation at Lawn Hill in Queensland. Hydraulic mining feeds the existing concentrator, and concentrate is transported through a 304 km underground pipeline to the port facility at Karumba. At 31 December 2025, the operation had 10.1 Mt of Proven tailings reserves containing 308 kt zinc, 5.1 Moz silver and 57 kt lead, representing approximately 18 months of remaining reserve life. Payable zinc production was 101 kt in 2025 and 20 kt in Q1 2026. Sibanye-Stillwater is assessing a phosphate opportunity and the Silver King, East Fault Block and South Block deposits as possible uses of Century's infrastructure after tailings depletion.
- Country
- Australia
- Commodity
- Zn
- Stage
- Production