Stratoni is an underground, silver-lead-zinc mine located in the Halkidiki Peninsula in northern Greece.
It uses a multi-stage flotation process to extract a lead-silver concentrate and a zinc concentrate.
Key Facts
* Based on current proven and probable reserves.
2021
On October 15, 2021, the Company announced that operations at Stratoni will be suspended in Q4 2021. The mine will be placed on care and maintenance while exploration drilling continues with the goal of expanding reserves and resources. We will evaluate resuming operations subject to exploration success and positive results of further technical and economic review.
Geology and Mineralization
The deposit is a silver-lead-zinc carbonate replacement deposit that is hosted within marble of the Kerdilya Formation. The deposit is localized along the south dipping Stratoni Fault, a major structural feature and important mineralizing corridor in the centre of the Stratoni region. The fault separates the Kerdylia Formation to the north, host to the carbonate replacement deposits, from the Vertiskos Formation to the south, host to the Skouries porphyry gold-copper deposit. Mineralization extends for at least 8km along the fault with the historically mined Madem Lakkos deposit to the east of Mavres Petres, and Piavitsa, the focus of Eldorado Gold’s current exploration activity, to the west.
Exploration
Exploration at Stratoni is focused on testing the open western and downdip extensions to the deposit.
History