Dareh Anjir Company Overview:
Dareh Anjir Mining and Exploration Company was established in 2016 (1395 in the Iranian calendar) through the investment and partnership of Central Iron Ore of Iran – Bafq and Chadormalu Industrial & Mining Company. The company was founded to explore and exploit the D19 (Ariz) anomaly in order to supply the primary feedstock for the concentrate plants of the two investing companies.This mining area is located in the Bafq–Saghend metallogenic region, 65 kilometers from Bafq County, situated between the Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Complex and the Central Iron Ore of Iran – Bafq Mining Complex. It is one of the 50 anomalies identified during aerial magnetic surveys conducted in 1968 (1347 in the Iranian calendar).
Key Activities of Dareh Anjir Mining and Exploration Company:
The company has equipped the workshop to carry out overburden removal operations over an area of 25,000 m², removing over 100 million cubic meters of overburden over three years and mining down to a depth of 155 meters. A total of 55 exploration boreholes were drilled, covering 26,000 meters.The project has generated direct employment for 800 people and indirect employment for 1,500 people. A core storage warehouse of 400 m² was built, with the capacity to archive 50,000 meters of drilling cores. Administrative, managerial, medical, and fire station buildings were constructed, along with a restaurant complex and landscaping covering over 5,000 m².A telecommunication tower with 4G infrastructure was installed to facilitate communication, and access roads were built within the mining area. The company obtained the mining discovery certificate for the Ariz iron ore deposit and prepared 3,183 composite samples for analysis at the Central Iron Ore Laboratory.Additionally, geological and grade modeling of the iron ore deposit was carried out, along with hydrogeological, hydrochemical, and hydrological studies at both the regional and mine-scale levels. These activities reflect the comprehensive development and operational efforts of Dareh Anjir Mining and Exploration Company in the Ariz (D19) Iron Ore Project.