Century Mine was a large open cut zinc, lead and silver mine at Lawn Hill, 250 km (160 mi) northwest of Mount Isa in North West Queensland, Australia.
[2] The Century zinc deposit was discovered by CRA Limited in 1990 on Waanyi land.
[5] Open-pit mining was completed at Century in August 2015, with final processing of Century-sourced ore occurring in November 2015.
[8] The final shipment of zinc concentrate was exported from Karumba in late January 2016.
[11] The concentrate is mixed with water and transported to the port by a 304 km (189 mi) pipeline.