Nussir is a construction-stage underground copper-gold-silver project in the Repparfjord / Kvalsund area of Hammerfest Municipality, Finnmark, northern Norway. The project vehicle is Nussir ASA, now controlled by Blue Moon Metals Inc. The project is based on a stratabound sediment-hosted copper system, with bornite and chalcocite as the main copper minerals in the eastern Nussir deposit and Au-Ag associated with the copper mineralisation. The current mine plan is an underground long-hole open-stoping operation feeding a 6,000 tpd concentrator.
Links
- https://bluemoonmetals.com/project/nussir/
- https://maps.app.goo.gl/mbfL6AaZe5MiHwcp8
- https://www.mindat.org/loc-302182.html
Notes
Owner: Nussir ASA
Nearest settlement: Kvalsund / Repparfjord area, with Hammerfest as the municipal centre.
Status: Construction / development stage. Blue Moon announced a final investment decision in April 2026, then announced in June 2026 that it had awarded an EPC contract for the processing plant and received approval of the mine waste management plan, updated discharge permit and updated operating plan.
Start operations: expected for 2028
Workforce: construction 200 FTE; operations 100 direct, 200-300 indirect FTE
NI 43-101 Resources: 2.69 Mt Measured, 26.03 Mt Indicated, 28.72 Mt M&I, and 31.99 Mt Inferred
Cu grade between 0.7 and 1.3% Cu, between 9 and 17g/t Ag, and 0.1 to 0.15 g/t Au
Ore processing: 2 Mtpa (6 ktpd); mine life 13 years
Projected capacity: 15 ktpa Cu, 19 ktpa Cueq
Products: copper concentrate; co-products Ag, Au
Operations: underground mine, mill, flotation plant
Projects & highlights:
- Low-carbon grids
- EU Strategic Critical Raw Materials Project
Köppen climate type: Dfc - Subarctic climate
Media
- Jun-26: Norway’s Nussir copper mine progresses including EPC contract award (checked 26-Jun-26)
- Apr-26: Blue Moon outlines 13-year mine at Norway copper project (checked 23-Apr-26)
- Dec-25: Plans to Dispose of Mining Waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean Worries Sámi Fishers, Herders (checked 15-Dec-25)
Created Dec-25; updated Apr-26, Jun-26