Copper mining news

October 13th marks a decade since the end of the longest underground entrapment in history. A cave-in at the San Jose copper-gold mine in Copiapó left 33 miners trapped 2300 ft below ground, for 69 days.

Castillo Copper Ltd has announced encouraging results from the recently completed infill soil geochemical sampling campaign at its 100% owned Luanshya Project in Zambia.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data on minerals exploration spending shows exploration in Victoria reached a record high of AUS$39.7 million in 2Q20.

Golden Birch Resources Inc. has announced that it is preparing to begin a drilling programme at the Omu copper-gold prospect located within the company’s flagship Keveri property, located in Papua New Guinea.

South32 Ltd and Trilogy Metals Inc., partners in Ambler Metals LLC, have announced that the Board of Ambler Metals has appointed Ramzi Fawaz as President and CEO of Ambler Metals.

Rio Tinto’s Kennecott site, Utah, USA is the first producer to be awarded the Copper Mark, the copper industry’s new independently assessed responsible production programme.

Trilogy Metals Inc. has announced positive results of its feasibility study for the Arctic copper-zinc-lead-silver-gold project in the Ambler mining district of Northwestern Alaska, USA.

Greatland Gold plc has provided an update on its exploration activities in the Paterson region, Western Australia (excluding the Havieron Farm-in area).

The Minister of Mining, accompanied by the Executive President of Codelco, visited inside the underground mine one of the testing centres that the division has to prevent infections.

Atlus Strategies Plc has provided an update on the company’s 100% owned Agdz silver and copper project, Morocco.