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Nifty downsizing

CYPRIUM Metals has cut the workforce at its Nifty copper mine on the edge of Western Australia’s Great Sandy Desert to just 20 core workers to save money while it waits for finance.

Copper leaching from heaps – blue is copper sulphate. Image taken on September 25, 2022. The solution from the heap has been directed to collect in the drains at the heap front.

Copper leaching from heaps – blue is copper sulphate. Image taken on September 25, 2022. The solution from the heap has been directed to collect in the drains at the heap front.

The copper project started life as an open pit oxide copper mine in 1993 before transitioning to an underground sulphide mine, with processing done through standard flotation to produce a copper concentrate....

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