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Carapateena shows promise

A PRE-FEASIBILITY study on the $A980 million Carrapateena underground copper mine and concentrate treatment plant has found the project has potential to be better than comparable long-life copper assets around the world.

Karma Barndon
Carapateena

Carapateena

The PFS estimated project metrics in line with the previous scoping study, including capital expenditure of $980 million; annual production rate lifted to 61,000 tonnes of copper and 63,000 ounces of gold...

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